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BBC Europe editor Mark Mardell reflects on an MEP's unexpected homage to Franco, and prospects for the Finnish presidency.

Europe's press see a rough road aherad for Italy's election winner, Romano Prodi

The BBC's Katya Adler examines divisions in Spain over the government's plan to legalise same-sex marriages.

BBC News Online looks at the debate surrounding the wearing of headscarves in France

Peter Mullan wins best film at the Venice film festival for The Magdalene Sisters, his tale of the 1960s ordeal of Irish girls at the hands of nuns.

Berlin's new Jewish museum and the threat posed by Europe's ageing population are just two of the items in today's press.


BBC News Online profiles Mohammad Khatami, the surprise winner of the 1997 presidential election and the overwhelming favourite this time.

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