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Slovenia's Minister of the Interior Aleš Hojs posted online a list of the names, units and wages of some 8,700 employees of the police force and Interior Ministry, including those of undercover agents and special police task force members. Observers see this as a bizarre and dangerous reaction to a dispute with the trade union, which is calling for wage increases.

Just a few days before Joe Biden's inauguration, the Democrats are set to launch impeachment proceedings against outgoing US President Donald Trump. The party introduced a resolution to this effect in the House of Representatives on Monday, charging Trump with "incitement of insurrection" before the assault on the Capitol. Europe's press is divided over the timing of the move and whether it is wise to impeach a president who has already been voted out of office.

Shortly before the publication of a book by his stepdaughter Camille Kouchner, the renowned French political scientist Olivier Duhamel has resigned from all his posts. In her book Kouchner describes how Duhamel sexually abused her brother when he was a child. French media discuss whether the taboos that still surround sexual violence in the family in France are finally crumbling.

Three months ago, a violent transfer of power took place in Kyrgyzstan. Now a new president has been elected: according to the country's media, Sadyr Japarov, who took power after the unrest in October, won almost 80 percent of the vote. Commentators examine whether this means the end of the democratic progress made in recent years - or whether the president has bigger problems to deal with for the time being.