More pressure on Berlusconi

AN Italian magazine has released more tapes of purported conversations between Silvio Berlusconi and a high-class prostitute, keeping up the pressure in the sex scandal engulfing the Italian premier.

Leftist weekly L’Espresso has been releasing recordings of the alleged conversations over several days, in an apparent effort to embarrass the conservative premier.

Mr Berlusconi’s lawyer has disputed the veracity of the tapes.