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Europe's press is concerned about the mental health of children and young people. Climate change, environmental disasters, loneliness during the pandemic, the war in Ukraine which is happening right on many people's doorstep. How are young people coping with all the bad news?

Just a few minutes before her four-year term came to an end, UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet has presented the long-awaited report on apparent torture and ill-treatment of Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang region. The allegations against China are "credible" and could constitute "crimes against humanity", it says. What action should follow?

The conservative Polish PiS government is asking Germany for 1.3 trillion euros in reparations for the damages it suffered during World War II. The sum is based on a report commissioned in 2017 which was published on Thursday. Berlin has so far rejected all demands for reparations from Warsaw. In Poland too, there is also opposition to the PiS's move.

The collapse of Slovakia's conservative government under Prime Minister Eduard Heger seems increasingly likely after Economy Minister Richard Sulík announced his party's withdrawal from the four-party coalition government in the wake of a bitter dispute with Finance Minister Igor Matovič. If convened, a snap election election could see the camp led by ex-PM Robert Fico taking power once more. Commentators are dismayed.