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Stefanos Kasselakis, an Athens-born entrepreneur who was educated and worked in the US until recently, has won the first round of the left-wing Syriza party's internal election for its leadership. Over 146,000 members voted, giving the newcomer almost 45 percent of the vote. Ex-labour minister Efi Achtsioglou came second with around 36 percent. A run-off will take place on Sunday. Commentators eye the candidate with suspicion.

Azerbaijani troops launched an attack on the Nagorno-Karabakh region on Tuesday. The regional capital Stepanakert and other towns were bombed. According to Nagorno-Karabakh's Premanent Representation in Armenia, at least 27 people were killed and hundreds injured. Europe's press voices deep concern about the fate of the predominantly Armenian enclave on Azerbaijani territory, which considers itself independent.

British opposition leader Keir Starmer has said he will seek to renegotiate the Brexit trade agreement between London and Brussels in the event of a Labour election victory. Starmer said he wants to secure a better deal. During visits to The Hague and Paris he also expressed openness to new deals with the EU on migration policy. A sensible initiative or delusional?

Spanish - or Castilian - is no longer the only language that can be used in the Spanish Congress of Deputies. Since Tuesday the regional languages Catalan, Basque and Galician may also also be spoken there, as is already the case in the Senate. The amendment is a concession to the Catalan separatists, whose votes Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez needs to secure another term in office. The press takes stock of the situation also at the EU level.

According to a study by an independent team of historians from the University of Zurich, since the 1950s there have been at least 1002 cases of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Switzerland. The historians had been given access to confidential files from the church's archives for the first time. What can be done to put an end to such mistreatment?