Today's front pages

The poet Wislawa Szymborska, who won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1996, has died in Crakow at age of 88. "Queen of the paradox, she juggled with irony and contradiction, and was an attentive observer of human reality," writes the Warsaw daily.

Wislawa Szymborska: 1923-2012 – Gazeta Wyborcza

The Swiss government outlined on February 1 a road map for the upcoming bilateral talks with the European Union. Liberalisation of the electricity market and taxation are priorities.

Negotiations with EU: Switzerland plays its first cards – Le Temps

The Bucharest daily leads with a front page photograph of a bottle of J&B whisky, sent from the capital's University Square, the scene of recent anti-government protests, to Cotroceni Palace, the offical residence of President Traian Băsescu. A traditional offering in Romanian society, the initials J&B here signify "Jos Băsescu" - "Down with Băsescu".

Down with Băsescu – Jurnalul Naţional

The Austrian bank Meini is implicated in a corruption scandal concerning the 2006 privatisation of Bratislava airport.

Austrians in the Slovak mire – Die Presse

Citing the risk of monopoly, the European Commission has vetoed the mooted merger between Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext, thus preventing the creation of the world's largest stock exchange.

Separated by the EU – Frankfurter Rundschau

To cope with an unprecedented explosion of violence in the southern port city of Malmö (eight gun deaths since May 2011), the police force has vowed to tackle the gangs that control the smuggling of alcohol and cigarettes.

Police to launch largest offensive in history – Dagens Nyheter

Spain’s Prado art museum claims it has discovered a copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, painted by one of the master’s pupils at the same time that the original was being completed.

Mona Lisa in Madrid – ABC