Donald Trump has picked J. D. Vance as his running mate and candidate for vice-president for the November election at the Republican National Convention this week. The 39-year-old senator from Ohio was once a fierce critic of Trump. Commentators examine what the Yale graduate and financial manager from a humble background stands for.
Founded in 1893, the print version of the conservative newspaper Lidové noviny will be discontinued at the end of August, with publisher Mafra citing the need to cut costs as the reason for its decision. The paper's opinion section, which is particularly popular with readers, is to be expanded in the online version. However, according to other media outlets this is no substitute for the intellectual icon of the Czech press landscape, which was banned under communism.
While the background to the attempt on Donald Trump's life remains unclear, all kinds of conspiracy theories are circulating online. Some say Trump staged the attack himself to aid his presidential bid. Others claim the Democrats planned it to avoid losing the White House. Europe's commentaries, on the other hand, examine the social and cultural roots of violence in politics.
Two days after the assassination attempt against former president Donald Trump, the Republican Party convention is set to nominate him as its presidential candidate today. Trump has said that after the attack he rewrote his acceptance speech, dropping its combative tone and calling instead on the US to unite. The media compare the attempted assassination with historical events and ask what impact it will have.
The UEFA Euro 2024 football championships lasted a month - time enough for Germany to show itself from its best side, but also for less positive aspects to reveal themselves to foreign guests. A press conference before the semi-final pitting the Netherlands against England was actually cancelled due to train delays. Europe's press takes stock.
Pilots at Bucharest Airport spontaneously staged a strike last Monday by calling in sick en masse. Around 10,000 passengers, mostly holiday travellers, were left stranded by the resulting flight cancellations. The strike was successful: Tarom promised the pilots a gradual pay increase totalling around 1,500 euros. The pilots had every reason to protest, says the national press.
Under a controversial new law passed by the Finnish parliament on Friday, asylum seekers arriving at the country's border via Russia can be turned away. The law legalising pushbacks will be valid for one year. It was passed in reaction to the growing number of persons from the Middle East and Africa without valid travel documents arriving at Finland's border, which for the Finnish government is a deliberate strategy by Russia. The national press points to the consequences of this attempt at destabilisation.
The question of how to deal with Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine was at the heart of the Nato summit that ended on Thursday. Kyiv will receive 40 billion euros in military aid over the next year, including F-16 fighter jets and five air defence systems. Russia was described as the "greatest and most immediate threat", and China as its "decisive accomplice". While Ukraine did not receive a formal invitation to join, its path into Nato is "irreversible", the alliance has stressed. The reactions in the press are mixed.
After being kicked out of the ID group, the MEPs of the German AfD party were left without a group in the EU Parliament. And in the new parliament none of the major right-wing groups wanted to work with them either. Now 14 AfD members - without Maximilian Krah - have reportedly joined forces with eleven other MEPs from seven countries to form a new group called Europe of Sovereign Nations.
After Joe Biden's weak performance in the televised debate with Donald Trump and gaffes at the Nato summit, calls for him to withdraw from the US presidential race are growing louder. Current polls put the incumbent behind Trump. Despite Biden's repeated avowals that he won't step aside, the debate in Europe's press continues.
The victory of the leftist Nouveau Front Populaire alliance in the second round of the French snap elections has left the country facing a challenging coalition-building phase. The NFP (180 seats) only narrowly beat Macron's Ensemble (163 seats) and the right-wing populist RN (143), with 289 seats needed to secure an absolute majority. Commentators examine ways out of the deadlock.