Daphne Caruana Galizia commemorated, Macedonian NGOs breathe again, bizarre court decisions in Turkey, free speech under pressure in Catalonia, UK surveillance powers challenged, Poland in big trouble, fascists, 'foreign agents', fake news and ugly scenes in Italy….
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