Is Mario Monti's administration in Italy democratic? Is Greece's new government? To some, especially in the blogosphere, it is the exact opposite: a technocratic and undemocratic government foisted upon Italy and Greece by (circle as appropriate) Angela Merkel/Nicolas Sarkozy, the Bilderberg Group/EUSSR, etc. But nobody forced Silvio Berlusconi to resign. Nobody sacked him. Under pressur...

I'm in Italy watching the bonfire of Silvio Berlusconi's vanities first hand. From the ashes, most Italians hope a stronger nation will emerge. And for this reason, faith in former EU Commissioner Mario Monti, who gave his first statement to the nation last night, seems high. Italy is not a nation on its knees, and despite the travails and troubles of the last decade, there is a sense of...

After being in thrall to Silvio Berlusconi for 17 years, Italy now faces life without him. And it will not be easy, says Tim Parks.

When Silvio Berlusconi promised to leave this week, the markets took the credit for forcing him out by dumping Italian bonds

Despite an entertaining ‘transitional’ series, ITV’s talent show is losing credibility faster than Silvio Berlusconi.

Silvio Berlusconi is likely to step down as Italy's prime minister on Saturday, as the country engaged in a desperate race against time to calm frenzied market speculation on its 1.9 trillion euro public debt.

Concern about the difficult days ahead grips Italy as the country focuses on the conditional nature of Silvio Berlusconi's resignation

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi yesterday offered his resignation to Italian President Giorgio Napolitano. The decision came after yesterday’s vote on the 2010 budget review confirmed that the government no longer held a majority in the lower house of the Italian parliament.

With Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi set to resign and as coalition talks in Greece drag into a third day, the EU fears that a political vacuum in those two countries might make the eurozone sovereign debt crisis even worse. More »

Telegraph View: Italy's problems have little to do with Silvio Berlusconi - and everything to do with its membership of the single currency.