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A row has broken out in Valea Uzului, Transylvania, over a military cemetery that commemorates Hungarian soldiers who fell in the First World War. In April a neighbouring Romanian-speaking community set up a memorial site with 50 cement crosses commemorating Romanian soldiers there. Unknown persons emptied bags of refuse onto the site and last week fighting broke out between Hungarians and Romanians outside the cemetery.

A dispute over an uninhabited granite islet in the northeast Atlantic has flared up once more. Rockall lies in an oil-rich area around 400 kilometres northwest of Ireland and Scotland. On the weekend Scotland threatened to take action and deploy patrol boats against Irish fishermen who it claims are fishing in the area illegally. Ireland's press fears that the dispute could be the first of many.

Death of Advocate General Yves Bot

While the European Union expressed its concerns about the 9 June elections in Kazakhstan, the newly elected leader, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, has vowed to enhance cooperation with neighboring Central Asian countries, including Russia and China.

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Gas storage can be the missing element in the future world of decarbonized energy if we get it right. In the meantime, gas storage can also accelerate exit of coal from the energy mix by helping to replace lignite with natural gas.

Ten politicians have passed the first hurdle to be Britain's next prime minister, with Brexit and threats of "no deal" dominating the race.

The EU has said it was "ready to work with the democratically legitimate government [of Moldova], on basis of mutual commitment to reforms and to the core principles enshrined in our association agreement" amid a political crisis in the EU-aspirant former Soviet country. Its appeal for restraint came after a Moldovan court suspended its president, Igor Dodon, and installed prime minister Pavel Filip in his place, who called snap elections.

A right of reply on behalf of the Hungarian government to the opinion piece "Orban-style 'media capture' is spreading across Europe" published on 6 June.

Albania currently faces a serious crisis, which it would be foolish for all actors in the international community to ignore. Yet we must ask that our partners in Europe read Federica Mogherini's report carefully and recognise accomplishments.

Details of a military deal expanding the US military presence in Poland are expected to be revealed this week as Polish president Andrzej Duda meets US president Donald Trump in the White House on Wednesday. Currently there are 4,000 US troops in Poland on a rotational system. "It's an increase both in quantity and in quality," Duda told Reuters. A landing strip for drones was also under discussion, he said.

German foreign minister Heiko Maas warned after visiting Iran on Sunday that the situation in the region is "highly explosive and extremely serious" and called it a "threat to world peace". The visit formed part of a European effort to preserve the 2015 EU-brokered nuclear deal after US president Donald Trump walked out and reimposed economic sanctions. Japan's premier Shinzo Abe visits Iran this week in another attempt to mediate.

Of the 10 contenders in the race to replace Theresa May as Britain's prime minister, many take very different stances towards Brexit as the date of Britain's departure from the European Union moves ever closer.