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Due to strikes at France's refineries and fuel depots run by oil giants TotalEnergies and Esso-ExxonMobil, around 30 percent of the service stations in the country have either run out of fuel entirely or can only supply certain types. Employees are demanding higher pay in the face of inflation and energy companies' inflated profits. The national papers take different stances on the issue.

The EU is still struggling to find a common strategy to counter soaring energy prices, while in Germany the the details of the government's "double whammy" for mitigating the impact of rising gas prices are under scrutiny. EU leaders will convene again in Brussels in a few days' time to tackle the issue. Commentators discuss priorities.

Russia has responded to Saturday's attack on the Crimean bridge by firing missiles at Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities. According to the authorities, the centre of the capital was hit, as well as Lviv, Dnipro, Khmelnytski and Zhytomyr among others. Almost the entire country was on air alert. Commentators analyse the situation.

This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to human rights activists in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine: Ales Bialiatski, currently imprisoned in Belarus, the Memorial organisation, recently dissolved and banned by the Russian state, and the Ukrainian Centre for Civil Liberties. What message does this send?