"Nights of Arcore, the papers against Berlusconi", headlines Corriere della Sera. In the wake of wiretaps suggesting that the then-underage nightclub dancer Ruby and other girls attended erotic parties at the PM's residence, public prosecutors have filed a request to prosecute Berlusconi and members of his clique for “Exploitation of Prostitution.” According to documents, Ruby had sex with Berlusconi – which both of them had previously denied – and asked for €5 million to keep quiet about his "puttanaio" (whorehouse). Berlusconi has defended himself by declaring he enjoys a stable relationship with "a girlfriend" and is no longer chasing women, but the recent partial lifting of his legal immunity and a court case could cause him some further pain. While traditionally light-handed Corriere fears continued government paralysis and admits that Italy is in danger of becoming "the caricature of a western country" abroad, anti-Berlusconi La Repubblica is triumphant, certain this is "the end of the line" for Il Cavaliere.
The leader of Greece’s leftist alliance SYRIZA is the new bright hope of Greek politics. Steering a course between pragmatism and the rhetoric of class warfare, he has unsettled Berlin, and not just those who back Angela Merkel's austerity policies. 
Europe’s economic woes have forced us to try to understand the secret Olympian world of global finance. But now that we pay more attention to bond yields and stability mechanisms, isn’t it clear that the experts up on their lofty peaks don’t know what’s going on either? 
This year’s Eurovision Song Contest is hosted by Azerbaijan, a country that is far from being a model democracy. An Estonian journalist takes a critical look at the deferential treatment enjoyed by the regime in Baku.