"One million women say: Berlusconi out," headlines La Repubblica, in the wake of the "Se non ora, quando" ("If not now, when…") initiative on 13 February. In reponse to a call from gender equality campaigners and the "Purple People" movement, which Il Cavaliere has described as “politically motivated”, protesters took to the streets in 230 towns across Italy to demand respect for female dignity and the resignation of the Italian premier who is embroiled in numerous sex scandals and charged with soliciting underage prostitutes. Writing in the Roman daily, feminist Natalia Aspesi hails the demonstration, and "the sudden reawakening of a population which appeared to be resigned to silently endure […] the commodification of women and the degeneration of an entire country."
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.