In recent weeks, the number of refugees trying to reach Europe via Libya has increased substantially. Now Athens plans to use the navy to patrol the Libyan coast and ward them off. The message Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis wants to send: people smugglers won't be allowed to dictate who comes to Greece. The national press is divided.
The Czech Republic's highest court has overturned former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš's acquittal on charges of subsidy fraud. Now the Prague district court must clarify whether Babiš illegally received EU subsidies as an entrepreneur. Babiš has described the allegations as politically motivated. Commentators focus on how the ruling will affect the upcoming parliamentary elections.
The leaders of the Nato member states are meeting today and tomorrow in The Hague. At the top of the agenda is a resolution binding all allied partners to commit 5 percent of their GDP to defence spending - 3.5 percent for weapons and troops and 1.5 percent for military infrastructure. Europe's press delves into what can be expected from the summit.
At a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday, Russian president Vladimir Putin condemned the US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites as "unprovoked aggression". He promised Tehran his support but did not elaborate further. Commentators question how close the two nations still are.
In Portugal, six people linked to a far-right terrorist group have been arrested on suspicion, among other things, of plotting an attack on the Portuguese parliament building. One of them is reportedly a senior officer in the Lisbon police force. The arrests come as the culmination of a wave of threats from far-right circles in Portugal. The national press calls on the country's politicians to start taking the matter more seriously.