"Absolutely bowled over," headlines a delighted Tageszeitung, which along with the rest of the German press, hails the success of 18-year-old Lena Meyer-Landruts in this year's Eurovision Song Contest. German spirits, which have been wounded by European criticism of their country, were given a lift "when the Swiss, the Swedes, the Norwegians, the Danes, the Finns and the Spanish all awarded 12 points to the German entry," enthuses Spiegel. "What have we done to deserve so much love from Europe?" wonders Die Welt. Exit the selfish Germany led by "Madame Non" – aka Angela Merkel: "a Germany that presents itself as charmingly gauche has plenty of appeal," remarks TAZ. Even the reserved Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung believes the win is proof "that in difficult times, Europeans can reach a consensus that is beyond reproach on aesthetic issues." Lena's victory shows that "Europe has a human and artistic currency on which everyone agrees."
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.