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The high-ranking Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was killed in Baghdad by a US airstrike on the night of January 2. The Iranian regime has threatened to retaliate, to which US President Trump has responded by announcing further strikes. Europe's press discusses whether the situation will escalate and whether Iran would be in a position to wage war against the US.

Zoran Milanović won against incumbent president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović in the second round of the presidential election in Croatia. The candidate for the social democratic SDP secured almost 53 percent of the vote while his rival from the conservative HDZ gained 47 percent. Europe's journalists say the election sends a powerful message at several levels.

A statue of the Swedish football star Zlatan Ibrahimović in Malmö was sawn off at the ankles and toppled by unidentified persons on Saturday night. The sculpture had already been vandalised on previous occasions. The Malmö-born footballer's announcement that he is becoming a shareholder in Stockholm's first division club Hammarby IF apparently triggered this latest attack. Was this the dangerous overreaction of angry fans or a welcome boost for Zlatan?

The Paris prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into child abuse against writer Gabriel Matzneff following the release of a book by publisher Vanessa Springora. In her book, Springora accuses Matzneff of forcing her into a sexual relationship when she was 14 and he was 50. In the past Matzneff made no secret of the fact that he was attracted to minors. What do the media have to say about the affair?

The US administration has urged European lawmakers to avoid heavy regulation frameworks in the future rollout of Artificial Intelligence technologies on the continent. The call comes ahead of the European Commission's planned presentation of its AI strategy, set to be announced early this year.

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EU methane legislation is not just a nice-to-have. Europe cannot meet its 2030 and 2050 targets, nor ensure the success of the Paris Agreement without it, writes Poppy Kelesi.

Having suffered a defeat in this week’s presidential elections in Croatia, the ruling Croatian Democratic Party (EPP) has announced a meeting on Tuesday to analyse the result. This has been the second consecutive defeat during the leadership of the current...

Russian company Lukoil is interested in buying ExxonMobil’s 50% stake in the Neptun Deep project in the Black Sea, government sources told the G4Media website. Back in November, the US company invited several potential investors to bid for its participation...