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In the Republic of Moldova, President Maia Sandu's pro-European ruling party PAS won Sunday's parliamentary election with 50.2 percent of the vote. The pro-Russian Patriotic Electoral Bloc led by former president Igor Dodon was left trailing with 24.2 percent. Despite minor losses, PAS can now continue the country's path towards EU accession without a coalition partner. Europe's media take a closer look at the outcome.

Parliamentary elections will take place in the Czech Republic this Friday and Saturday. Former prime minister Andrej Babiš's populist ANO party has a ten-percentage-point lead against Prime Minister Petr Fiala's liberal-conservative governing coalition in the polls. Commentators observe a tense mood in the country and examine the reasons.

A Paris court has found Nicolas Sarkozy guilty on the charge of criminal conspiracy in a trial over illegal campaign funding and sentenced him to five years in prison. The former president had been charged with having close associates try to secure funding for his 2007 election campaign from former Libyan ruler Muammar al-Gaddafi. Commentators take stock.

There have been several sightings of unidentified drones flying over Danish airports and an airbase this week. Drone sightings on Monday had already crippled airports in Copenhagen and Oslo for several hours. These incidents come after a series of violations of Polish, Romanian and Estonian airspace by Russian drones and jets. The media discuss motives and countermeasures.

US President Donald Trump now believes it would be possible for Ukraine to recapture its territories which are currently occupied by Russia. With the support of Europe and Nato, a return to the original borders as they were at the start of the war is an option, he wrote on Truth Social. Until now, Trump had talked of ceding captured territory to Russia as the way to end the war. Commentators debate motives and consequences.