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New hope for Greece - but will it last?

Reality Check: Greek elections, Egyptian military increases power while Mursi claims election win, Racism in Polish football, Millennium Development Goals revisited.

Just 6 weeks after the first inconclusive election, Greeks have been to the polls again. The result in terms of the positioning is the same - 1st: New Democracy, 2nd: Syriza, 3rd: Passok. The main difference is that both New Democracy and Syriza have added around 10% to their share of the vote, which means New Democracy now has a reasonable chance of forming a more or less workable coalition.

This brought a little more optimism to the markets this morning, but it might be short lived.

While New Democracy might be in the driving seat for now, Syriza has already said they will not be part of any coalition, and will go into opposition - and a formidable opposition they promise to be. With over a quarter of the country behind the Syriza, plus other Greeks disaffected by the country's handling of the crisis, their power to mobilize anti-austerity protests will be considerable, and some sort of civil unrest seems almost inevitable.

There is, of course, also the possibility that there still won't be a workable coalition deal, but that is a prospect no one wants to consider at this stage.

Katrin Auel at the Institute of Advanced Studies and our Athens correspondent, Helena Smith, look at the responses to yesterday's election, the likely next steps and the consequences for Greece and Europe.

• Egypt's presidential election

Although the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Mursi is claiming he won Egypt's presidential election, it's unclear what powers he will have. The military are taking increasing control after the Supreme Court dissolved the parliament last week. Sammy Khamis gives his analysis of the dramatic events of the weekend.

Read more of Sammy's analysis here.

• Racism in Poland

Following allegations of racism and anti-Semitism in Polish football and at Euro 2012, Chris Cummins has been to Krakow to find out how racism is being combatted.

• Revisiting the Millennium Goals

Marina Ponti, the Europe Director of the UN Millennium Goals, looks at what has been achieved so far, and what adjustments need to be made as we move forward.

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