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In Greece, a video of a waiter on the island of Rhodes wading out into the sea to serve guests on a floating platform has triggered a heated debate. The independent labour inspectorate now plans to investigate. A case of degrading work conditions or a well-paid job?

Facebook's parent company Meta launched the Threads news service on Wednesday. With this move Meta is going head-to-head with Twitter, which has been in turmoil since Elon Musk took over and has faced criticism for problematic content and a lack of moderation. Threads is not yet available in the EU due to unresolved privacy issues. Some commentators are euphoric while others are unsparing in their criticism.

In the run-up to the Nato summit on July 11 and 12 in Vilnius, the big question is how the alliance can and should strengthen its security guarantees vis-à-vis Kyiv. Ukraine is demanding that Nato commit to making it a member once the war ends. Commentators also look at the issue of Sweden's Nato accession in view of Ankara's ongoing blockade.

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki have demonstrated unity at a meeting of the European Conservatives and Reformers Group (ECR) in Warsaw. Observers see a connection with the attempt to form an alliance with the European People's Party (EPP) ahead of the 2024 European elections. Many commentators voice doubts about whether Meloni and Morawiecki really have so much in common.

On his current European tour Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday briefly visited Bulgaria, where he met his counterpart Rumen Radev, who is reputedly pro-Russian, as well as Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov of the new pro-Western government. The visit was exemplary of Bulgaria's ambiguous stance on the Ukraine war, commentators write.