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The parties of the future Czech government under prime minister-designate Andrej Babiš have signed their coalition agreement. Commentators take a critical look at how the new government sees the country's present and future.

A gun battle between two feuding families in the mountain village of Vorizia on the Greek island of Crete left two people dead and four injured on Saturday. Members of the rival families shot at each other with pistols and a Kalashnikov. Three brothers are wanted in connection with the deadly shootout, and the police fear further bloody acts of revenge.

One year after the fatal collapse of a canopy at Novi Sad railway station, tens of thousands of Serbs gathered there on Saturday to commemorate the 16 victims. At 11:52 a.m., the time of the accident, participants observed 16 minutes of silence. The tragedy on 1 November 2024 triggered a wave of mass protests against the Vučić government.

During German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's visit to Ankara, he and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stressed the similarities between the two countries. Differences in their respective positions on the Middle East conflict were discussed but not considered problematic. Berlin's approval of the delivery of Eurofighter jets to its strategically important Nato partner is seen as an important step for Turkey.