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From humble origins, Reginald Mengi built a business and media empire known throughout East Africa.

May 1, 2004 saw the biggest enlargement in the history of the EU: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, as well as Slovenia, Malta and Cyprus joined the bloc and the single market. Not everything has gone as planned since the new members joined, commentators observe.

Trade Unions in many European cities mobilised demonstrations to mark May 1, International Workers' Day, yesterday. In Germany protesters called for a more social Europe, in Paris riots overshadowed the rallies and in Istanbul dozens of marchers were arrested. Commentators discuss which topics workers' representatives should be focusing on in today's world.

Merkel and Macron have brought the representatives of eight Balkan states together in Berlin with the aim of making progress in the dispute between Serbia and Kosovo. Also in attendance was EU Foreign Affairs High Representative Federica Mogherini, who recently proposed a land swap as a way of resolving the issue. Berlin is against this solution, and rightly so, commentators say, asking what Europe's strategy for the Balkan region is.

In most countries the campaigns for the European Parliament elections are revolving around national issues. In Spain for instance, it's all about the Catalonia issue, in Poland the focus is on the teachers' strike, and in the UK the big question is whether it will participate at all. Many commentators would like to see politicians put European and international issues in the foreground, and make proposals for what those issues should be.

Should a female athlete with naturally elevated testosterone levels be forced to take medication to lower them? The International Sports Court CAS has ruled that she should, rejecting an appeal brought by the intersexual South African middle distance runner Caster Semenya against IAAF rules. A look at the press highlights the complexity of the case of the two-times Olympics champion.