Following the cancellation of the first round of elections in November due to suspected fraud, Romanians will head to the polls again on Sunday to elect a new president. The list of candidates includes Crin Antonescu from the current governing coalition between the Social Democrats, Liberals and the Hungarian Party, George Simion from the right-wing nationalist AUR party, and Elena Lasconi from the liberal USR.
Following a deadly attack on tourists in the India-controlled part of Kashmir, tensions are escalating between hostile nuclear powers India and Pakistan. New Delhi has terminated the Indus Waters Treaty, expelled Pakistanis and closed its airspace to flights from its neighbour. Europe's press looks at why this hotspot is particularly explosive right now.
Canada's governing Liberal Party is the clear winner of Monday's federal election. Prime Minister Mark Carney's party overtook the Conservatives, securing an estimated 169 seats in parliament and falling just short of an absolute majority. Carney stressed his intention of strengthening his country's ties with "reliable allies" such as Europe. Commentators focus on the voters' motives.
Large-scale power outages plunged more than 60 million people in Spain, Portugal and parts of France into chaos on Monday. The internet and mobile phones went dead, traffic systems came to a halt, and homes and business were left without electricity. Although the power supply has been restored, the cause of the blackout remains unclear, but the grid operator has ruled out a cyberattack. Commentators draw their own conclusions.
Under a new law, Hungarian MEPs will have to submit declarations of their assets in Hungary - as is already the case for members of the national parliament. However, while the latter are allowed to correct false or incomplete information retroactively, MEPs face the prospect of losing their seats in such cases. Opposition leader Péter Magyar claims that the law is aimed at him directly.