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Propaganda, censorship and casualties among journalists: a war over public opinion is also being fought on various levels. Europe's press investigates - and asks what role interpretations of the present and the past play here.

More than 100,000 Russian-speaking Latvians gather each year on 9 May in Riga to celebrate the liberation of Latvia from Nazism by the Soviets. Now Mayor Mārtiņš Staķis is considering banning the celebrations because they also serve as a rallying point for Putin supporters. Latvian Prime Minister Arturs Kariņš has called the celebration a "glorification of the occupation of our country" and is not ruling out a nationwide ban.

Hungary will elect a new parliament on Sunday. Opposition leader Peter Marki-Zay will face Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who has been in power since 2010. Until the war, Orbán was considered a close ally of Putin's. He agreed to sanctions against Russia but blocked arms deliveries to Ukraine across the Hungarian border. Europe's press sees various scenarios for the future.