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A fierce debate has once again broken out in Romania after a 43-year-old woman was mauled to death by stray dogs while jogging in the outskirts of Bucharest just under a fortnight ago. This is the third time in 20 years that a resident of Bucharest has been fatally injured by dogs, which have become a recurring problem because of owners abandoning their pets' offspring in the wild. The media have harsh words for the district mayor in particular.

With over 58 percent of the vote, retired general Petr Pavel has secured a clear victory against former prime minister Andrej Babiš (42 percent) in the Czech presidential elections. Pavel stressed that with his election values such as truth, dignity and respect had won out. Can he heal the rifts in the country after the hard-fought campaign?

Nine Palestinians killed in a police raid in Jenin; seven Israelis killed after shots were fired outside a synagogue; dozens of people injured on both sides: this is the tragic tally of a recent eruption of violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israel's new government has passed new anti-terror laws in reaction to the incidents and plans to facilitate access to arms for Israeli civilians. Commentators are concerned.

Greece's conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis survived a vote of no confidence on Friday. The 156 votes secured by his Nea Dimokratia party were enough to thwart the motion put forward by Alexis Tsipras, leader of the left-wing Syriza party, which was backed by 143 MPs. The motion was prompted by accusations that the EYP, Greece's primary intelligence service, had been preemptively wiretapping the devices of politicians, journalists and military personnel. The EYP reports directly to the head of government.