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Donald Trump is receiving his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda for the second time in a year today, Wednesday. Observers expect the two presidents to sign a declaration for the permanent stationing of US troops in Poland - the "Fort Trump" Duda had advocated back in September 2018.

Early parliamentary elections will be held in Greece on 7 July. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras took this step after the conservative opposition party Nea Dimokratia left his Syriza party trailing almost ten percentage points behind in the European elections. Normally the elections wouldn't have been held until the autumn. What is at stake in the vote?

The election in Istanbul will be repeated on June 23. CHP candidate İmamoğlu is once again in the lead in polls. He had already beat his rival in the regular vote on March 31 but when the governing AKP party complained of "organised irregularities" in voting procedures the electoral commission ordered a new vote. Commentators focus on the AKP's candidate and tactics.

Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated in Hong Kong on Sunday against a planned extradition law. They fear critics could be deported to China and see the measure as a threat to the freedom of speech and assembly. How important are the protests?

Investigative journalist Ivan Golunov has been arrested in Russia on charges of attempted drug dealing. He reports for the critical news website meduza.io, focusing primarily on corruption stories. Commentators say the charges are trumped up and an attempt to further restrict press freedom in Russia.