Népszabadság, 30 June 2010
“Pál Schmitt is the new head of state,” headlines Népszabadság. The 68-year-old two-time Olympic fencing champion was elected president by the Hungarian parliament yesterday. Formerly close to the communists under the ancien régime, he joined the running as the candidate for Fidesz, the centre-right party in power. Schmitt, whose office is an honorary one, has expressed his wish to bring closure to the post-communist era and work towards a new constitution.
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.