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The US Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the State Capitol has recommended charging former US President Donald Trump with four crimes, including conspiracy and insurrection. For Attorney General Merrick Garland the recommendation poses a real dilemma, Europe's press observes.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenka in Minsk. At the same time, Russian and Belarusian forces took part in joint military manoeuvres. While the Russian news agency Tass described the meeting as fruitful, commentators point to divergences between the allied despots.

After several weeks of turbulence at Twitter, Elon Musk has held out the prospect of resigning as the online service's CEO. He would step down as soon as he found someone "stupid enough" to take the job, he declared in a tweet, after Twitter users voted by 57.5 percent in favour of his resignation in a poll. Commentators debate the consequences.

A special commission In the Republic of Moldova has suspended the licenses of six television stations, initially until February, citing false reports on events in the country and the war in Ukraine. Moldova must be "protected from propaganda and lies", Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Spinu said. Commentators in neighbouring Romania take different views of the decision.