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Silvio Berlusconi leaves €100m to 33-year-old girlfriend in his will

His two eldest children Marina and Pier Silvio will control his business empire

Evening Standard

Berlusconi's final will divvies up 5 billion euros in wealth; eldest children control media empire

Silvio Berlusconi has left control of his media empire to his two eldest children

The Independent UK

Silvio Berlusconi leaves €100m to partner Marta Fascina in his will

Three-time Italian prime minister leaves overall control of family holding company to two eldest children

The Guardian - UK

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How ‘La Grande Bellezza’ captured Italy’s Berlusconian era

Silvio Berlusconi, a leading figure on the Italian right, died on 12 June. His career was marked by a series of public and private scandals and by the school of thought that it gave rise to, “Berlusconism”. Many an Italian film has attempted to capture it since the 1990s.

The Conversation

Silvio Berlusconi’s Italian villa may become museum for his fans

Artworks by Rembrandt and Titian are hung at the house where politician held infamous ‘bunga bunga’ sex parties

The Guardian - UK

Martin Hannan: Rugby Union needs to reform to keep out the chancers

The death of Silvio Berlusconi occasioned mixed emotions across Italy and elsewhere and the obituaries of the 86-year-old politician were full…

The National (Scotland)

Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis linked with surprise takeover bid

Nottingham Forest news from NottinghamshireLive as Evangelos Marinakis reportedly wants to buy Italian Serie A side Monza following the death of Silvio Berlusconi

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Is it the end of populism, or just a pause?

We're going to miss the populist "big beasts" now that they're gone. Who will now tell us that "Voting Conservative will cause your wife to have bigger breasts and increase your chances of owning a BMW M3"? (Boris Johnson) Who will describe Barack Obama as "handsome, young and also suntanned"?…

Bangkok Post

Silvio Berlusconi: Trump before Trump?

Berlusconi was a fake outsider selling fake populism and a path toward fascism — but still, there are differences

Salon

‘He was a tremendous man’: will Berlusconi’s party still get the votes without him?

In Milano 2, the swish housing estate that launched a scandal-ridden career, residents are still grateful to the former PM. Whether they will vote for Forza Italia is a different matter

The Guardian - UK

For Tony Blair, Silvio Berlusconi was shrewd, capable and true to his word. For others, not so much

Blair has joined in the praise for Italy’s former prime minister, a man who was as sad as he was repulsive

The Guardian - UK

Time’s up for Trump, Johnson and Berlusconi – but the damage they have caused lives on

Trump, Johnson and Berlusconi are the stars of rightwing populist melodramas. Real people with real-world problems are more deserving of attention

The Guardian - UK

Italy bids farewell to Silvio Berlusconi, but remains in his shadow

Italy held a national day of mourning for Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire media mogul who was Italy’s longest-serving prime minister since Mussolini, after his death this week. Thousands turned out for his state funeral – but the country is far from united on the man who remade Italian politics in…

Radio France Internationale

To save their own skins, Trump and Johnson are destroying something precious: our faith in the law

Both men sing from the Berlusconi songsheet, denouncing charges against them as partisan attacks while we pay the price, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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The Independent UK

Berlusconi aides vow after his death to reinvigorate political party he created, fight his battles

The top official in former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party has vowed to reinvigorate the political party created by the late media mogul

The Guardian - UK

No more Antonioni: how Berlusconi turned entertainment into politics

The lurid giant of Italian populism’s career grew out of his media empire, which heralded post-ideological society with a consumerist dreamworld

The Guardian - UK

Death of Berlusconi turns spotlight on to fortune he left behind

Billionaire had an estimated wealth of $7.4bn and left no indication of who would take over after his death

The Week

Silvio Berlusconi’s death triggers real-life Succession drama

The death of Silvio Berlusconi this week brought an abrupt and unexpected end to predictions of a Hollywood-esque comeback for the media tycoon-turned-political leader.

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Radio France Internationale

Thousands turn out for funeral of divisive former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi

Thousands of people turned out for the funeral of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berluscon toi bid him farewell in Milan on Wednesday at a state funeral for the controversial billionaire.

France 24

Berlusconi's way: State funeral for populist who transformed Italy

His legacy stretches beyond Italian borders and well beyond European borders. A state funeral has been held for Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's longest-serving post-war leader who passed away on Monday aged 86. Inside, the high and mighty packed Milan's Duomo Cathedral, while outside pressed Forza Italia loyalists and fans of AC…

The Guardian - UK

Thousands applaud Berlusconi at send-off as day of mourning divides Italy

Supporters wave flags outside Milan Cathedral but critics says ex-prime minister should not be ‘beatified’

Zenger

Netanyahu Mourns Berlusconi, ‘a Great Friend Of Israel’

The world reacted to the death of the 86-year-old Italian political leader, Silvio Berlusconi.

Evening Standard

Mourning crowds chant name of Silvio Berlusconi at his Milan state funeral

The leader of right wing Forza Italia had been prime minister of the country four times

The Independent UK

Watch live: State funeral held for Silvio Berlusconi in Milan

Watch live as the state funeral for Silvio Berlusconi is held in Milan on Wednesday, 14 June.

Al Jazeera

Italians bid farewell to ex-PM and media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi

Thousands gather in Milan for funeral of controversial politician and TV mogul who dominated public life for decades.

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