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Polish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut has been released as part of a prisoner exchange after five years' internment in Belarus. Poczobut (53), who is a reporter for the Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper and a member of the country's Polish minority, was arrested in 2021 and sentenced to eight years in a labour camp in 2023. Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk welcomed him in person at the border.

The Iran war has put an end to the popularity of the Gulf states as a tourist destination, social media checks for visa applications in the US are provoking protests and people are tightening their purse strings. European commentators examine what the global political and economic situation means for tourists and holidays.

Croatia has faced a flood of bomb threats over the past week. Hospitals, shopping centres, editorial offices, airports, schools and kindergartens have had to be evacuated and searched more than 700 times – but in each case no explosives were found. The national press talks of a systematic attack on state and society.

Plenary has approved the revision of the EU Electoral Act to enable female MEPs to delegate their voting rights before and after childbirth.
Committee on Constitutional Affairs

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Plenary has approved the revision of the EU Electoral Act to enable female MEPs to delegate their voting rights before and after childbirth.
Committee on Constitutional Affairs

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Les députés ont approuvé la révision de la loi électorale européenne, permettant ainsi aux députées de déléguer leur droit de vote avant et après la naissance d’un enfant.
Commission des affaires constitutionnelles

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Balázs Orbán, an incoming MEP, says Fidesz will 'show up' more in the EU capital