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The Turkey correspondents of Germany's public broadcaster ZDF and Tagesspiegel newspaper, Jörg Brase and Thomas Seibert, left the country on Sunday after Ankara refused to extend their press accreditation, which is tied to residency permits. Commentators condemn Turkey's treatment of the journalists and predict the move will backfire for the country.

After weeks of mass protests Algeria's President Bouteflika has announced that he won't run for re-election, postponed the elections and said that the constitution will be revised. Does this mean the changes the demonstrators want are now imminent?

To protect the country from external attacks the Russian leadership wants to isolate it digitally. A corresponding law providing for Internet traffic to be cut off from foreign servers in the event of a threat was passed in the first reading in the Duma. Thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against the move on the weekend. Is this the end of Internet freedom in Russia?

Ahead of the European elections the leader of Germany's CDU, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, has set out her own vision for Europe in response to Emmanuel Macron's reform ideas in an article published in the German paper Welt am Sonntag. She rejects Macron's proposed EU-wide minimum wage and makes no mention of several other of his proposals. What does Europe's press think of the CDU leader's contribution to the debate on Europe's future?

Die EU ist der britischen Premierministerin May kurz vor der erneuten Abstimmung im Unterhaus beim Brexit-Abkommen entgegengekommen. So soll es ein rechtlich bindendes Zusatzdokument geben, das verhindert, dass Nordirland durch den "Backstop" dauerhaft im EU-Binnenmarkt bleibt. Das fürchten vor allem die Brexit-Hardliner. Werden sie dem Deal am heutigen Dienstag ihre Stimmen geben?