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In Bulgaria, the two biggest parties have agreed on a coalition government. A key element of the deal is that the post of prime minister will rotate after nine months. Nikolay Denkov of the liberal-conservative PP-DB bloc will take the post for the first nine months, followed by former EU Commissioner Marija Gabriel of the centre-right alliance Gerb-SDS for the next.

Early on Monday morning, a group of armed insurgents crossed the border from Ukraine, advanced several kilometres into the Russian border region of Belgorod and set up camp there. Who were the invaders? Anti-Putin Russian para-military groups have claimed responsibility for the attacks, and Kyiv has denied any involvement. It is also unclear whether Russia was able to repel the attack, as the Kremlin claims. Commentators take a closer look.

The New York Times has published a video showing the forcible expulsion or "pushback" of asylum seekers by Hellenic coast guard officers. The footage, provided by a humanitarian worker, shows asylum seekers - including women and children - being transferred from the shore to a boat on the sea and then being abandoned on a raft. What does this say about Greece and Europe?