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The artisanal know-how and culture of the French baguette has now been added to the Unesco "intangible cultural heritage" list. Each baker creates a unique product from the four ingredients flour, water, salt and yeast, the application stated. The national press examines the social aspects of the baguette.

The EU Commission has concluded that Hungary's reforms in the fight against corruption are inadequate and has consequently recommended freezing 7.5 billion euros in funding for Budapest. At the same time, it has spoken out in favour of adopting Hungary's Recovery and Resilience Plan, which is linked to the disbursement of 5.8 billion euros in Covid aid. Europe's press comments as the EU finance ministers get ready to vote on the two recommendations.

The German Bundestag has passed a resolution recognising the Holodomor in Ukraine, in which several million people starved to death in 1932 and 1933, as genocide. Gabriela Heinrich, an MP for the governing Social Democratic Party, said that the famine was "wanted and planned" by Stalin. Commentators take different views on the resolution.

Britain recorded peak migration levels in the twelve months leading up to June 2022. Around 500,000 more people arrived in the UK than left it - a record that is putting pressure on the Tories, who promised to restrict immigration. But what about the positive effects?