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Researchers at Basel University have investigated the psychological impact of the coronavirus crisis in 78 countries. Around 10 percent of respondents stated that their levels of stress, pessimism and depression had risen significantly. According to the survey, people in the US, Italy and Turkey are worst affected. Commentators cast about for solutions.

Commentators from Greece, Portugal and the Czech Republic use the election of the new CDU leader Armin Laschet as an opportunity to take stock and look ahead at what awaits Germany and Europe in the post-Merkel era. Their assessments of the chancellor's 16 years in office differ widely.

North Rhine-Westphalia's state premier Armin Laschet has been elected as the new leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) after winning a runoff against Friedrich Merz, who is seen as far more conservative, in the party's digital convention on Saturday. Commentators examine what the election means for Europe and how the CDU voter base is reacting to it.

After recovering from his poison attack, Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny returned to Russia from Berlin on Sunday as announced. In Moscow he was arrested even before he reached passport control at the airport. A court date for alleged violation of probation and compulsory registration has been set for the end of the month. How wise was he to return - and Moscow's decision to react this way?