"Welcome to Germany,” leads Handelsblatt's front page. The greeting is extended to any foreigners who might want to apply for skilled jobs in German industry, which is running short on manpower these days. Which is why labour minister Ursula von der Leyen is now breaking a “taboo”: she has told the business daily that German jobseekers are no longer going to be given preference over foreigners in the labour market. This measure is chiefly aimed at making up the shortage of doctors and of engineers in the key sectors of mechanical engineering and automaking. The industry is relieved, observes the Handelsblatt. Only Horst Seehofer, governor of the Bavarian economic powerhouse, objects to “inviting further immigration from foreign cultural circles”.
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.