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The subsidy fraud investigation against Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has been reopened after the country's Chief Prosecutor Pavel Zeman described the decision to close the previous investigation in September as illegal and premature. Not all Czech media agree with the decision.

Finland's social democratic Prime Minister Antti Rinne resigned on Tuesday after the Centre Party, which forms part of his coalition government, withdrew its support in a dispute over pay for postal service workers. Now the search for someone to replace him and take over the leadership of the coalition has begun. The media discuss what changes are to be expected.

The UN climate summit in Madrid is taking place under the slogan "time for action". A fitting statement as measures for implementing the targets of the Paris climate agreement are to begin starting 2020. Europe's press discusses the impact of a more climate-friendly economy.

The OECD on Tuesday presented the results of the Pisa student assessment study, this time with data from 79 countries. In 2018, particular focus was put on reading skills. The alarming result: 25 percent of 15-year-olds can neither understand nor relate to the ideas of even simple texts. Are they too distracted by digital media? And what role do country-specific factors play?

Finland's social democratic Prime Minister Antti Rinne resigned on Tuesday after the Centre Party, which forms part of his coalition government, withdrew its support in a dispute over pay for postal service workers. His successor as leader of the coalition has yet to be chosen. In the media's view, this still isn't the end of the affair.