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Violent storms have caused flooding and chaos in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, claiming the lives of at least 14 people. Thousands of people had to be evacuated and fields and roads are blocked by water and mud. For commentators, human error is also at play here.

The EU has hit Facebook parent company Meta with a record fine of 1.2 billion euros for fowarding user data to the US. The responsible regulator, Ireland's Data Protection Commission, ruled that the practice violates the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). What are the implications of the judgment?

In Romania, tens of thousands of teachers have been on strike since Monday demanding higher wages and more investment in the education system. Entry-level teachers at public schools earn only around 480 euros a month on average. Commentators agree that that's simply not enough.

Incumbent Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his liberal-conservative Nea Dimokratia party have won a clear victory in Greece's parliamentary elections with 40.8 percent of the vote. The left-wing Syriza party trailed far behind with 20.1 percent. Mitsotakis is just a few seats short of being able to form a majority government and has ruled out a coalition. If no government can be formed, new elections will follow in which the strongest party receives a bonus of at least 20 seats.