Behind Berlusconi and all that bunga bunga
Book review: The Italy correspondent for the Independent writes a defining take on the slick and corruptible politician
Silvio Berlusconi
The life of a bunga bunga king
Book review: Michael Day’s biography of media-mogul-turned-three-time-Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi
Newsmakers: Casey Kasem goes missing and a golf fairy tale
Top names in the news this week
Top newsmakers this week
Scott Brison and Maxime St-Pierre welcome daughters and (more) bad behaviour from Alec Baldwin
Silvio Berlusconi loses tax fraud conviction appeal, sentenced to 4 years in jail
Former Italian PM has one more chance in higher court
Newsmakers
Dennis Rodman takes North Korea, Berlusconi rises again, and a dictator’s daughter takes over in Seoul
Silvio Berlusconi uses nod to Mussolini to boost his own image
A softer brand of fascism makes a comeback in Italy
Newsmakers of the week
’Fat girls,’ ice dancers and a sweet simian with a sense of fashion