So what's been happening with Silvio Berlusconi lately? Well, Guido Bertolaso, one of his most trusted aides, was forced to resign after it was revealed that he was "under investigation as part of a huge probe into corrupt contracts, sex parties and kickbacks surrounding the construction of a €327m (£287m) complex in Sardinia." His ruling party is facing controversy over a decision that "forced through rules that mean the state broadcaster's most popular talk shows will have to scrap their political content – or face a transfer from mid-evening to graveyard shifts" in advance of regional elections. And the premier himself is under fire for remarking, during a press conference with Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha on the subject of immigrants from that country to Italy, "We will only accept pretty girls from Albania." So, basically, same old same old.