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The EU Commission is considering purchasing 80 million doses of a potential coronavirus vaccine from the US company Moderna. The active substance is one of eight that have reached the clinical trial phase. The Commission has already secured millions of vaccine doses from other companies. Where is the race for a vaccine leading us?

Ever since the post-election protests in Belarus began, observers have been looking to Russia with a mixture of concern and expectation. The consensus is that the Kremlin's reaction will be crucial in determining the fate of long-time President Alexander Lukashenka in Minsk.

In the run-up to local elections in Romania at the end of September, elected officials are defecting en masse to the party that has the best chances of winning the upcoming parliamentary elections. What is behind this trend of switching allegiance among local politicians?

Since the death in early August of a 12-year-old girl who was hit by a stray bullet in a gang shooting on the outskirts of Stockholm, juvenile violence has become a major topic in Sweden. The state and society must take concrete steps to confront this problem, commentators demand.

The US Republican Party has officially elected Donald Trump as its candidate at its National Convention. If Trump is re-elected, he promises to create millions of new jobs, cut taxes and make the US independent of China. He also said that a vaccine against the coronavirus could be expected by the end of the year. Observers examine what tactics the president could resort to in the election campaign.