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For the past few days the Republic of Moldova has had two governments and two presidents. Following the results of the February elections a new government has been formed comprising the pro-European Acum party and the pro-Russian Socialists. But the former government of oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc is refusing to step down and has the Constitutional Court on its side. Commentators examine what is at stake here.

Erdoğan has announced that Turkey's purchase of Russian S-400 air defence systems is complete. "It's a done deal," he said on Wednesday. New friction between Turkey and Washington is now inevitable - also because the US now wants to exclude Turkey from the F-35 fighter programme. How dangerous are the tensions between the two Nato partners?

The governing coalition in Estonia is facing its first test: the far-right coalition partner Ekre is refusing to endorse a second term for Prosecutor General Lavly Perling. Party leader Mart Helme has accused her of having a conflict of interest because her husband works for the country's Internal Security Service. But is there more to the story?

Several people have been wounded and a number of buildings damaged in a series of bomb attacks in the Swedish cities of Malmö and Linköping. The culprits have yet to be identified but they are presumed to be members of criminal gangs. Sweden's press has concrete ideas as to how the state and society should deal with the surge in gang crime.

Finland has announced plans to reduce its emissions to zero by 2035, however its government has yet to name specific measures. The UK, by contrast, has unveiled a list of measures ranging from expanding renewable energies and reforestation to dietary changes with which its aims to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050. What else needs to be done?

Following the surprise release of investigative journalist Ivan Golunov, which was celebrated as a success for Russian civil society, security forces in Moscow cracked down on demonstrators protesting against police repression on Wednesday. Hundreds of people were detained. The press asks how this affects interpretations of the Golunov affair.