🔁 What's moving Europe today
- Houthis attack Riyadh. Turkey and Pakistan are sending troops to Saudi Arabia. This concerns an agreement by the so-called Mecca Alliance and is the most widely covered story of the day, with over 20 editorial teams reporting on it. The Yemeni army says it has secured the sea route in the Red Sea, and the government, backed by Saudi Arabia, reports that it has pushed the Houthis out of the area around a key strait. 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇦🇹 ↗ · 🇨🇭 ↗ · 🇹🇷 ↗ · 🇬🇷 ↗ · 🇭🇷 ↗ · 🇧🇬 ↗ · 🇸🇪 ↗ · 🇮🇹 ↗ · 🇧🇪 ↗ · 🇬🇧 ↗ · 🇧🇦 ↗
- The Houthis claim they hit an airport in Riyadh. 🇳🇴 ↗
- Jeffrey Archer died at the age of 86, the day before the release of his new book. The British writer and former politician had his career marked by a sexual scandal and imprisonment. Over 20 editorial teams have picked up the news. 🇬🇧 ↗ · 🇧🇪 ↗ · 🇫🇷 ↗ · 🇦🇹 ↗ · 🇫🇮 ↗ · 🇳🇱 ↗ · 🇮🇪 ↗ · 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇧🇦 ↗
- American bombers left the British RAF Fairford base. Trump justified this by citing an Iranian threat, and Rubio denies it. Vance speaks of concern over a new Iranian plot, American officials refer to a “terrorist plot,” and Corriere reports six people detained in connection with the base. Nearly 20 editorial teams are covering the story. 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇦🇹 ↗ · 🇨🇭 ↗ · 🇧🇪 ↗ · 🇹🇷 ↗ · 🇬🇧 ↗ · 🇬🇧 ↗ · 🇮🇪 ↗ · 🇮🇹 ↗
- Rubio: the bombers' departure was not a response to a terrorist threat. ORF ↗
- Russian authorities: the lab worker did not die of plague; tests showed COVID and rhinovirus. The Kremlin is reassuring, but Corriere writes about a broken test tube and contradictory statements. The White House is monitoring the suspicion, 197 people are in quarantine, and Trump speaks of a “big problem” and has offered Russia help. 🇦🇹 ↗ · 🇧🇪 ↗ · 🇹🇷 ↗ · 🇭🇷 ↗ · 🇳🇱 ↗ · 🇺🇦 ↗ · 🇺🇦 ↗ · 🇮🇪 ↗ · 🇮🇹 ↗
- New York declared a state of emergency over measles. Pennsylvania has more than a thousand cases, and deaths are rising. 🇧🇪 ↗ · 🇳🇱 ↗ · 🇺🇸 ↗ · 🇭🇷 ↗ · 🇭🇷 ↗
- Lycée blockades in France: 5,060 detained, 87% of them minors, and 215 injured students. Today is the third day of protests (“acte III”). Open writes that up to 40,000 students could be on the streets in Paris, and students and lycée pupils have presented a joint list of demands. In Belgian Wallonia, more than 20 young people were detained, and 18 police officers were injured in Liège. 🇫🇷 ↗ · 🇧🇪 ↗ · 🇨🇭 ↗ · 🇳🇴 ↗ · 🇷🇸 ↗ · 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇫🇷 ↗ · 🇫🇷 ↗ · 🇮🇹 ↗
- Spanish unions call a general strike over housing. Tens of thousands of people protested in Barcelona, and police detained 13 people after unrest. 🇪🇸 ↗ · 🇮🇹 ↗ · 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇱🇺 ↗ · 🇹🇷 ↗ · 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇪🇸 ↗
- Romania: fourth prime minister candidate in four months, Luca Niculescu. Two parties have announced they will not vote for his government. The USR describes it as “controlled by the PSD.” 🇷🇴 ↗ · 🇦🇹 ↗ · 🇧🇬 ↗ · 🇷🇸 ↗ · 🇷🇴 ↗ · 🇷🇴 ↗
- Macron and Merz want a tougher trade instrument against China. Four editorial teams are covering the story. 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇱🇺 ↗ · 🇪🇸 ↗ · 🇷🇴 ↗
- Trump will consider an American military base in Lithuania. He said so in response to a question from LRT; two editorial teams are reporting on it. 🇱🇹 ↗ · 🇺🇸 ↗
- Poland and Lithuania are preparing evacuation and border plans in case of war; Lithuania warns that a million refugees could head to Poland in the event of a Russian attack. 🇵🇱 ↗ · 🇱🇹 ↗ · 🇷🇴 ↗
- Kosovo: fireworks and tear gas in front of parliament. Police used tear gas against demonstrators; three regional editorial teams picked up the story. 🇧🇦 ↗ · 🇲🇰 ↗ · 🇲🇪 ↗
- Fireworks at a rally of the Serbian SNS set part of the Niš Fortress on fire. 🇧🇦 ↗ · 🇭🇷 ↗
- British police have revealed that the Tate brothers recruited and abused women using the “loverboy” method. These are allegations, with no verdict. 🇳🇱 ↗ · 🇭🇷 ↗
- Meloni wants to protect her voice from deepfake recordings. 🇭🇷 ↗ · 🇲🇪 ↗ · 🇸🇮 ↗
- Diesel prices diverge: Trump wants to lower the price in the USA, diesel is falling sharply in Luxembourg, and it has risen in Montenegro and Iceland. 🇺🇸 ↗ · 🇱🇺 ↗ · 🇲🇪 ↗ · 🇮🇸 ↗
DE🇩🇪German media
- Flydubai: the co-pilot reportedly wanted to hit Ben Gurion Airport with the aircraft. According to CNN sources, the attacker was aiming at the largest aircraft in Israel. Spiegel ↗, Welt ↗, Libertatea ↗
- Conscientious objectors are on the rise: there are three times as many applications this year as last year — many are returning unprocessed. FAZ ↗
- AfD at 30.5% in a poll, with a record lead over the Union. Welt ↗
- The government plans a new plastic tax. ZDF heute ↗, Spiegel ↗
- Wadephul: Moscow has “far-reaching plans” beyond Ukraine. ZDF heute ↗
- Ahead of EU–China talks, the chamber of commerce calls for dialogue. Tagesspiegel ↗
PL🇵🇱Polish media
- Romania calls up 10,000 reservists; penalties threatened for failing to report. Onet ↗
- The Polish embassy demands an apology from Tucker Carlson: a “shameful statement.” Do Rzeczy ↗
- The votes of Nawrocki and Trzaskowski were reportedly swapped; the prosecutor's office intervened. Wirtualna Polska ↗
- Court: Ryanair may not charge a check-in fee if the customer has no alternative. Rzeczpospolita ↗
- Senegal: flash floods in the capital, people dead. TVN24 ↗
- Czarzasty attacks Zandberg: “to spite liberals, he will hand power to fascists.” Do Rzeczy ↗
- Children removed from Białołęka; a children's rights spokesperson speaks of violence. TVN24 ↗
HU🇭🇺Hungarian media
- Péter Szijjártó flew to Russia sixteen times over the last four years of Orbán's government. 🇭🇺 ↗
- Hungarian citizens on the “enemies of Ukraine” list; Anita Orbán condemned it. Among those listed are footballer Miloš Kerkez and Balázs Hidvéghi. Index ↗, 444 ↗
- Ukraine–Hungary match in Slovakia: anthems booed, Hungary won 2:1. Telex ↗, 24.hu ↗
- Tisza government: Szijjártó's questioning has ended, new state secretary for employment. Portfolio ↗, 24.hu ↗
- ÁSZ missed the deadline, lawsuit against the dismissal of the head of Integritás lapsed. Telex ↗, 444 ↗
- The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for four Taliban leaders. Népszava ↗
- Partizán may not enter parliamentary proceedings; the rule applies from June. Telex ↗, Index ↗
- Strait of Hormuz: after a tanker was hit by a projectile of unknown origin, the British maritime agency reports further attacks on tankers. According to Portfolio, shipping in the strait is quietly resuming. Portfolio ↗ · 🇱🇹 ↗ · 🇭🇺 ↗
AT🇦🇹Austrian media
- EU Commission to present enlargement plans; Commissioner Marta Kos is due to present them to the European Parliament on Tuesday. Kleine Zeitung ↗
UA🇺🇦Ukrainian media
- Rubio: US will not withdraw diplomats from Kyiv despite Moscow's threats, and tells Moscow that it is not the one who decides. Kyiv Independent ↗ · 🇭🇷 ↗
- Trump blames Ukrainian strikes on refineries for expensive gasoline. Kyiv Post ↗
- Russian drone hits a ship carrying corn owned by Turkish interests; Sybiha condemns the attack. Kyiv Post ↗
- Romania and Ukraine to increase shipments via Constanța after drone incident at the port. Censor.NET ↗
- Russia reportedly tests balloon barriers against Ukrainian drones. Interfax Ukraine ↗
- European Solidarity expels MP Honcharenko over "ideological differences" — disagreements about ending the war and Ukraine's future. Ukrayinska Pravda ↗
- AfD may change its long-standing position on Germany's EU membership and the euro. Censor.NET ↗
FR🇫🇷French media
- Police violence: IGPN has opened ten investigations since the high-school students' movement began. Le Monde counts 215 injured students. BFM TV ↗, Ouest-France ↗
- Left-wing primary: more than 140,000 registered voters are choosing a presidential candidate. Le Monde ↗, Ouest-France ↗
- Senate: centrists become the second force at the expense of the socialists. Le Monde ↗
- "Intégrale" law against sexual violence: MPs approve the creation of specialized police units. Le Monde ↗, Ouest-France ↗
- Google on trial in London over commissions in the app store. Ouest-France ↗
- Israelis demand answers on the security failures of 7 October ahead of elections. RFI ↗
- EU cities where rent swallows salaries: ranking. France 24 ↗
- Nuñez to LFI deputies: "When will you answer for it?" — ministerial dispute over police violence. BFM TV ↗
IT🇮🇹Italian media
- Melonellum: parliament votes again on the new electoral law, and Meloni threatens to resign if it fails to pass. Il Manifesto ↗ · 🇧🇪 ↗
- Rents: the right considers a flat tax on rental income (cedolare secca); 100,000 people face eviction. La Repubblica ↗, La Repubblica ↗
- Calabria: farmers' revolt; diesel discount is "miserable". Il Manifesto ↗
CH🇨🇭Swiss media
- According to Tages-Anzeiger, Trump had Grok AI from Elon Musk approve the abduction of Maduro. Tages-Anzeiger ↗
- The ban on Hezbollah is politically contested in Bern. SRF ↗
LU🇱🇺Luxembourgish media
- Luxembourg's deficit is falling ahead of the budget announcement. Luxembourg Times ↗
ES🇪🇸Spanish media
- Puigdemont may return: Supreme Court opens the way after the Constitutional Court's ruling. ABC ↗
- Commentary in ABC: Ceuta and the CNI are black holes of Sánchez's government. ABC ↗
- French intelligence service accuses the radical left of disorder. ABC ↗
- Housing decrees: thousands of flats could disappear from the market. ABC ↗
BE🇧🇪Belgian media
- Euthanasia: the number of deaths has almost doubled since COVID. De Standaard ↗
- Vooruit closes the "back door" in the criminal code that it had opened itself. De Standaard ↗
- Brussels budget: does it really hold together? La Libre ↗
PT🇵🇹Portuguese media
- AIMA workers strike for 24 hours. RTP ↗
- AD, Chega and PS: two very different majorities in a country of consensus. CM Jornal ↗
- Burkina Faso: Traoré has got rid of the French. Observador ↗
IE🇮🇪Irish media
- Ireland to present a draft of the EU's seventh budget; Lithuania hopes it will not have to take over the negotiations. RTÉ ↗
- Galway: alleged perpetrators of a planned attack on a mosque filmed a video threatening further attacks. The Irish Times ↗
- Almost all schools will close in the coming weeks for the second strike day; unions are pushing. The Irish Times ↗
- The White House has barred Politico from Air Force One. Irish Independent ↗
- Help to Buy up to €35,000: what the 2027 budget will bring. The Journal ↗
NL🇳🇱Dutch media
- Protests against asylum centres: four police officers with damaged hearing. NU.nl ↗, De Telegraaf ↗
- Nigeria: military aircraft crashed, 32 dead. NOS ↗
RS🇷🇸Serbian media
- Kosovo Serbs will vote in Vranje, Raška, Kuršumlija and Tutin. N1 Serbia ↗
- The opposition reportedly wants a "Moldovan scenario". Politika ↗
- Cenzolovka: N1 management did not inform the Luxembourg regulator about the application for a broadcasting licence. Danas ↗
HR🇭🇷Croatian media
- Split hosts today a meeting of the political elite of southern Europe — Macron, Meloni, Sánchez and von der Leyen are coming. 🇭🇷 ↗
- Istria: 650 tonnes of waste; SDP attacks Prime Minister Plenković. 24sata ↗, Index.hr ↗
- Bosnia: HDZ BiH speaks of restored legitimacy of the presidency. 24sata ↗
- Flydubai: Israel reportedly prepared fighter jets to shoot down the plane. Our article → · Večernji list ↗
TR🇹🇷Turkish media
- Three mayors and 50 others: request for detention. Habertürk ↗
- Constitutional Court in the Tayfun Kahraman case: new court proceedings, compensation of 100,000 lira. Cumhuriyet ↗
RO🇷🇴Romanian media
- Overnight, two air targets were recorded near the border — RO-Alert was declared in Tulcea and two F-18 fighter jets took off. 🇷🇴 ↗
- "Victory theory" in the Russian attack: a move being prepared by the NATO commander. HotNews ↗
- Radu Miruță on Ukraine's reaction to the drone that exploded in the port of Constanța. Adevărul ↗
- New EU rules: hand luggage included in the price of the ticket. Adevărul ↗
- Laura Vicol prosecuted in the Nordis case. Libertatea ↗
GR🇬🇷Greek media
- Tanker under the Greek flag and crew hit in the Strait of Hormuz, no injuries; fire on the Blue Carrier 2 fully extinguished. Protothema ↗, Naftemporiki ↗
- Migrants: rescue of 40 people south of Crete. Protothema ↗
- Androulakis: not to the government of the defeated. Protothema ↗
BA🇧🇦Bosnian-Herzegovinian media
- Petrović's expulsion from the SDS: Bodiroga sides with Blanuša. Klix.ba ↗
LT🇱🇹Lithuanian media
- Lithuanian Prime Minister urgently calls for a concrete NATO plan against Russian hybrid attacks. 🇭🇺 ↗
- German brigade: residential buildings completed in Rūdninkai. LRT ↗
- Tusk warns against provocations; Poland is modernising shelters on the border. LRT ↗
- Russia looks for new friends: offers the Taliban cooperation. 15min ↗
- Absurd diplomatic scandal between Ukraine and Estonia. Lietuvos Rytas ↗
- Russian communists chanted against Putin; arrests began. Lietuvos Rytas ↗
FI🇫🇮Finnish media
- Russian intelligence increases pressure on Finland: defense industry and cyber networks. Yle ↗
- Supo chief: people who moved around Finland were linked to sabotage. Ilta-Sanomat ↗
- Minister: Google's data center may be delayed. Ilta-Sanomat ↗
- THL and KKV want regulation of the liberalized gambling market. Yle ↗
GB🇬🇧British media
- Conservatives promise the „Britannia Shield“ for air defense; Labour does not trust them. BBC News ↗, Daily Mail ↗
- BBC in its worst crisis in history; the licence fee „is at an end“, warns John Simpson. Daily Mail ↗
- Iranian drone: Britain received an urgent warning; Trump: „they will suffer“. The Mirror ↗
- King refuses to fund Prince Andrew's court case. BBC News ↗
- Private dentists overcharge patients by thousands of pounds after NHS availability collapse, according to Which?. The Mirror ↗
- Cancer in younger people: diagnoses come earlier, warns NHS analysis. The Mirror ↗
BG🇧🇬Bulgarian media
- Vučić: will he end like Milošević? 24 Chasa ↗
- In France, a 17-year-old Bulgarian was detained for assaulting a police officer at protests. 24 Chasa ↗
- Fake patients worth five million euros: the dean of the Plovdiv Faculty of Medicine and nine other people detained. 24 Chasa ↗
SI🇸🇮Slovenian media
- Prime Minister Janša and Finance Minister Šircelj will present two-year budgets. 🇸🇮 ↗
- Janša and Meloni: strategic partnership; Zdravljica was played. 24ur ↗, RTV Slovenija ↗
- Anna Paulina Luna threatens German politicians with entry bans to the US. Siol ↗
- Smrekar: there is too much spending. RTV Slovenija ↗
- Gradual introduction of free kindergartens for all children. RTV Slovenija ↗
SE🇸🇪Swedish media
- Trump approves execution by firing squad for the Fort Hood shooter, the first such since World War II. Aftonbladet ↗ · 🇬🇧 ↗
- Bus accident near Växjö: testimony of 17-year-old Felicia from the crashed bus — „I must not die“. Expressen ↗
- Doctors warn: hormonal drugs may bring small children into puberty. Dagens Nyheter ↗
MK🇲🇰North Macedonian media
- Vučić wished Putin a happy birthday in advance. MKD.mk ↗, Libertas ↗
- Dispute with Bulgaria: Siljanovska-Davkova — it is not just bilateral. MKD.mk ↗
IS🇮🇸Icelandic media
EE🇪🇪Estonian media
- Rubio: US will not withdraw diplomats from Kyiv. Postimees ↗
- FT: Russian nuclear weapons no longer intimidate NATO. Postimees ↗
- Pevkur and Rahumäe under scrutiny: senior officer sees possible conflict of interest and concealment in ammunition purchases for Ukraine. Postimees ↗
- According to Postimees, France is the weakest link in Europe. Postimees ↗
NO🇳🇴Norwegian media
- Man sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for a Facebook comment. 🇳🇴 ↗
- Mexico sends soldiers to the border with Texas. NRK ↗
- EU halts meat imports from Namibia. NRK ↗
- Train strike: „We can hold out for a long time“. VG ↗
- Senator Tillis reveals what he wrote to Trump in harsh messages. Aftenposten ↗
ME🇲🇪Montenegrin media
DK🇩🇰Danish media
- Social Democrats want a fund modeled on Norway: „Danmarks Generationsfond“. Berlingske ↗
- Enhedslisten considers removing the Speaker of the Folketing. Berlingske ↗
- Minister does not rule out new personal numbers (CPR). Politiken ↗, Berlingske ↗
US🇺🇸American media
- Tillis: the vote on Hegseth is his „greatest regret“. The Hill ↗
- Supreme Court: judges doubt oil companies' effort to halt climate lawsuits. The Hill ↗
- White House bars Politico from Air Force One. The Hill ↗
AL🇦🇱Albanian media
- 128th protest against the government; protesters demand the resignation of Prime Minister Rama. Balkanweb ↗, Gazeta Shqiptare ↗
- KAYO affair: arms trade investigation; threat of sanctions for Albania. Gazeta Shqiptare ↗
- Richard Gere criticizes migrant camps in Gjadër. Gazeta Shqiptare ↗
LV🇱🇻Latvian media
MD🇲🇩Moldovan media
- Palanca: a projectile landed at the border crossing and ricocheted into a bus; the crossing is working again. Ziarul de Gardă ↗
- Prime Minister Vasile Tofan meets with EU commissioners in Brussels. Ziarul de Gardă ↗
- Energocom did not buy gas for winter — why? Newsmaker ↗
MT🇲🇹Maltese media
- Activists demand an immediate end to trade with Israel. Newsbook ↗
- Nathaniel Attard dismissed as communications director of PN. Lovin Malta ↗
- Batteries at WasteServ collection point: fire risk for workers. Newsbook ↗
🔭 What barely resonated here
- Reflection AI: the first open model meant to compete with China. According to The Hill, it is a model from an American company. The Hill ↗
- Pentagon stops using Anthropic. A report from Macedonian media. MKD.mk ↗
- Mexico sends soldiers to the border with Texas. NRK ↗
*Illustrative photo: Berlaymont, Wikimedia Commons. Author: KenSwe72. License CC BY 4.0.*
