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Mon, 01/30/2023 - 12:04
With over 58 percent of the vote, retired general Petr Pavel has secured a clear victory against former prime minister Andrej Babiš (42 percent) in the Czech presidential elections. Pavel stressed that with his election values such as truth, dignity and respect had won out. Can he heal the rifts in the country after the hard-fought campaign?
Mon, 01/30/2023 - 12:04
Nine Palestinians killed in a police raid in Jenin; seven Israelis killed after shots were fired outside a synagogue; dozens of people injured on both sides: this is the tragic tally of a recent eruption of violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israel's new government has passed new anti-terror laws in reaction to the incidents and plans to facilitate access to arms for Israeli civilians. Commentators are concerned.
Mon, 01/30/2023 - 12:04
Greece's conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis survived a vote of no confidence on Friday. The 156 votes secured by his Nea Dimokratia party were enough to thwart the motion put forward by Alexis Tsipras, leader of the left-wing Syriza party, which was backed by 143 MPs. The motion was prompted by accusations that the EYP, Greece's primary intelligence service, had been preemptively wiretapping the devices of politicians, journalists and military personnel. The EYP reports directly to the head of government.
Fri, 01/27/2023 - 12:26
On January 27, 1945, units of the Red Army liberated the largest Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Around 1.1 million people were murdered in the complex. Since 1996, January 27 has been a day of remembrance in Germany for the victims of National Socialism, and since 2005 it has been the UN's International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Commentators discuss how the memory of the atrocities can be kept alive.
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