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The UN War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague on Tuesday upheld the life sentence against former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladić in the last instance of appeal. Mladić, under whose leadership the town of Srebrenica was taken and who is considered the main perpetrator of the massacre there, was charged with committing genocide and ten other crimes during the Yugoslav wars. Europe's press takes stock of the verdict and the now definitively concluded proceedings as a whole.

Investigators in 16 countries have arrested more than 800 people in a major sting against organised crime. Law enforcement agencies from across the globe worked together in Operation Trojan Shield, also known as Operational Task Force Greenlight or Operation Ironside. The suspects had been sold purportedly tap-proof phones which were in fact using an FBI network. We need more such operations, Europe's press demands.

The Swiss will vote on a CO2 law this Sunday which foresees financial incentives for green initiatives and investments, while airline tickets, heating oil and fuel would become more expensive. But whereas 60 percent of those polled were in favour of the bill at the end of April, the approval rate has now dropped to 54 percent. And this is not the only cause for concern among observers.

Since mid-May, Portugal has been the only major European destination that Britons were allowed to visit, and even hosted the Champions League final. But now the UK has put the country on its amber list and imposed quarantine for all returnees starting Tuesday - due to concerns about the doubling of the incidence rate to 66 and the new variant Delta+K417N. Lisbon has accused London of health fundamentalism.