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The election in Russia
Viktor Orbán has sent a congratulatory letter to Putin

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán congratulates Vladimir Putin after this weekend's Russian elections. This is reported by Reuters, which writes that the congratulations come despite experts and large parts of the world condemning it as a mock election with a predetermined outcome.

According to Hungarian government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs, the congratulation should have been made in a letter to the Kremlin. Orbán thus turns his back on international leaders such as China's Xi Jinping, North Korea's Kim Jong-Un and India's Narendra Modi.

According to Russia's election commission, Putin ultimately won with 87 percent of the vote.

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The election in Portugal
Luís Montenegro becomes the new Prime Minister of Portugal

Luís Montenegro, leader of the Portuguese center/right coalition Democratic Alliance (AD), has been named the new Prime Minister of Portugal. On Wednesday evening, he was tasked by the country's president to try to form a government, several media write.

Montenegro must present its new government on April 2, but what it will look like is unclear.

AD has promised not to govern with the populist and far-right party Chega, which quadrupled its support in the election last weekend. To get a majority government, however, AD would need Chega's support, writes TT.

Montenegro and his party received the most votes in the Portuguese election with 29.5 percent.
The monopoly position of the tech giants

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Minister of Justice: "Breached monopoly legislation"

The US Department of Justice is currently holding a press conference about the lawsuit against Apple.

- Apple has maintained monopoly status in the US not only because of the company's merits, but by violating US antitrust laws, says the country's Attorney General Merrick Garland about the lawsuit.

According to Garland, Apple's market share in the US smartphone market amounts to around 70 percent.

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Koran burnings behind intensified terror threat in Denmark

The security police in Denmark PET sees an increased terrorist threat against the country, Danish media reports. The reason is the war in Gaza and Koran burnings that can be perceived as offensive to Islam.

However, the threat level remains at four on the five-point scale.

- All in all, it is our assessment that the terrorist threat against Denmark has intensified within the current level, says Michael Hamann, head of the Center for Terror Analysis at PET, according to Danmarks radio.