This morning's papers are a bit of a mixed bag - the only story that makes it into all the papers is news of Ajax Amsterdam's thrashing at the hands (or rather the feet) of FC Utrecht.

The papers also cover the Euro crisis, reform of the prison furlough regulations, the approaching end to ritual slaughter in the Netherlands and things that go bang in the post.

De Volkskrant is the only paper that leads with the ongoing crisis in the euro zone: "Greeks get a new government," headlines the paper over a photograph of outgoing Prime Minister George Papandreou, conservative opposition leader Antonis Samaras and the Greek President Karolos Papoulias. Mr Papandreou has an odd little smile on his face, perhaps he is relieved to be out of the firing line.

De Volkskrant reports that the Greek socialist and conservative parties reached an agreement on a coalition government over the weekend and quotes the outgoing PM: "I have no wish to become prime minister of the new government," declares Mr Papandreou.

The paper writes that the new unity government will have to implement the drastic cuts and economic reforms demanded by the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the European Union. Given the scale of the cuts and reforms, Mr Papandreou's declaration seems very sensible.

AD's coverage of the Greek prime minister's resignation is accompanied by photographs of protests in Italy and the (hopeful) headline, "resignation of Silvio Berlusconi seems likely." Tens of thousands of people gathered in Rome over the weekend to protest against the Berlusconi government and the paper reports that the IMF took the unprecedented step of appointing advisers to the Italian government late on Friday.

Italy's government debt now stands at 1900 billion euros and must now pay a new record high of 6.4 percent interest on its loans. AD warns that unless Mr Berlusconi acts quickly, Italy could face bankruptcy, which would be "far, far worse than Greek bankruptcy."

Prisons are not hotels
NRC.next reports that Deputy Justice Minister Fred Teeven has announced the astonishing news that "prison is not a hotel," and in future, prisoners will have to "earn weekend furlough."

The paper reports that the deputy minister plans to scrap the "standard weekend furlough" and other furlough will be dependent on a detainee's good behaviour.

"Less time off for prisoners," headlines Trouw above its coverage of the news. The paper writes that the furlough regime is going to radically overhauled: the furlough will be shorter, inmates will become eligible later and it must serve the integration purposes. The paper writes that if Minister Teeven gets his way, prisoners will only be allowed out as a reward for "good behaviour." At the moment, furlough is seen as a right, not a reward.

Dutch Muslims celebrate Eid
De Volkskrant reports that the Muslim sacrifice festival (Eid) started on Sunday and many Dutch Muslims celebrated with a ritually slaughtered sheep. The paper writes that this may well be the last time Dutch Muslims will be able to buy a sheep that has been slaughtered in this country according to halal ritual.

The lower house of parliament has already passed a bill banning slaughtering animals without first stunning them and the Senate is debating the bill. Neither Halal nor kosher ritual slaughter allows an animal to be stunned before it is killed and animal-rights activists claim it causes unnecessary suffering. Muslim and Jewish experts deny this and say evidence presented to the lower house of parliament was biased and misleading.

Mustapha Yakhlaf owns a halal slaughterhouse and somewhat reluctantly allows a Volkskrant reporter on the premises. He tells the paper, "it's always about animal suffering but we treat our sheep really well. The Qur’an tells us to treat animals properly and we do." A quality control inspector tells the paper that it is "scandalous" to ban ritual slaughter and warns that "if the ban goes through, it will just go underground."

Dangerous fireworks coming in by post
AD’s front page is divided between football and fireworks: "deadly fireworks in the post," screeches the headline. The paper reports that police and fireworks experts are extremely worried about "heavy-duty, illegal fireworks being sent through the post." According to AD, most of the fireworks are ordered from online Polish fireworks companies and some are as powerful as "hand grenades."

According to the paper, it is not clear how many illegal "packages of bombs" have been smuggled into the country through the post but dozens of people have been arrested over the last few weeks by police in police in Brabant, South Holland and Drenthe and charged with illegally importing banned fireworks. A spokesperson for TNO Research tells the paper that putting fireworks in the post is "dicing with death," and warns that one little accident in a mail sorting office and the results could be catastrophic.

Mighty Ajax humbled by FC Utrecht
All of the papers report on the 6-4 thrashing that the Dutch Premier League champions suffered at the weekend. "Utrecht wins mad match," headlines AD on its front page next to a photo of a jubilant player celebrating in front of delirious fans.

De Volkskrant leads with “festival of goals,” but De Telegraaf has the best headline: "Game, set, match,” writes the paper and says the score line looks more like a tennis score than a football result. AD sums up the feelings of the Amsterdam team and supporters with “Ajax is suffering pain.” What’s all the fuss about, it’s only a game!