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On 23 June 2016 the Brexit referendum ended with 51.9 percent in favour of the UK leaving the EU. Although the divorce was not actually finalised until last December, when the transition period came to an end, commentators are eager to take stock.

In Greece, a 36-year-old Georgian has filed a lawsuit claiming that he was tortured for four days by Greek police to force him to confess in the Caroline Crouch case. The victim's husband, who has since confessed to killing her, had deceived investigators for several weeks, claiming that she was killed when their home was burgled by foreigners. Commentators are appalled at the level of racism and contempt for women the case reveals.

For years Romania has been debating the introduction of voluntary sex education in schools. In 2020, parliament changed a proposed law at the last minute, making participation only possible with parental consent. President Iohannis then sent the bill back to parliament. The Senate refused to amend it on Tuesday, and the Chamber of Deputies has yet to vote on it.

The Allianz stadium in Munich will not be lit up in rainbow colours when Germany plays against Hungary tonight. Munich's mayor and city council had written to the Uefa president asking for the stadium to be lit up as a "highly visible signal of our common understanding of values", but Uefa refused. A number of commentators stress that the decision should not be denounced offhand.