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At a conference in Bahrain Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has presented a 50-billion-dollar plan to promote peace between Israel and the Palestinians. The programme is to be financed by rich Gulf states, among others. Representatives of the Palestinians stayed away from the conference and called for a political solution to the Middle East conflict. For this and other reasons observers are sceptical that the plan can succeed.

Opposition candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu has won the repeat mayoral election in Istanbul, beating out AKP candidate Binali Yıldırım by a substantial margin. His victory is all the more remarkable given that it was Erdoğan's conservative AKP which had pushed for a rerun of the vote. Observers discuss what can be expected of rivals İmamoğlu and Erdoğan.

Three opposition parties want to rout Hungary's ruling Fidesz party from Budapest's city hall in municipal elections this autumn. Budapest residents have until today, Wednesday, to choose between representatives of the three parties in a primary. How much sense does this opposition tactic make?

Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo have been chosen to host the Winter Olympics in 2026, beating out their only rival, Stockholm. According to commentators it's easy to understand why the IOC decided in favour of the Italian bid.

The EU heads of government and state were unable to agree at a special summit on the goal of a climate-neutral Europe by 2050 because Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Estonia blocked the decision. A mere footnote now states that "a large number of states" want to achieve this goal. Commentators are incensed and stress that this won't be the end of the matter.