Local test for Geert Wilders
The Dutch, who are only now recovering from the collapse of their government on 20 February, will go to the polls on 3rd March to elect 393 local councillors in a vote that will be viewed as a "dress rehearsal" for general elections scheduled for 9 June – even if it will be difficult to establish reliable predictions based on the results, notes Trouw. The populist PVV party led by Geert Wilders, which polls have predicted will make headway in the general elections, is hoping to capitalize on the fall of the government, but is only presenting candidates for local elections in two cities: Almere and The Hague. "The June elections may well reinforce Wilders' position, but today's results will not prove anything, " insists the daily. The Trouw report also gives details of an original measure to encourage people to turn out and vote: The Hague, Groningen and Rotterdam plan to authorize night-time voting during the World Music Day festivals on 21 June.
In a time of crisis with high unemployment, young Lithuanians are following in the footsteps of their emigrant ancestors. Tens of thousands have left the country in search of a better life, mainly in the British Isles and Scandinavia. The weekly Veidas reports: 
Two camps, two theories, and two visions of France: 18 years after the massacre of 800,000 Tutsis, the precise role played by Paris is still the subject of heated debate, fueled by the findings of successive criminal investigations. 
Agree to new austerity measures or risk being kicked out of the eurozone: that’s the alternative presented to Athens on the day the euro group is meeting. It’s a situation Greek politicians have failed to avoid, regrets To Vima.