Die Tageszeitung, 17 June 2010
Headlining with "Left-wing nail bomb is ammunition for the right," Tageszeitung reports on incident in which a homemade explosive seriously injured two policemen at an anti-austerity protest, which took place in Berlin on 12 June. The explosion of the device, which the Interior Minister described as "an attack on our democracy," has prompted politicians and certain newspapers to speculate about a resurgence of left-wing terrorism. "What madness!" exclaims the alternative left-wing daily. "Someone sets off an explosive in a crowd, and the focus of the debate suddenly shifts from the injustice of the austerity plan to violence on the left. Bravo!"
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.