European Union

The UK is to roll out a digital services tax (DST) for tech giants from April 2020 in a move that breaks an international stalemate on the subject. The rates, however, differ substantially from the EU’s own DST plans.

After 18 years as leader of Germany's CDU, Angela Merkel is stepping down. But she plans to remain chancellor until the end of the current legislative period in 2021. Some commentators are unhappy with this slow-motion departure. Others say she's leaving just in time.

Two days after the election victory of the far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro in the country's presidential elections, the media discuss why Brazilians voted for him despite his aggressive rhetoric - and what is in store for the fifth-largest country in the world.

The Central European University (CEU) will move from Budapest to Vienna, according to its rector. The university, which is financed by George Soros, came under pressure after the Orbán government passed a law stipulating that foreign universities operating in Hungary must also be active in their home countries. Commentators criticise Orbán's attacks on Soros and the CEU.

Every year on October 30, Russia commemorates the victims of political repression. Although attempts to rehabilitate Stalin continue in the country, the day also serves to remember the crimes that took place under his leadership. Commentators stress that Stalin's guilt should be at the centre of the commemorations.