🔁 What's moving Europe today
- The European Central Bank raised rates to 2.5 percent, and oil surpassed 106 dollars. This is the second increase this year, and La Libre links the move directly to the war in the Middle East; NZZ writes that the bank is choosing between fear of inflation and concern over state debt. Brent added five percent in a single day. 🇦🇹 ↗ · 🇧🇪 ↗ · 🇨🇭 ↗ · 🇧🇪 ↗ · 🇮🇪 ↗
- PISA results forced governments to act, each in its own way. After catastrophic numbers, Slovenia is scrapping nine-year schooling, Aftenposten names six reasons for Norway's "knowledge collapse," Sweden's results are the lowest in its history, and Luxembourg's minister Meisch says he doesn't like them. Finland, meanwhile, is defending itself against a British accusation that its own model is to blame for the decline in other countries. 🇧🇦 ↗ · 🇳🇴 ↗ · 🇪🇪 ↗ · 🇱🇺 ↗ · 🇫🇮 ↗
- The Emirates promised Germany 40 billion euros on the same day Algeria severed diplomatic relations with them. taz comments on the sheikh's visit to Berlin by saying that trade turnover trumps human rights; Le Monde writes that Algiers opted for a show of force. 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇳🇴 ↗ · 🇫🇷 ↗ · 🇫🇷 ↗
- The detained saboteur of Germany's power grid had 160 potential targets on his list. According to police, he was planning further attacks on substations; the story was picked up by newsrooms from Vienna to Vilnius. 🇦🇹 ↗ · 🇧🇪 ↗ · 🇱🇹 ↗
- Norway's prime minister said a drone narrowly missed the plane carrying Volodymyr Zelensky over Moldova. Jonas Gahr Støre said this after the Ukrainian president arrived for the funeral of King Harald V.; his own office subsequently softened the wording to a "drone threat that delayed the flight." The loudest topic of the window — twenty-three newsrooms wrote about it. We covered separately the harsher version from Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg, who speaks of an attempted attack. Our article → · 🇳🇴 ↗ · 🇲🇩 ↗
- 🇲🇩 Moldova's Foreign Ministry also rejected the Russian version of events. It called the attempt to justify the killing of civilians with false claims "cynical and unacceptable." Ziarul de Gardă ↗
- 🇵🇹 A Russian drone struck a border crossing in Moldova the same day. CM Jornal ↗
- Declassified Spanish intelligence reports show that both Madrid and Rabat received a warning a day before the mass crossing into Ceuta. According to the documents, the CNI warned about calls on social media that reached 180,000 followers, and spoke of a "rush by both land and sea." Eighteen newsrooms across Europe. 🇪🇸 ↗ · 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇨🇭 ↗ · 🇦🇹 ↗ · 🇫🇷 ↗ · 🇬🇧 ↗ · 🇳🇱 ↗ · 🇭🇷 ↗ · 🇬🇷 ↗ · 🇧🇦 ↗ · 🇩🇰 ↗ · 🇮🇸 ↗ · 🇭🇺 ↗ Our article →
- Apple unveiled its first foldable iPhone — and its most expensive one ever, right off the bat. The iPhone Duo costs 2,299 euros, and the iPhone 18 Pro also got more expensive. It marks the debut of new chief John Ternus, and the story reached twenty-seven newsrooms. Our article → · 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇺🇸 ↗
- Trump promised every adult American 5,000 dollars if Republicans hold Congress. At the first Republican midterm convention in Dallas, he also admitted that the war with Iran will not end before the November elections. 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇫🇷 ↗ · 🇬🇧 ↗ · 🇮🇹 ↗ · 🇸🇪 ↗ · 🇳🇴 ↗ · 🇩🇰 ↗ · 🇫🇮 ↗ · 🇺🇸 ↗
- 🇺🇸 Democrat John Fetterman recorded a video for the Republican convention on the same day and angered his own party. NPR ↗
- August 2026 was the hottest month ever recorded worldwide by scientists. Copernicus warns of higher risks for Europe, and the oceans reached record temperatures; the United States had its hottest summer on record. 🇫🇷 ↗ · 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇬🇧 ↗ · 🇳🇱 ↗ · 🇸🇪 ↗ · 🇳🇴 ↗ · 🇩🇰 ↗ · 🇫🇮 ↗ · 🇹🇷 ↗ · 🇦🇹 ↗
- 🇫🇷 UNICEF adds that extreme weather disrupted school attendance for more than 171 million children last year, with girls paying the highest price. Le Figaro ↗
- At least five people died in a ferry fire in the Philippines, with 87 missing. The ship was heading to Coron Island, and the coast guard continues its search. 🇫🇷 ↗ · 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇬🇧 ↗ · 🇸🇪 ↗ · 🇩🇰 ↗ · 🇳🇴 ↗ · 🇫🇮 ↗ · 🇬🇷 ↗ · 🇮🇪 ↗ · 🇮🇹 ↗ · 🇮🇸 ↗
- A US court kept the Tate brothers in custody during extradition proceedings. The judge rejected their request for release; they are awaiting extradition to the United Kingdom. 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇦🇹 ↗ · 🇭🇷 ↗ · 🇧🇬 ↗ · 🇩🇰 ↗ · 🇸🇪 ↗ · 🇷🇴 ↗
- The battle at Hormuz continues, and Iran is closing off further shipping routes. Iranian media report explosions on Qeshm Island; Tehran, Beijing, and Moscow all condemned the nuclear dispute being taken to the UN Security Council. 🇮🇹 ↗ · 🇬🇷 ↗ · 🇳🇱 ↗ · 🇨🇭 ↗ · 🇷🇸 ↗ · 🇩🇪 ↗
- 🇱🇹 Meanwhile, inflation is rising in Iran and lines are forming at gas stations: "Life has become hard for us." LRT ↗
- 🇵🇹 Tehran, Beijing, and Moscow condemned the referral of the nuclear dispute to the UN Security Council. Observador ↗
- Leading figures in the artificial intelligence industry warn that models could threaten humanity. Anthropic announced the same day a fourth hacking attack carried out by its own model, and US lawmakers are sounding the alarm after warnings from its researchers. 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇫🇷 ↗ · 🇸🇪 ↗ · 🇳🇴 ↗ · 🇩🇰 ↗ · 🇮🇸 ↗ · 🇺🇸 ↗
DE🇩🇪German media
- The Emirates announced a €40 billion investment during a state visit. Spiegel ↗
- Ifo says the government redirected €11 billion from debt earmarked for defense. Welt asks whether this amounts to serious abuse of the debt exemption that Germany pushed through specifically for armament. Welt ↗ Libertas ↗
- The state leadership of BSW in Saxony-Anhalt unanimously voted for negotiations with the AfD. The party defends this by saying it "remains true to its line." These are talks about possible cooperation, not a finished coalition. Spiegel ↗Tagesschau ↗ORF ↗
- Merz: a blanket ban on the AfD would not solve the problem; in his view, the bar is very high. He is also holding back North Rhine-Westphalia's premier Wüst, who proposed the proceedings. "I was and remain skeptical," he told him. n-tv ↗Welt ↗
- The head of the state chancellery refuses to restrict the flow of information to a government with the AfD. The dispute is over whether to cut Saxony-Anhalt off from intelligence data exchange. n-tv ↗
- Mercedes threatens to close a German plant over a dispute about the forty-hour week. FAZ ↗
- Guided missiles are soon to be manufactured in Saxony. In the record budget, every fifth euro goes to defense. ZDF heute ↗Tagesschau ↗
- Berlin SPD leader Krach is under investigation by prosecutors, but he isn't giving up the campaign. The raid came eleven days before the election. On Thursday it emerged that there are two proceedings, not one, and Die Zeit cites accepting benefits as the charge. Krach remains the top candidate, and Lars Klingbeil expressed the SPD's support for him. Welt ↗ Die Zeit ↗ Our article →
- Germany tested sirens and mobile alerts on a nationwide warning day. Tagesspiegel ↗
- Joachim Nagel is turning rate-setting decisions into a campaign platform for the ECB presidency. Handelsblatt ↗
PL🇵🇱Polish media
- Tusk announced that Poland thwarted a "direct threat" on the border with Ukraine, and is expecting attacks on border crossings. Gazeta Wyborcza ↗
- Wyborcza: in Brandenburg, five of thirty AfD MPs worked for the Stasi. Gazeta Wyborcza ↗
- Prosecutors seized the recorder from the driver's cabin after an Intercity train derailed in Mazovia. Following the tragedy in Sokolniki, the infrastructure minister wants to change the law and revoke drivers' licenses. Wirtualna Polska ↗Rzeczpospolita ↗Do Rzeczy ↗
- In the case of the warehouse fire in Lublin, camera footage won't help — the server burned down. Investigators are therefore unable to prove whether it was arson. Rzeczpospolita ↗
- Split on the Polish right: Morawiecki admitted he warned Kaczyński. Czarnek asks "qui bono?", Terlecki speaks of a very sharp exchange with the chairman, and Duda calls it scandalous. Wirtualna Polska ↗Wirtualna Polska ↗Wirtualna Polska ↗
- Intelligence services chief Siemoniak met with the CIA director, with Russia as the main topic. According to Romania's Digi24, the Polish side handed Washington details on Russian sabotage operations in European countries. Onet ↗Digi24 ↗
- Polish carmakers are reorienting toward drones and missiles. The industry is seeking salvation in the arms business. Rzeczpospolita ↗
HU🇭🇺Hungarian media
- Hungary's second-richest man is suspected of bribery in the Óbuda corruption case. HVG ↗
- In the ten-billion Volán case, eight people have been charged over overpriced buses. Among them is the former head of the National Asset Management agency. Magyar Nemzet ↗
- The European Commission did not confirm receiving a complaint from Austria about a fraud threshold at Paks. This marks a turnaround in the case set off by Péter Magyar's claim that Vienna had accused Hungary in Brussels. HVG ↗Népszava ↗
- Orbán spread a repeatedly debunked rumor about a British request to return horses to his followers. The portal 444 headlines it with the question "Is everyone here stupid?" and the foreign ministry had to comment on the matter. 444 ↗24.hu ↗Index ↗
- The pro-government portal Mandiner disappeared from the internet for several hours. 444 ↗HVG ↗
- A former Fidesz state secretary provided information to investigative journalists for years. He also spoke about the Microsoft case and about István Tiborcz. 444 ↗Index ↗
- The investigative committee into the pardons case will summon both Péter Polt and Zoltán Balog. Népszava ↗HVG ↗
AT🇦🇹Austrian media
- A Europol raid in four countries uncovered a trade in which thousands of racehorses ended up illegally slaughtered and processed into pet treats. Kleine Zeitung ↗ Kurier ↗
- Die Presse: The European Union will release funds earmarked for Ukraine to buy American weapons. Die Presse ↗
- Public procurement is set to become a bastion for the European Union against China. Latvia's LSM adds that the Commission wants to allow choosing not the cheapest, but the best local bid. Die Presse ↗LSM ↗
- Extreme weather will cut this year's champagne production by almost half. The paper also writes that coffee could once again become a luxury. Die Presse ↗Die Presse ↗
- The "Aktivpension" passed the National Council's social committee. ORF ↗
- German cultural exodus from Moscow: "a sense of emptiness is growing" Die Presse ↗
UA🇺🇦Ukrainian media
- Ukraine and Canada signed a declaration on a century-long partnership, and Ottawa will join the FREYJA anti-ballistic program. Interfax Ukraine ↗
- The death toll from the strike on a shopping center in Pavlohrad has risen to five dead and 67 wounded. Ukrajinska Pravda ↗
- Ukraine has nearly run out of missiles for its F-16 fighter jets, which it uses to shoot down Russian jet-powered drones. Ukrayinska Pravda ↗
- Sea drones attacked the port of Sochi, with eight people reported injured. Russia itself reported the attack by unmanned boats. Kyiv Independent ↗Censor.NET ↗
- The death toll from the Russian strike on a shopping center in Sumy has risen to two dead and twenty wounded. Three children are among the injured; Minister Sybiha is demanding a tough response from the world. Kyiv Post ↗Interfax Ukraine ↗
- "Carthage has fallen": how Ruslan Kravchenko consolidated power and what will happen to the prosecutor's office. His request to step down and move to parliament has not yet arrived. Ukrayinska Pravda ↗Ukrayinska Pravda ↗
- The government has sent a package of laws to parliament to cover the budget deficit. Interfax Ukraine ↗
FR🇫🇷French media
- Algeria has severed diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates, and according to Le Monde is thereby opting for a test of strength. Le Monde ↗ RFI ↗
- Poll: the French will not accept fuel pricier than 1.84 euros per litre. Fuel prices have become an axis of the presidential campaign. BFM TV ↗
- Climate debate has come to dominate the presidential campaign. Marine Tondelier wants to tax windfall profits and introduce a ten-percent surcharge on the largest inheritances, while François-Xavier Bellamy says "air conditioning has become an ideological object." BFM TV ↗BFM TV ↗BFM TV ↗
- French debt is under pressure, with yields at their highest since 2008. Croatia's Večernji list adds that borrowing costs are also rising for Italy, and Germany is under pressure too. La Tribune ↗Večernji list ↗
- Christophe Béchu proposes an "ecological and trade Frontex" with tariffs at Europe's border. BFM TV ↗
- Bolloré halts electric bus production in Finistère, putting 115 jobs at risk. 20 Minutes ↗
- Brazil's Supreme Court is being torn apart by an unprecedented crisis ahead of the presidential election. France 24 ↗
- An influencer critical of the government was murdered in Nigeria amid the presidential campaign. Le Monde ↗
- Moscow is opening new "Russian Houses" in eight African countries. RFI ↗
IT🇮🇹Italian media
- A power bank caused a fire aboard an easyJet flight to Prague, 146 passengers were evacuated via slides, and Malpensa was temporarily closed. Corriere della Sera ↗
- Matteo Salvini tightens the League's ranks and opens up to the regional governors, with the truce holding until the Pontida congress. There is talk of a new secretariat, with Salvini saying: "I am the secretary." AGI ↗Il Manifesto ↗
- On the Italian right, the dispute over the electoral law is dragging on, and a return of preference voting looms. Giorgia Meloni is tempted "for the sake of consistency," with the risk being early elections. AGI ↗La Repubblica ↗Il Manifesto ↗
- Budget: a thousand euros for a newborn, with a flat tax for young people under discussion. La Repubblica ↗
- The White House alarms Europe with the name Nickolay Mladenov as a candidate for the UN. La Repubblica ↗
- "To criticize is not antisemitism" — the square protests and the law stalls. Il Manifesto ↗
- Only one Italian classroom in thirteen has air conditioning. Il Manifesto ↗
- Starlink is running on Italo trains and has passed the high-speed test. The investment reached ten million euros. La Repubblica ↗
- Crossfire is aimed at the United Kingdom, but Andy Burnham has a shield — Trump. Il Manifesto ↗
CH🇨🇭Swiss media
- Zurich's district court sent a Ukrainian hacker to prison for almost thirteen years, stating that "acts remotely comparable" do not exist. Tages-Anzeiger ↗
- A European Parliament committee recommends a clear yes to Bilaterals III, while also giving Switzerland a lecture. Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- After fifty-seven years, Ringier is shutting down SonntagsBlick. The title becomes "Blick fürs Wochenende." Tages-Anzeiger ↗
- "For the first time since 1949 we are in a genuine state crisis," says an interview in Tages-Anzeiger about Germany. Tages-Anzeiger ↗
- The Dutch government wants to strip a broadcaster of its licence after it praised Hitler. Our article → · Tages-Anzeiger ↗
- Switzerland's largest battery storage facility has connected to the grid in the canton of Uri. In Regensdorf, meanwhile, heating will begin using waste heat from a data centre. SRF ↗Tages-Anzeiger ↗
- Mark Zuckerberg will have to testify in the Cambridge Analytica case trial. Tages-Anzeiger ↗
ES🇪🇸Spanish media
- Morocco threatens Spain with "repeated tensions" over "strategic blindness," also attacking the PP for its critical stance on Ceuta. El Español ↗ El Mundo ↗ Our article →
- "We shot ourselves in the foot," says a voice within the PSOE after intelligence reports on Ceuta were published. El Mundo ↗
- Prosecutors see inaction by Jesús Alonso in the case of a former Moroccan spy. In their view, it may have hampered a key investigation. ABC ↗
- A meeting between Minister Robles and the king and military command has angered Moncloa. ABC ↗
- Diada of a divided movement: Aliança Catalana threatens physical confrontation. Added to that is uncertainty over Carles Puigdemont's return. ABC ↗El Mundo ↗
- Diesel in Spain will get twenty-four cents more expensive from October if discounts are not renewed. ABC ↗
- Seventy-eight percent of schools in Madrid have no air conditioning. The portal eldiario.es maps cities turned into "heat traps" and heat-related deaths. ABC ↗eldiario.es ↗
- Sahrawis will finally receive Spanish citizenship. "The PSOE put up obstacles so as not to bother Morocco," writes El Mundo. El Mundo ↗
- The AfD is trying to turn its first regional government into a laboratory for far-right politics. El Mundo ↗
BE🇧🇪Belgian media
- Sierra Leone is outraged over a Dutch justice minister's television interview about drug boss "Bolle Jos," and speaks of neocolonialism. Het Laatste Nieuws ↗
- The European Union's plan to cut ties with Russian energy falls well short of the mark, according to De Standaard. De Standaard ↗
- A communal threat from the N-VA casts a shadow over budget negotiations. Georges-Louis Bouchez opposes a higher VAT, but not all liberals agree with him. De Standaard ↗De Standaard ↗
- Is former general Roberto Vannacci, the far-right challenger to Giorgia Meloni, a pawn of Putin's? De Standaard ↗
- The world is bracing for a Super El Niño. De Standaard ↗
- A plan against heat victims draws inspiration from the pandemic. A concrete procedure is to be ready by next summer. De Morgen ↗
- Clean Hands case: thirty-three defendants head into the final stretch before trial. De Standaard ↗
PT🇵🇹Portuguese media
- The food basket has gotten more expensive again and could keep rising because of fuel prices. War and inflation are pushing interest rates upward, according to RTP. RTP ↗CM Jornal ↗
- Marco Rubio says the United States has no intention of killing fishermen after the attacks in the Pacific. RTP ↗
- A police video near Marine Le Pen with racist comments has caused outrage in France. RTP ↗
- Fifty-seven Portuguese students are stranded in the United Kingdom due to chaos at English airports. CM Jornal ↗
- The mobile phone ban is being expanded this school year. CM Jornal ↗
- A report places European cities at the centre of the climate crisis. Observador ↗
IE🇮🇪Irish media
- The Taoiseach heads to Bratislava for key talks on the European Union's budget. RTÉ ↗
- The Aughinish aluminium plant told the government that ties to a Russian oligarch are "challenging" for the business. The Irish Times ↗
- Bomb disposal experts responded to a package sent to US customs authorities at Shannon Airport. The Journal ↗
- Members of the INMO union have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action over the lack of a pay agreement. The Irish Times ↗
- Nearly half of Irish workers are considering a career change because of artificial intelligence. One in five children and teenagers use it for school assignments. The Irish Times ↗The Irish Times ↗
NL🇳🇱Dutch media
- The tax crime unit searched eight locations belonging to medical specialists; cardiologists are suspected of collusion with suppliers. AD ↗
- NRC asks how harmful it is that the prime minister uses artificial intelligence for social media posts. Jetten takes it lightly. NRC ↗
- ProRail is giving up: it will exceed the threshold of 520 major closures again in 2027. AD ↗
- The Houthis attacked several cities in Saudi Arabia again. Iceland's Vísir adds that Pakistan urged the Iranian government to rein in the movement. Trouw ↗Vísir ↗
- Israel opened an embassy in Slovenia, the new government is strengthening ties. Our article → · NRC ↗
- A researcher named newly discovered insect species after Taylor Swift. AD ↗
- Expensive oil pushes European stock exchanges down. De Telegraaf ↗
GB🇬🇧British media
- The Bayeux Tapestry is displayed to the British public for the first time, at the British Museum. BBC News ↗
- Unions call on Andy Burnham to tax banks and lower energy bills for part of households. The Daily Mail writes that after seven weeks in Downing Street, "the prime minister's mask has finally slipped" on welfare benefits and defense. BBC News ↗Daily Mail ↗
- The investigation into Reform UK's financing has extended directly to Nigel Farage. BBC News ↗Libertas ↗
- The government will present plans for a tourist tax in England. BBC News ↗
- Pharmacists will be able to treat five additional conditions including migraine and acne. BBC News ↗
- The watchdog says the United Kingdom needs new laws for artificial intelligence in healthcare. BBC News ↗
- China warns bankers not to flood the market with "low-quality" IPO firms. Financial Times ↗
- Kemi Badenoch: we cannot endlessly tax wealth creators and neglect the armed forces. Daily Mail ↗
- Serbia's Politika writes that Britain is preparing an exercise to mobilize 95,000 military veterans. Politika ↗
RS🇷🇸Serbian media
- The student movement launched an election campaign in Novi Sad with a rally titled "Students are winning". HRT ↗
- Vučić ahead of the elections: "a vote for anyone else is a vote for the blockaders" According to him, Serbia must not be left to people who don't know what a state is. Kurir ↗Politika ↗
- A civic group called "Student List — Students are winning" has been formed Reuters, citing Macedonia's MKD.mk, writes that the student protests are the biggest challenge Vučić has faced. Nezavisen ↗MKD.mk ↗
- Vučić questioned Dejan Bodiroga's education as the bearer of the blockaders' list. Kurir ↗
- Vučić flew to Paris to meet Emmanuel Macron: "my last meeting as president" Kurir ↗Večernji list ↗
- A groundbreaking voyage: a ship from China sailed to England via the Arctic. Bulgaria's Dnevnik adds that the route was chosen to avoid the Middle East. Politika ↗Dnevnik ↗ Our article →
- Dmitry Medvedev: Russia can turn NATO facilities into nuclear dust. Politika ↗
- António Costa: new European Union taxes could protect German taxpayers. Merz, meanwhile, is calling for a smaller future EU budget. Politika ↗Politika ↗
- Finland has completed a two-hundred-kilometer fence on the border with Russia. Kurir ↗
TR🇹🇷Turkish media
- A ninety-year-old mathematical problem was solved by artificial intelligence, immediately sparking a dispute over whose achievement it is. Cumhuriyet ↗24 Chasa ↗
- Wall Street Journal: Trump was warned by his own advisors. According to them, the Iran conflict could last until the end of his presidential term. Habertürk ↗NRK ↗
- Investigation into illegal betting centered in Diyarbakır: seventeen suspects arrested. Habertürk ↗
- Workers in Atakum, who have not been paid for five months, have started a hunger strike. Cumhuriyet ↗
- The share of indirect taxes has fallen over three years from sixty-five to just sixty percent. Cumhuriyet ↗
HR🇭🇷Croatian media
- The European Parliament voted for an urgent debate on toxic waste in Gospić. Večernji list ↗
- Hazardous waste in Gospić and Benkovac: the government activates "option B" Elevated levels of antimony were found in the Biba spring, and a court expert doubts the cleanup will be finished within three months. Večernji list ↗24sata ↗24sata ↗
- Citizens are protesting against the bank closure: "Orebić is not Croatia's appendix!" Večernji list ↗
- Večernji list reports a breakthrough on the front: Ukrainians liberated 152 square kilometers. Večernji list ↗
- Thompson's concert in Vukovar brought in a profit of over one million euros. Novi list ↗
- A comet from another planetary system passed by us and revealed something unusual. N1 Croatia ↗
GR🇬🇷Greek media
- Amal Clooney spoke out in favor of returning the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. Naftemporiki ↗
- The death of singer Giorgos Mazonakis after plasmapheresis at the Stem Cell clinic has shaken Greece. Two doctors were dismissed and left without comment; one doctor claims the practice was run exclusively by his wife. Experts warn against "regenerative" therapies. Protothema ↗Protothema ↗To Vima ↗
- Iran is at an advanced stage of building an underground nuclear facility inside Pickaxe Mountain. Trump says on this: "we could strike soon." Protothema ↗
- For Dimitris Avramopoulos, the hour of crisis has arrived. To Vima ↗
- A second bag of human bones was found in Kypseli. Naftemporiki ↗
- ICEYE has entered a strategic partnership with Arianespace, satellite production set to double by 2027. Naftemporiki ↗
SE🇸🇪Swedish media
- Sweden's campaign peaks: "one must go — Kristersson or Andersson" Denmark's Berlingske writes that the prime minister put his rival on the back foot even before the debate began. Dagens Nyheter ↗SVT ↗Berlingske ↗
- An influencer died during a beauty procedure, the clinic is under investigation. Dagens Nyheter ↗
- Unemployed Torbjörn: "How are we supposed to survive out here in the sticks?" SVT ↗
- JD Vance: "I am doing God's work" Expressen ↗
- Sources: Trump's advisors are warning of a prolonged war. Svenska Dagbladet ↗
NO🇳🇴Norwegian media
- NRK sources say Støre is reshuffling the government. NRK ↗
- Secret report: Western veterans allegedly trained Russian soldiers. Britain's Daily Mail adds that according to a leaked document, this involved SAS and US Navy SEAL veterans, with the training taking place at Bulgarian military camps. Aftenposten ↗Daily Mail ↗
- The security service PST had to intervene over an incident involving an official guest at the king's funeral. Data traffic during Harald V's funeral increased by two hundred percent. Aftenposten ↗Aftenposten ↗
- A former DNA analyst was sentenced to ten years in prison, having tampered with over a thousand samples. VG ↗
FI🇫🇮Finnish media
- Google bought a paper mill in Hamina over fifteen years ago, and now the city will get part of a thirteen-billion-euro investment. Yle ↗
- Analysis: Google threw Prime Minister Petteri Orpo a lifeline. Yle ↗
- PISA: the Finnish school system "was developed until it broke" Helsingin Sanomat reports from Tallinn on why Estonia performs better than Finland in the tests. Helsingin Sanomat ↗Helsingin Sanomat ↗
- The year-long shutdown and maintenance of the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor is beginning. Helsingin Sanomat ↗
- Entrepreneurs: Finland's pension system is expensive and inefficient. Helsingin Sanomat ↗
- President Alexander Stubb will attend a space summit in Paris. France's RFI writes that the main topic is global space governance. Yle ↗RFI ↗
🌍 Other countries
- 🇲🇰 Hague prosecutors seek six years in prison for former Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi over witness tampering MKD.mk ↗
- 🇷🇴 The Union is falling behind on Draghi's reforms: after two years, not a single one of the thirty key measures has been fully implemented Digi24 ↗
- 🇲🇹 European Parliament to send fact-finding mission to Malta after Yorgen Fenech's acquittal Lovin Malta ↗
- 🇱🇻 Commander of the Ugandan army demands that the Turks leave the country LSM ↗
- 🇱🇹 Commander of the Lithuanian army admits Americans are late delivering HIMARS rocket launchers LRT ↗
- 🇷🇴 The West has come to terms with the war in Ukraine continuing into 2027 According to Adevărul, Putin is preparing for a winter of massive attacks. Adevărul ↗
- 🇷🇴 President Nicușor Dan signs law allowing completion of hydroelectric plants begun before 2007 Adevărul ↗
- 🇷🇴 Robert Negoiță is convinced Romania will have early elections Adevărul ↗
- 🇷🇴 Romanians lose nearly eighteen hours a month commuting to work Adevărul ↗
- 🇷🇴 After a century and a half, bears have reclaimed the Jiu Valley as mining towns return to wilderness Adevărul ↗
- 🇧🇬 Government allows Bulgarian firm to supply products to Rosatom Dnevnik ↗
- 🇧🇬 Germany seeks extradition of Burgas businessman in investigation of 1.4-tonne cocaine smuggling 24 Chasa ↗
- 🇩🇰 Merz must assemble an impossible puzzle after election defeat Politiken ↗
- 🇩🇰 White House removes controversial video game after warning from Tetris company Berlingske ↗
- 🇸🇮 German director Stefan Thumann lives in secret locations, says Russia allegedly wanted to kill him with novichok Siol ↗
- 🇸🇮 Eight Arab and Muslim countries call for further sanctions against Israeli settlements According to Delo, the wave of trade restrictions on settlements is growing. RTV Slovenija ↗Delo ↗
- 🇧🇦 The hidden map of Tel Aviv: Israel signals Greece will not get the source code to air defense systems Klix.ba ↗
- 🇧🇦 Mladić's bodyguard claims Đinđić offered him money for plastic surgery and a hideout Klix.ba ↗
- 🇧🇦 SNSD member attacks a supporter of Draško Stanivuković with a knife Radio Sarajevo ↗
- 🇲🇰 Government to review resignation of Skopje prison director Utkovski MKD.mk ↗
- 🇲🇰 New unrest in Albania over Trump's son-in-law's project MKD.mk ↗
- 🇦🇱 Day 102 of protests: a kilometer-long march through Tirana and chants of "Rama to prison, Balluku to prison" Gazeta Shqiptare ↗Balkanweb ↗
- 🇦🇱 Journalist Basir Çollaku exposes the "Ron" team in arms-trafficking case He says Tatiana, Sergei, Igor and Anastasia are all under investigation. Gazeta Shqiptare ↗
- 🇪🇪 American startup to begin producing cheap guided missiles in Germany Postimees ↗
- 🇪🇪 Eesti Energia ready to build a nuclear power plant on its own Postimees ↗
- 🇱🇹 Attacks on journalists rise sharply ahead of elections in Saxony-Anhalt LRT ↗
- 🇱🇹 The end of the war in Ukraine may also decide the fate of Alexander Lukashenko 15min ↗
- 🇱🇹 Classical music concert held at the Lapės landfill LRT ↗
- 🇮🇸 Bill Gates says he doesn't like the direction of AI development Morgunblaðið ↗
- 🇮🇸 A difficult parliamentary winter: Inga Sæland, queen of the government RÚV ↗
- 🇺🇸 In Rhode Island, the governor lost the Democratic primary and a democratic socialist unseated the mayor of Providence The Hill ↗The Hill ↗
- 🇺🇸 House Republican leaders used convention speeches against "crazy communists" The Hill ↗
- 🇲🇩 Foreign ministry refutes false claims by the Russian Federation It called the attempt to justify the killing of civilians cynical and unacceptable. Ziarul de Gardă ↗
- 🇲🇩 Vitalie Tofan takes scissors to bureaucracy, dozens of permits could disappear BANI.md ↗
- 🇲🇪 Vujisić must report to prison on September 15, sentenced to five years Vijesti ↗
- 🇲🇪 Vehicle registration to become more expensive from next summer Vijesti ↗
- 🇱🇻 It's time to talk about the lack of neutrality in sports, says Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych LSM ↗
- 🇱🇻 University of Latvia geologists return from expedition to Greenland's glaciers LSM ↗
- 🇱🇺 Cultural agency Kultur lx sits on a million-euro treasure between an octopus and a kraken Luxemburger Wort ↗
- 🇲🇹 Il-Koħħu denies saying it was Joseph Muscat: "My testimony led to several convictions" Newsbook ↗
🔁 Cross-country topics
- BSW to negotiate with AfD in Saxony-Anhalt, Merz rejects party ban. Our article → — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇹🇷 TR · 🇱🇹 LT · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇲🇰 MK · 🇩🇰 DK · 🇪🇸 ES
- Israel opens embassy in Ljubljana, thousands protest. Our article → — 🇸🇮 SI · 🇧🇦 BA · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇷🇸 RS · 🇳🇱 NL
- Ukrainian strikes deep inside Russia — after Siberia, the port of Sochi is next. — 🇺🇦 UA · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇸🇪 SE · 🇧🇬 BG · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇪🇪 EE · 🇧🇦 BA
- PISA results stir up the school debate across Europe. By evening more countries had joined in, and it didn't stop at debate: Slovenia is abolishing the nine-year school system. — 🇪🇸 ES · 🇫🇮 FI · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇧🇦 BA · 🇳🇴 NO · 🇪🇪 EE · 🇱🇺 LU · 🇨🇭 CH
- The European Central Bank raised interest rates to 2.5 percent, borrowing costs rise. — 🇮🇪 IE · 🇫🇮 FI · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇧🇬 BG · 🇵🇹 PT
🔭 Worth a closer look
- Israel won't give Greece the source code to its air-defense shield. Slovak and Czech media covered the signing of the Israeli-Greek agreement in late August, but not this twist. The difference between "buying a system" and "controlling a system" is a question relevant to every weapons purchase, including Slovakia's. Klix.ba ↗ Our article →
- The Aughinish aluminum plant told the Irish government that its ties to a Russian oligarch are a problem for it. It shows what happens when an entire industrial region hangs on a single sanctioned owner. The topic hasn't appeared in Slovak or Czech media. The Irish Times ↗
- Bulgaria allows a domestic firm to supply products to Rosatom. An EU country signs an exemption for the Russian nuclear conglomerate in the same week that Belgium's De Standaard writes that the Union's plan to cut ties with Russian energy "falls well short of the mark." Dnevnik ↗
- Secret report says Western veterans trained Russian soldiers at camps in Bulgaria. Norway's Aftenposten reports on a leaked document, while Britain's Daily Mail names SAS and US Navy SEAL veterans. No Slovak or Czech media has covered the topic. Aftenposten ↗
