Now playing Next Italy Berlusconi’s death draws tributes from around the world Silvio Berlusconi, the boastful billionaire media mogul who was Italy's longest-serving premier despite scandals over his sex-fueled parties and allegations of corruption, died on Monday aged-86. 13/06/2023
Now playing Next Italy Euroviews. Berlusconi's death is Europe's first populist's final triumph Unlike today's autocrats who make grim threats against the institutions of the rule of law, Berlusconi brushed them aside in a light-hearted and smiling manner, with jokes, silk neckerchiefs, and catchy ditties — an authentic made-in-Italy product, ready to be exported, Giorgio Fruscione writes. 12/06/2023
Now playing Next Italy Italy's Berlusconi hopes to recover 'once again' after hospitalisation The last years have seen Berlusconi, now senator, suffer numerous health problems, including heart ailments and COVID-19 in 2020, which saw him hospitalised in critical condition with pneumonia. 08/04/2023
