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The EU's video summit on the details of the EU's coronavirus rescue package ended without concrete results on Friday. The participants nonetheless expressed satisfaction with the constructive atmosphere. Over the next few weeks intense negotiations aimed at resolving the contentious points are to take place, probably with participants meeting in person once more. Not all commentators are as patient as the leaders appear to be.

In Serbia's parliamentary elections on the weekend the conservative ruling party SNS led by President Aleksandar Vučić has significantly increased its dominant position, garnering around 63 percent of the vote. According to estimates it is set to increase its presence in parliament from 131 to 189 of the 250 seats. The SNS has been in power since 2012 and has seen its popularity increase during the coronavirus crisis. What does the outcome mean for the Balkan state?

Members of the French Citizens' convention on the climate on the weekend agreed on the recommendations they will make to the government - including meausures to reduce packaging, a ban on limiting the service life of consumer goods and the introduction of urban environmental zones. President Macron convened the body in response to the yellow vest protests.

On the 75th anniversary of the victory in World War II, Russian President Vladimir Putin has published an essay on the historical dispute over what caused the war. The key message: the main trigger was not the Soviet-German Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact but the appeasement policy of the Western powers. Is Putin right? And what was the goal of his essay?

Bulgarian media have received unverified photos showing Prime Minister Boyko Borisov asleep in bed with a pistol next to him on the bedside table and a draw full of 500 euro notes and gold bars. Borisov has said this is an attempt by his political opponents to incriminate him. He won't be sleeping that peacefully any time soon, commentators note.