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Turkey's President Erdoğan has said he can imagine agreeing to Finland joining Nato but remains tough on Sweden. "If necessary, we can give a different answer regarding Finland," he said. Relations between Sweden and Turkey have further deteriorated after a protester burned a copy of the Koran in Stockholm. Commentators speculate on what Erdoğan's intentions are and discuss how to react.

The six-party alliance that will run against Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the presidential election in May has presented its election programme. Its main goal is to change the current presidential system back to a parliamentary one. Among other things, the president is to hold office for a maximum of seven years, have fewer veto rights in parliament and no longer be allowed to issue decrees. A mixed response in the press.

The UK's exit from the EU became effective on 31 January 2020. Commentators take stock three years on.

A fierce debate has once again broken out in Romania after a 43-year-old woman was mauled to death by stray dogs while jogging in the outskirts of Bucharest just under a fortnight ago. This is the third time in 20 years that a resident of Bucharest has been fatally injured by dogs, which have become a recurring problem because of owners abandoning their pets' offspring in the wild. The media have harsh words for the district mayor in particular.