"The European Commission wakes up," announces Pravda, hailing Brussels' u-turn on the Hungarian parliament's recent decision to provide passports for ethnic Hungarians living in neighbouring countries. The Slovak daily explains that in spite of outrage Bratislava, the Commission refused to become involved in the conflict, arguing that questions of nationality should be decided by member states. However, in response to pressure from a number of national governments, Commission President José Manuel Barroso has now "asked the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to discuss the measure with the Slovaks." Countries in the region "have expressed serious concern," because the affair has resurrected tensions over the Treaty of Trianon, which resulted in the dismantling of the Kingdom of Hungary after WWI. On 4 June, Slovak and Hungarian nationalists are planning to converge on Komárno to mark the 90th anniversary of the signature of the treaty. Pravda notes that the presence of opposing factions in the ethnic Hungarian town just inside Slovakia's southern border will make Komárno "the capital of the Slovak-Hungarian conflict" for a day.
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.