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Poland has registered Ludmila Koslovska, president of the NGO Open Dialog Foundation, in the Schengen Information System for "security reasons". Because she is now on the list of persona non grata in this database she was refused entry to Brussels on Thursday and forced to return to her home country, Ukraine. Journalists disagree about the authorities' motives.

At least 35 people were killed in Genoa on Tuesday morning when part of a motorway bridge collapsed. The bridge, almost 1.2 kilometres in length, spanned the Polcevera River, railway facilities and a densely populated area of the city. In the view of commentators the tragedy didn't occur by chance.

After its dramatic fall the Turkish lira has recovered somewhat. The Turkish central bank pledged cash injections to halt the currency's plunge. According to analysts, however, it's still too early to give the all-clear. Commentators examine the potential consequences of the crisis for other countries.

Several youths are currently on trial in Russia, accused of having co-founded an extremist movement. Judges have once again refused to release 18-year-old Anna Pavlikova from custody. Russian commentators see a strategy behind the rise in judicial excesses, which include Internet users being arrested for sharing posts on social media.

A 21-year-old man has died on the street in the Croatian city of Zaprešić after a rescue team made an unsuccessful attempt to revive him. The media see the fact that there was no doctor on the team as a symptom of lacking investment in the country's national healthcare system.