In view of the fact that it is increasingly difficult to find sites for new refugee centres, asylum seekers will now be accommodated in correctional facilities while Austrian authorities rule on their eligibility to remain in the country. Die Presse reports that against a background of protests from local residents and municipal authorities, which have successfully hampered long-standing plans for more refugee accommodation, conservative Interior Minister Maria Fekter now stipulates that asylum seekers "must be resident" in a specific centre while their cases are being evaluated. In her defence, Austria's Iron Lady insists that the restrictions imposed on the freedom of asylum seekers do not constitute "internment" or "imprisonment." However, the Vienna daily, which is not the most left-leaning contributor to the debate on immigration, remarks that "imprisonment" for 28 days – which is the period required by authorities to reach a decision on an individual case – could be a breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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.