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A new law in Poland has triggered a major dispute between Poland and Israel. Under the legislation using the term "Polish death camp" to refer to Nazi concentration camps located in today's Poland will be a crime punishable with up to three years in prison. Israel has accused the Polish government of denying the Holocaust and falsifying history. Is the criticism justified?

Turkey's President Erdoğan announced on Saturday that "Operation Olive Branch" will be extended southwards to Idlib province. The Turkish army has been fighting the Kurdish militia in the northern Syrian province of Afrin for a week now. Commentators take a look at the offensive's motives and chances of success.

Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad - one of the richest people in the world according to Forbes - died aged 91 on Saturday. A miser, a visionary business founder, a man of legendary stubbornness who defined Sweden's image across the globe: Europe's papers paint a multifaceted picture of the entrepreneur.

In the first provincial parliament elections to take place since the ÖVP-FPÖ government took over in Austria, the right-wing populist FPÖ saw its share of the vote rise - despite a scandal in which its leading candidate Udo Landbauer allegedly sung songs glorifying the Nazis as a member of an academic fraternity. While some journalists are appalled, others take a more positive view, noting that at least the FPÖ wasn't able to celebrate a major triumph.

Leading German and French economists have presented their proposals for the reform of the Eurozone in Berlin and Paris. One notable aspect here was that both proponents of market discipline and austerity and economists who favour more solidarity and risk-sharing formed part of the work group - i.e. representatives of the two camps that often seemed irreconcilable in the euro crisis. Are their ideas any good?