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With almost all the ballots counted, Andrzej Duda has won Poland's presidential election. According to Monday morning's results, the conservative incumbent received 51.2 percent of the vote, giving him a narrow lead over his rival Rafał Trzaskowski, the liberal mayor of Warsaw, who secured 48.8 percent. Commentators are convinced that this close-run election will have repercussions.

The genocide of Srebrenica was commemorated in Bosnia-Herzegovina and beyond on the weekend. In early July 1995, Bosnian Serb troops surrounded tens of thousands of Bosnian Muslims in the valley of the eastern Bosnian city and then murdered more than 8,000 men and boys while Dutch UN Blue Helmet troops stood by. Commentators take stock and draw lessons for the present.

Turkey's top administrative court ruled on July 10 that the decision to convert the Hagia Sophia into a museum in 1934 was unlawful. President Erdoğan wants the Byzantine building, which dates back to the year 537, to be reverted into a mosque, and has handed over its management to the country's Religious Affairs Directorate. Commentators are divided and lament that the Unesco world heritage site has become a political pawn.

In the East Siberian city of Khabarovsk tens of thousands of people protested on the weekend against the arrest of regional governor Sergei Furgal on charges of ordering two contract killings in 2005. Spontaneous protests in support of Furgal and against the Kremlin also took place in other cities. What is behind this strong reaction to the arrest of the politician from the far-right LDPR?

After weeks of discussion, wearing a mask became compulsory in Belgian shops, cinemas and other enclosed spaces on Saturday. The decision was taken on Thursday evening by the Council of Ministers, supplemented by regional representatives. In other countries such as France and Switzerland masks must only be worn on public transport - as was previously the case in Belgium. What changes will the new rule bring?