The Economist explains | The week explained: April 18th 2014

Silvio's sentence

A report on climate change, Silvio Berlusconi's community-service sentence and European banking rules were three big stories that made the news this week. Our correspondents explain

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A REPORT on climate change, Silvio Berlusconi's community-service sentence and European banking rules were three big stories that made the news this week. Our correspondents explain

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