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Russia released Ukrainian fighter pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who had been sentenced to 22 years in prison, and sent her home to Ukraine on Wednesday. In return the government in Kiev freed two men it suspects of being Russian soldiers. Who stands to gain from Savchenko's release?

A Swedish government commission is calling for a legal amendment that would allow the authorities to clear the camps set up by Roma from Romania and Bulgaria. In recent years around 30 of these illegal camps have sprung up in Stockholm alone. Is this the right way to put an end to begging on Sweden's streets?

According to media reports the party platform Most - junior partner in the conservative HDZ party's coalition government - has called for the latter's leader to resign as deputy prime minister. Karamarko has been implicated in a corruption scandal involving Hungarian energy group Mol. The Croatian press hotly debates Most's initiative.

The Greek parliament has approved a series of cutbacks and tax hikes in order to secure the release of fresh loans from the country's creditors. The measures also include an automatic debt brake and a privatisation fund that will administer and sell state property. The last measure in particular is a source of heated debate in the Greek media.

Rating agency Fitch has upgraded Hungary back to investment grade. The country's credit rating was lowered to junk status in 2011. The Hungarian media debate Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's impact on Hungary's financial standing.

OPINION on the preparation of the post-electoral revision of the MFF 2014-2020: Parliament’s input ahead of the Commission’s proposal
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Neena Gill

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The Council is meeting on 30-31 May 2016 in Brussels to address the role of youth policies and of the youth sector for an integrated approach to prevent and combat violent radicalisation of young people. It is also discussing the promotion of European audiovisual content.

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Following the impetus by the European Council in December 2013, emphasizing that defence investments are the key to develop, deploy and sustain military capabilities in the framework of the Common Security and Defence Policy, the European Commission and the European Defence Agency, have worked on establishing a preparatory action on CSDP research. The Commission will present the relevant terms and provide an outlook on the implementation of the preparatory action at SEDE meeting on 30 May 2016.
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