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All over Europe, children and teenagers are returning to the classroom after the summer holidays - but massive shortages in teaching staff are being reported across the continent. Not only are there ever fewer young people entering the teaching profession, many teachers are leaving it and seeking employment in other, better-paid fields. Concerns are reflected in European media.

Just two days after right-wing nationalist activist Darya Dugina was killed by a car bomb near Moscow, Russian investigators have come up with a suspect. They say the attack on the daughter of ideologue Aleksandr Dugin was carried out by Natalia V., a Ukrainian who fled to Estonia right after the blast. Europe's press is sceptical.

The Russian war against Ukraine as a whole has been going on for six months now, and in Europe there is a growing focus on the question of whether the war is at all "winnable", and if so, by whom. Ukraine has announced an offensive aimed at regaining conquered territories. Russia is intensifying its attacks and relying on fears of an energy crisis and the nuclear threat. The press analyses the situation.