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In Russia an apparatus of repression and propaganda has been established which is silencing the opposition - primarily to the war in Ukraine - and making the population submissive and disinterested. Now tougher laws on media control and 'foreign agents' have been introduced. What does this mean for dissent?

After more than two weeks of pilot strikes, the crisis-ridden airline SAS and four Scandinavian unions agreed on Tuesday to a new wage settlement. That same day the airline, hitherto majority owned by Denmark and Sweden with shares of 21.8 each, restarted operations. But its problems, as commentators note, are still a long way off being resolved.

The heatwave and the record temperatures are hitting Europe hard. In view of forest fires and scorched fields, questions about how to combat climate change are becoming ever more existential. Commentators debate what political measures and changes in individual behaviour are needed.

The Ukrainian president has suspended his secret service chief and childhood friend Ivan Bakanov as well as Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova, citing dozens of cases of suspected collaboration with Russia by officials in their agencies. Europe's press speculates about what is going on behind the scenes.

The Russian president is flying to Tehran today Tuesday for his fifth meeting with the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and a three-way summit with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi and the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Commentators speculate about the intentions of the Kremlin leader.