Die Tageszeitung, 21 June 2010
Headlining with "Off-limits to artists," Tageszeitung reports on Germany's highly restrictive visa policy for Turkish citizens, which poses major problems for self-employed artists and intellectuals who are regularly invited to Germany to participate in cultural exchanges. The Berlin daily also reveals the three conditions that the EU wants fulfilled before it waives its visa requirement for Turkish citizens: the introduction of biometric passports, a guarantee that Turkey will take back migrants who illegally enter the EU via its territory, and secure its borders with Iran, Iraq and Georgia.
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.