🔁 What's moving Europe today
- Russia struck Ukraine's energy infrastructure the very evening Trump announced an "energy truce." Neither Moscow nor Kyiv confirmed the announcement; according to Axios, it is supposed to apply only to strikes on refineries Axios cez Ukrajinskú Pravdu ↗. Zelensky said he hadn't known about the deal but is willing to accept it. Newsrooms across Europe are covering it; our report is here: Russia attacked an energy facility after Trump announced a truce. 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇦🇹 ↗ · 🇵🇱 ↗ · 🇺🇦 ↗ · 🇭🇺 ↗ · 🇷🇴 ↗ · 🇸🇪 ↗ · 🇭🇷 ↗
- 🇺🇦 Foreign Minister Sybiha claims Russia violated the truce right after it was announced. Ukrajinska Pravda ↗
- 🇬🇧 Financial Times: Washington is threatening to halt arms purchases for Ukraine over attacks on Russian energy targets. Kyiv Independent ↗Index.hr ↗
- 🇸🇪 Both Republicans and Democrats in Congress have joined forces against Trump's deal on Russian oil. Expressen ↗Financial Times ↗
- 🇵🇹 Canadian PM Carney condemned the deal to purchase Russian oil. Observador ↗
- 🇺🇦 Russians also attacked railway and energy infrastructure in Zhytomyr region. Censor.NET ↗
- 🇷🇸 According to Serbia's Politika, Zelensky signaled that Ukraine is ready to stop attacks on Russian energy targets. Politika ↗
- 🇩🇪 EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warns of a "major oil catastrophe" from Russia's shadow fleet. Spiegel ↗
- 🇵🇱 According to Poland's WP, Trump wants a new Ukrainian president, and the Kremlin, via Peskov, reacted to this. Wirtualna Polska ↗Censor.NET ↗
- 🇫🇷 The EU's defense commissioner is calling for an independent EU-Ukraine peace plan, separate from the US-Russia deal. Le Figaro ↗
- Riyadh airport suffered its second strike in two days, and Saudi fighter jets responded with an airstrike on Sanaa airport. According to Italy's ANSA, the second attack killed one person and injured eleven; an explosion was also heard in the city center, and the UN is calling it a serious escalation. German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche was unable to fly home because of the strike. We previously covered the first attack, which left 12 dead and more than 300 injured, here; what we know about the Saudi defense alliance we summarized on Sunday. 🇮🇹 ↗ · 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇨🇭 ↗ · 🇧🇪 ↗ · 🇹🇷 ↗ · 🇮🇪 ↗ According to Poland's Onet, the victim of the second attack was a Pakistani citizen; Romania's Libertatea is now counting a fourth strike on the airport in the past five days, and Poland's foreign ministry today advises against travel to the country due to the risk of further escalation. Onet ↗ · TVN24 ↗ · Libertatea ↗
- 🇮🇹 Yemeni media report that Saudi fighter jets attacked the airport in Sanaa. Il Fatto Quotidiano ↗
- 🇹🇷 According to Hürriyet, Riyadh reports 1,732 operations against the Houthis, and tensions are rising in the Red Sea. Hürriyet ↗
- 🇨🇭 SRF: The Houthis are targeting Saudi Arabia's business model — namely air travel and tourism. SRF ↗
- Tankers were hit in the Strait of Hormuz and in the Gulf of Oman; two sailors are missing. On Sunday, Protothema reported one vessel hit by an unidentified projectile, whose crew emerged unharmed; the business daily Naftemporiki reports this morning a double strike with two people missing. Who is behind it remains unconfirmed. 🇬🇷 ↗ · 🇬🇷 ↗
- Pope Leo XIV announced during Sunday prayers that he will undergo surgery for a lung nodule. Corriere della Sera describes how the nodule was found during a check-up and why he decided to operate right away; he is set to be hospitalized on Monday. Our report. 🇮🇹 ↗ · 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇦🇹 ↗ · 🇵🇱 ↗ · 🇵🇹 ↗ · 🇭🇺 ↗ · 🇨🇭 ↗
- 🇮🇹 La Repubblica recalls that secrecy around popes' health only ended after Pius XII. La Repubblica ↗
- Raphaël Glucksmann won the French centre-left primary already in the first round. Olivier Faure accepted the result "with composure" BFM TV ↗, Ségolène Royal was "very disappointed" BFM TV ↗, and flour was thrown at Glucksmann as he left the celebration BFM TV ↗. Our report. 🇫🇷 ↗ · 🇧🇪 ↗ · 🇮🇹 ↗ · 🇨🇭 ↗ · 🇩🇪 ↗
- 🇫🇷 Libération claims Glucksmann's victory is good news for Mélenchon. Libération ↗
- British PM Andy Burnham confirmed for the first time that Russia interfered in the Brexit referendum. He said that when asked, he got "a clear answer: yes, it did happen." The Sun writes about the fury of critics who accuse him of working against British interests The Sun ↗. Our report. 🇬🇧 ↗ · 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇦🇹 ↗ · 🇵🇱 ↗ · 🇳🇱 ↗ · 🇭🇺 ↗ · 🇵🇹 ↗ · 🇷🇴 ↗
- A boat carrying migrants sank near Djibouti; the death toll has risen from 109 to 139. Sunday's reports spoke of 109 dead, including fifteen children, and 116 missing; French and Czech media now report 139 victims and 84 missing. 🇫🇷 ↗ · 🇫🇷 ↗ · 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇦🇹 ↗ · 🇩🇪 ↗
- North Korea fired several ballistic missiles toward Japan, flying more than 900 kilometers according to Onet. 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇦🇹 ↗ · 🇵🇱 ↗ · 🇮🇹 ↗ · 🇳🇱 ↗ · 🇷🇴 ↗
- An American judge banned election ads for Trump paid for with tax money. Ahead of the November congressional elections, she called them political propaganda. 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇦🇹 ↗ · 🇵🇱 ↗ · 🇳🇱 ↗ · 🇭🇷 ↗
- Financial Times: Russian intelligence services are preparing attacks on heads of European arms manufacturers. The warning from Western intelligence is being picked up by both Hungarian and Portuguese press. Our report. 🇭🇺 ↗ · 🇮🇹 ↗ · 🇵🇹 ↗ · 🇺🇦 ↗
- After a recount, Slovenia's referendum on the RTV licence fee has tipped toward a narrow rejection; the final result will be decided by postal votes. Sunday's interim count still showed the fee being abolished by a margin of 50.13% : 49.87%, but RTV Slovenija reports this morning a swing in favor of keeping it, and Croatia's 24sata is now writing about the rejection of the repeal. In the same vote, voters rejected the law on parliamentary investigation. RTV Slovenija ↗Žurnal24 ↗N1 Serbia ↗24sata ↗
- Poland detained a man who, according to the interior ministry, was planning an assassination attempt on PM Tusk and the defense minister. Tusk walked to work on foot even after the threats Wirtualna Polska ↗, and the Czech government offered assistance Wirtualna Polska ↗. Our report. 🇵🇱 ↗ · 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇦🇹 ↗ · 🇭🇺 ↗ · 🇺🇦 ↗
DE🇩🇪German media
- Labor Minister and SPD leader Bärbel Bas has resigned from all her positions. ZDF heute ↗Spiegel ↗Tagesspiegel ↗
- CDU's presidium met in Berlin after the election fiasco in the east and is searching for a way out of the crisis. Markus Söder sent a message to defectors from his own ranks: "Do you want to go somewhere else? Then say so." FAZ ↗Welt ↗
- Horst Seehofer accuses Merz of breaking election promises and of a "massive loss of credibility." ZDF heute ↗Spiegel ↗
- Bavaria is suing in Karlsruhe over inheritance tax, wanting states to be able to set it themselves. The Federal Constitutional Court is taking it up for review today. Handelsblatt ↗Tagesschau ↗
- Both the BDI industry association and the BND foreign intelligence agency warn of further Russian sabotage. "Companies don't end up in the crosshairs by chance," Handelsblatt quotes. Handelsblatt ↗Die Zeit ↗
- AfD holds at 30% in a poll, the Union is rising slightly, and the CDU in Cologne is changing its approach to AfD. Deputy group leader Krings is calling for a strict boundary as a "red line." Welt ↗Welt ↗
- One million four hundred thousand unemployed people have been receiving basic income for at least five years already. Spiegel ↗
- Minister Hubig wants to use a reform to prevent extremists from becoming lay judges in courts. n-tv ↗
- Germany is sending Tornado aircraft to a NATO nuclear exercise in Italy. Tagesspiegel ↗
AT🇦🇹Austrian media
- Judges and prosecutors have joined a protest and will not hand down a single verdict this week. "This just can't go on like this, it's insane," is heard from their ranks; the issue also returns to the question of whether the judiciary needs more people or more artificial intelligence. ORF ↗Kurier ↗
- The European Union wants to adopt an extensive package of sanctions against Russia. Die Presse ↗Der Standard ↗
- Damaged overhead lines and two derailed freight wagons have restricted traffic on the Southern Railway. Die Presse ↗Der Standard ↗
- Negotiations on the railway workers' collective agreement begin today amid high inflation. Die Presse ↗
- Minister Meinl-Reisinger met with Miliband in London. ORF ↗
PL🇵🇱Polish media
- Tusk confirmed the "revelations" about Pegasus: more than 30 million złoty was paid for the spyware, and according to new ABW findings, the CBA did not oversee it. Onet ↗Wirtualna Polska ↗
- Łukasz Gibała won the Kraków presidential election and, according to TVN24, won in every age group. Monika Piątkowska acknowledged her defeat, saying she would "watch his hands." Rzeczpospolita ↗TVN24 ↗
- PiS is claiming the result for itself: "Today Kraków, in a year's time for a change of government across all of Poland." An expert tells Onet that for the ruling camp this isn't a warning sign but an alarm bell. TVN24 ↗Onet ↗
- 1,321 pieces of ammunition have vanished from a police warehouse. "That's some kind of miracle unit," an Onet source comments. Onet ↗
- Two knife attacks in a single Sunday: in Bydgoszcz the attacker died after being shot by a policewoman, and in a hospital a patient attacked a medic. Rzeczpospolita ↗Onet ↗
- Warsaw Security Forum begins today in Warsaw, where the Supreme Allied Commander Europe will present NATO's defense plans. Gazeta Wyborcza ↗Onet ↗
- After nationwide checks in schools, Polish police detained 117 people. SRF ↗
- New tapes of Grzegorz Braun have leaked: he compared people around President Nawrocki to the Judenrat. Wirtualna Polska ↗
- Electricity and gas prices are rising again on the exchange. Rzeczpospolita ↗
HU🇭🇺Hungarian media
- The detention of Miklós Szeszták may have been premature and may have violated his immunity, says lawyer Péter Hack. Index ↗Telex ↗
- Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced in a Finnish newspaper that he will meet with Zelensky next week. In the same interview, he spoke about a new constitution and about the end of the Orbán era. Portfolio ↗Index ↗
- Spar has filed another complaint in Brussels over Hungary's special retail tax. 444 ↗
- Marathon negotiations over the budget are underway within the Tisza government; Dávid Vitézy rules out the government paying for the Olympics by 2030. Portfolio ↗
- Editors of Hungarian women's magazines are demanding that the government ratify the Istanbul Convention. 444 ↗
UA🇺🇦Ukrainian media
- The death toll from Russian attacks on the Kharkiv region over the past day has risen to five dead and 45 wounded. The city itself was also hit by guided bombs, with three people killed near a store in a suburb. Interfax Ukraine ↗Ukrainska Pravda ↗Censor.NET ↗
- In Ivano-Frankivsk the death toll from a Russian attack rose to three, and in Zaporizhzhia to 23. Interfax Ukraine ↗Interfax Ukraine ↗
- Zelensky signed sanctions against manufacturers of Russian ballistic weapons. Interfax Ukraine ↗
- Zelensky said Ukraine would call elections if Putin agrees to a sixty-day ceasefire. Censor.NET ↗
- NATO has released figures on Russian losses for September, and the numbers are substantially higher than Ukraine's; Bloomberg puts them at more than 50,000. Censor.NET ↗Kyiv Independent ↗
CH🇨🇭Swiss media
- A minister has banned an Orange Order march in Northern Ireland after thousands of people blocked it. We wrote about the tension in Portadown two weeks ago. Tages-Anzeiger ↗
- Washington is considering recalling its ambassador to Athens, Kimberly Guilfoyle, with Austria's Kleine Zeitung speaking of corruption allegations. Romania's Libertatea recalls questions surrounding her trip to Romania and the fall of the Bolojan government, which the paper says the U.S. State Department is set to disclose; according to Turkey's TRT Haber, Trump and Rubio are also considering her recall. Tages-Anzeiger ↗Kleine Zeitung ↗Libertatea ↗TRT Haber ↗
- The franc remains a safe haven, and according to the NZZ this reflects concerns about France and a possible euro debt crisis. Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- Standard & Poor's has lowered the rating outlook for the city of Zurich to negative, putting its AAA rating at risk. Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- Masked attackers assaulted police at Zurich's Hardplatz with fireworks and stones. Tages-Anzeiger ↗
FR🇫🇷French media
- Jean-Luc Mélenchon, before a packed hall in Clermont-Ferrand, promised to abolish the "abomination" of Parcoursup, the university admissions system. Le Monde ↗20 Minutes ↗
- High school students are entering another week of protests, and the government hopes for things to calm down. "Macron never understood young people," 20 Minutes sums up a decade of distance between Macronism and the young. France 24 ↗20 Minutes ↗
- 🇫🇷 In Mérignac, high school students clashed with CRS riot police after a call for a blockade on social media. BFM TV ↗
IT🇮🇹Italian media
- In the "broad field" of the Italian left, a duel of sentences is underway: Conte demands guarantees regarding Renzi, Schlein erupted that it's time to stop dividing. Corriere della Sera ↗La Repubblica ↗
- Forza Italia and the League raise the stakes: zero taxes for the young and changes to the ISEE wealth test. La Repubblica ↗
- Workers from the former Ilva plant in Novi are on strike today: "We are waiting for answers." La Stampa ↗
- Netanyahu ordered an investigation into those who appeared in the documentary about Gaza; according to him, it defames Israel and its army. Corriere della Sera ↗
- Maria Elena Boschi: to defeat the right, the radicalism of the Democratic Party and AVS is not enough — a broad moderate front is needed. La Repubblica ↗
- Singer and TV icon Wilma De Angelis has died at 96. Corriere della Sera ↗
- Stellantis unveiled the cars of the future, from the electric Citroën 2CV to the Alfa Cuorerosso. ANSA ↗
- Italy's Technoprobe tests chips for both Intel and Nvidia: "This is how we test the heart of artificial intelligence." La Stampa ↗
ES🇪🇸Spanish media
- Moroccan warships entered Ceuta's waters right at the time of a mass migrant influx, writes El País. El País ↗
- Police dismantled the last major migrant camp in Ceuta, ahead of the royal family's arrival. Ukrajinska Pravda ↗Index.hr ↗
- A sixth American missile destroyer will arrive Thursday at the Rota naval base. El País ↗
- The government is creating 500 more judicial posts and 200 for prosecutors, in the middle of the pre-campaign ahead of the November 29 elections. El Mundo ↗
- Six out of ten Spaniards expect PP and Vox to govern in coalition after the elections. ABC ↗
- The military parade for October 12 will feature 34 fighter jets and the controversial Dragón 8x8 armored vehicles, but no units from Ceuta. El Mundo ↗
- Sánchez pushes the Supreme Court in the dispute over the "grandchildren's law": "Grandchildren of exiles won't be able to vote, but grandchildren of Francoists will?" El Español ↗
- Lawyers demand an investigation be opened following a former judge's complaint. ABC ↗
GB🇬🇧British media
- Burnham will urge MPs to adopt closer ties with the European Union. The Guardian ↗
- The Institute for Fiscal Studies warns the budget will be a "work of fiction" without a clear plan for spending pressures. BBC speaks of a £35 billion hole and the need to raise taxes. The Guardian ↗BBC News ↗
- More than 60% of voters support a wealth tax on the richest. The Mirror ↗
- Five thousand convicts were left unmonitored due to undeployed tracking tags, a report found. The Guardian ↗
- Eight men released early from prison ended up back in detention. Daily Mail ↗
- An AI road test uncovered 19,000 offenses in two weeks. The Independent ↗
- Up to 280,000 people could be without water this winter after the summer drought. Daily Mail ↗
- Burnham says he holds Nigel Farage "significantly responsible" for a miserable decade. The Mirror ↗
NL🇳🇱Dutch media
- D66 wants to lower the threshold so that a child can be spoken to as soon as abuse is suspected. NOS ↗
- Marnix van Rij, author of the wealth tax plan, fears chaos and proposes that fortunes above five million pay more. De Telegraaf ↗
- After years of delays, tough decisions on roads, bridges and tunnels are coming. De Telegraaf ↗
- According to NU.nl, Kyiv is trying to prevent Russian bombing from splitting the city into two parts. NU.nl ↗
- More than two hundred aftershocks and dozens of injuries were recorded in Panama after a strong earthquake. AD ↗
- The object that closed part of the beach in Scheveningen was not a naval mine, but a steel ball. De Telegraaf ↗
- Prices at the pump remain high even after the weekend. De Telegraaf ↗
- de Volkskrant commentary: the VVD is no longer for people who want to earn money, but only for those who already have it. de Volkskrant ↗
🌍 Other countries
BE🇧🇪Belgian media
- PM De Wever had to postpone the government's policy statement due to a missing agreement. "We have a real problem," 7sur7 quotes him as saying. De Standaard ↗7sur7 ↗
- Public services are on strike, passengers should expect restrictions. Het Laatste Nieuws ↗
- A climate march passed through Brussels; the AGI agency speaks of sixty thousand people. "Anger is like the sea, it's rising," came from the protest. AGI ↗De Standaard ↗
PT🇵🇹Portuguese media
- Pedro Passos Coelho defends the agreement between the PSD, Iniciativa Liberal and Chega, claiming the state no longer has the authority to save public healthcare. He also criticizes PM Montenegro's strategy. Diário de Notícias ↗RTP ↗
- Eighty percent of Portuguese pensioners are in the two lowest income brackets. CM Jornal ↗
- Thyssenkrupp is investing up to fourteen million euros in Gaia to produce components for green hydrogen. Jornal de Negócios ↗
RS🇷🇸Serbian media
- Printing has begun on ballots for the October 25 parliamentary elections. N1 Serbia ↗
- Branko Ružić announced a new party and tells disgruntled Socialist voters they now have an alternative. Danas ↗
- Students from western Serbia are walking in three columns to Belgrade for the final rally. Nova ↗
TR🇹🇷Turkish media
- Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia issued a joint statement. Hürriyet ↗
- Shipping in the Bosphorus Strait has reopened after a suspension; Warsaw reported that a single ship had halted traffic. TRT Haber ↗Onet ↗
- The cabinet meets today with hot topics on the agenda. Hürriyet ↗
GR🇬🇷Greek media
- About 77 migrants were rescued from two boats on the open sea near Greece. Protothema ↗
- New conditions for data center investments, including bank guarantees worth 200 thousand euros. Naftemporiki ↗
- Kamburis, his wife and four others are going to prison for fraud. Protothema ↗
IE🇮🇪Irish media
- A last-minute desperate attempt to avert Wednesday's public sector strike; a minister says it can still be avoided. The Irish Times ↗Irish Examiner ↗
- Irish AI companies raised 256 million euros in 75 venture capital investments in 2026. The Irish Times ↗
- Irish Times commentary: the budget's reversal on climate policy was a mistake. The Irish Times ↗
SE🇸🇪Swedish media
- Sanna Marin warns that no one is safe from Putin. Expressen ↗
- Magdalena Andersson was given more time by the Speaker of Parliament to form a government. Svenska Dagbladet ↗
- A wave of hoax threats against schools: "It's offensive." Aftonbladet ↗
SI🇸🇮Slovenian media
- MP Tea Košir is leaving the Democrats. 24ur ↗
- Delo: Janša will have a difficult task in Brussels. Delo ↗
- A man died at a polling station. Index.hr ↗
HR🇭🇷Croatian media
- New details of the scandal: something important already turned up at the landfill back in 2022, and a session on SOA intelligence findings may not take place. N1 Croatia ↗
- Heating is being gradually switched on starting today; state utility HEP has an important message for customers. Večernji list ↗
RO🇷🇴Romanian media
- Rareș Bogdan announced he is ready to leave Brussels and become a minister in Lucu Niculescu's government. G4Media ↗
- NATO is testing rapid troop mobilization in Romania; the battle group in Cincu could grow to five thousand soldiers. Pro TV Stirile ↗
- HotNews investigation into how the AUR party collected membership fees and divided the money. HotNews ↗
🔭 What barely made the news here
- Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of sending its soldiers into Tigray. This is a reversed accusation: on Saturday it was Eritrea claiming that Ethiopia had declared war on it and calling for UN Security Council intervention. Slovak and Czech media have so far only reported the first version. taz ↗
- Moscow is using migrants as a tool to destabilize the Baltic states, and Lithuania and Poland are already training for it. The Belgian daily La Libre describes it as hybrid warfare; the Dutch NOS writes about a joint exercise by both armies to handle a refugee crisis at the border. La Libre ↗NOS ↗
- Algeria has detained 61 Moroccan citizens, accusing them of sabotage. Tension between the two neighbors is rising; in our country only STVR and Hospodárske noviny reported on it. VRT NWS ↗
