The Daily Telegraph, 2 February 2011
One of the rare European dailies not to devote its front page to events in Egypt, the Daily Telegraph reveals the existence of the "9/11 gang that got away." According to the newspaper’s report – based on information from WikiLeaks – "three Qatari men conducted surveillance on the targets, provided 'support' to the plotters and had tickets for a flight to Washington on the eve of the atrocities." The three men, who left the United States for London and later travelled on to Doha, are still being sought by the FBI. The existence of the three presumed terrorists was revealed by cable between the US embassy in Doha and the Department of Homeland Security in Washington.
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.