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In the final hours of the World Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, the wording of the final declaration is still being worked out. Issues at stake include the acceleration of the coal phase-out and the key question of when climate-damaging emissions must fall to net zero. But Europe's media also highlight important progress on the fringe of the discussions.

Bulgarians will elect a new parliament for the third time this year on Sunday. In the final days of the election campaign, photos of ex-prime minister Boyko Borisov's bedroom showing piles of of cash and a pistol on his bedside table have resurfaced. But despite this and other indications of corruption, Borissov's Gerb party is ahead in the polls with 23 percent. Will he lead the country once more?

The World Climate Change Conference in Glasgow ends tomorrow. According to the current draft of the final declaration, the phasing out of coal is to be accelerated and subsidies for fossil fuels are to be slashed. Emissions harmful to the climate are to be reduced by 45 percent by 2030 and to net zero by the middle of the century in a bid to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees. Europe's press wonders how all these targets are supposed to be achieved.

A fiery exchange took place during a press conference in Athens on Tuesday: Journalist Ingeborg Beugel started a question she was putting to Prime Minister Mitsotakis by accusing him of lying about illegal pushbacks of refugees by the Greek authorities. Mitsotakis responded angrily that he would not allow the Greek people to be insulted with unproven accusations.