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12 May 2026

British PM Starmer: finished or rescued?

Following gains by the right-wing populist party Reform UK, Starmer warned that Britain could be heading down a "dark path". (© picture alliance / empics / James Manning)

**The Times**
Country of media outlet	United Kingdom
Language of media outlet	English
Type of media outlet	Daily newspaper
Frequency of publication	Monday to Saturday
Area of distribution	Nationwide
Political orientation	Conservative
Circulation	360,000 (2020)
Visits	30.000.000 – 40.000.000
Publisher	News UK & Ireland Ltd (Rupert Murdoch)
Online payment model	All content fee-based

The speech has worsened the crisis

Irish Independent (IE)

**Irish Independent**
Country of media outlet	Ireland
Language of media outlet	English
Type of media outlet	Daily newspaper
Frequency of publication	Daily
Area of distribution	Nationwide
Political orientation	Conservative
Circulation	83,900 (2018)
Visits	20.000.000 – 30.000.000
Publisher	Independent News and Media
Online payment model	Content partially fee-based

Out of danger – for now

12 May 2026

Trump to visit Xi: rapprochement between US and China?

Trump and Xi last met in Busan, South Korea, at the end of October 2025 – but only for two hours. (© picture alliance / Sipa USA / Young Ho)

Libération (FR)

**Libération**
Country of media outlet	France
Language of media outlet	French
Type of media outlet	Daily newspaper
Frequency of publication	Daily
Area of distribution	Nationwide
Political orientation	Centre-left
Circulation	101,000 (2022)
Visits	20.000.000 – 30.000.000
Publisher	SARL Libération
Online payment model	Content partially fee-based

Cooperate instead of waging virtual war

**Postimees**
Country of media outlet	Estonia
Language of media outlet	Estonian
Type of media outlet	Daily newspaper
Frequency of publication	several times a week
Area of distribution	Nationwide
Political orientation	Conservative
Circulation	37,700 (2023)
Visits	500.000 – 1.000.000
Publisher	AS Postimees
Online payment model	All content fee-based

Gradual shift in dominance

12 May 2026

Czech Republic: government opposes Sudeten German event

At the 2023 Sudeten German Day in Regensburg: Mikuláš Bek (second from left), Czech Minister of Education at the time, Bavarian Minister-President Markus Söder, and Bernd Posselt, Chairman of the Sudeten German Association. (© picture alliance/dpa/CTK Torsten Fricke/Sudeten German Z)

Demands abandoned long ago

Lidové noviny (CZ)

**Lidové noviny**
Country of media outlet	Czech Republic
Language of media outlet	Czech
Type of media outlet	Daily newspaper
Frequency of publication	Monday to Saturday
Area of distribution	Nationwide
Political orientation	Conservative
Circulation	25,000 (2021)
Visits	500.000 – 1.000.000
Publisher	Mafra a.s.
Online payment model	Content partially fee-based

Don’t reject reconciliation out of hand

12 May 2026

Finland's plans to reform child benefit

A lesson at Ressu primary school in Helsinki. (© picture-alliance/Lehtikuva/Vesa Moilanen)

Savon Sanomat (FI)

**Savon Sanomat**
Country of media outlet	Finland
Language of media outlet	Finnish
Type of media outlet	Daily newspaper
Frequency of publication	Daily
Area of distribution	Regional
Political orientation	Liberal
Circulation	55,500 (2019)
Visits	500.000 – 1.000.000
Publisher	Keskisuomalainen Oy
Online payment model	Content partially fee-based

Incentive effects remain unclear

Hämeen Sanomat (FI)

**Hämeen Sanomat**
Country of media outlet	Finland
Language of media outlet	Finnish
Type of media outlet	Daily newspaper
Frequency of publication	Daily
Area of distribution	Regional
Political orientation	Liberal
Circulation	21,200 (2017)
Visits	500.000 – 1.000.000
Publisher	Aina Group
Online payment model	Content partially fee-based

Revision necessary

11 May 2026

Victory parade in Moscow: how to read Putin's words?

Among the guests of Russian President Vladimir Putin were Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and the presidents of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Shavkat Mirziyoyev.(© picture-alliance/dpa)

Viktor Shlinchak (UA)

A dying star

Nikolai Mitrochin (RU)

More like a secret service operation

11 May 2026

Kremlin proposes Schröder as mediator

Schröder and Putin at the opening of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Moscow. (© picture alliance/dpa/Alexei Druzhinin)

Süddeutsche Zeitung (DE)

**Süddeutsche Zeitung**
Country of media outlet	Germany
Language of media outlet	German
Type of media outlet	Daily newspaper
Frequency of publication	several times a week
Area of distribution	Nationwide
Political orientation	Centre-left
Circulation	284,503 (2022)
Visits	50.000.000 – 100.000.000
Publisher	Süddeutscher Verlag / Südwestdeutsche Medien Holding
Online payment model	Content partially fee-based

A token offer designed to stir up trouble

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (DE)

**Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung**
Country of media outlet	Germany
Language of media outlet	German
Type of media outlet	Daily newspaper
Frequency of publication	several times a week
Area of distribution	Nationwide
Political orientation	Conservative
Circulation	190,364 (2022)
Visits	50.000.000 – 100.000.000
Publisher	Frankfurter AllgemeineZeitung GmbH
Online payment model	Content partially fee-based

Hardly a neutral broker