"Sister nations divided over immigrants,” headlines Jyllands-Posten, with its front page showing Pippi Longstocking holding out her hand to a swarthy foreigner as “Mother Denmark" looks on in horror. This caricature serves to sum up the contrast between Danish and Swedish attitudes towards immigrants. According to a poll of both populations – the first such joint survey – 65% of the Swedes take a positive view of immigration over the past few decades, as against only half the Danes. Conversely, only 20% of the Swedish regard immigration (which is of far greater proportions in Sweden than in Denmark) as a “negative phenomenon”, versus twice as many Danes. Finally, 47% of Swedes don’t see Islam as a problem; only 20% of Danes agree. The difference in attitude is due to the fact that "the Swedish believe everyone has the same value” and “they refuse to talk about ‘minority issues’”, concludes the Danish daily.
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.