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Employers can forbid employees from wearing headscarves provided they have a general ban on visible religious or ideological symbols, the advocate general of the European Court of Justice has said in a statement. Should the Court follow her recommendation?

The German parliament plans to pass a resolution on the genocide of the Armenians in 1915 and 1916. As the legal successor of the Ottoman Empire Turkey rejects the accusation of genocide and many German Turks are protesting against the parliamentary initiative and warning of the negative impact on German-Turkish relations. The European press praises the German politicians at least for their courage.

The protest against France's planned labour market reform continue to spread. Tens of thousands demonstrated on Thursday, while rail, airport and nuclear power plant strikes have paralysed the country. Commentators in neighbouring countries praise both the rebellious population and the unrelenting president.

Russia released Ukrainian fighter pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who had been sentenced to 22 years in prison, and sent her home to Ukraine on Wednesday. In return the government in Kiev freed two men it suspects of being Russian soldiers. Who stands to gain from Savchenko's release?

A Swedish government commission is calling for a legal amendment that would allow the authorities to clear the camps set up by Roma from Romania and Bulgaria. In recent years around 30 of these illegal camps have sprung up in Stockholm alone. Is this the right way to put an end to begging on Sweden's streets?

According to media reports the party platform Most - junior partner in the conservative HDZ party's coalition government - has called for the latter's leader to resign as deputy prime minister. Karamarko has been implicated in a corruption scandal involving Hungarian energy group Mol. The Croatian press hotly debates Most's initiative.