The Middle East ceasefire is shaking again. Overnight, the United States bombed Iranian radar stations, and Tehran responded with missiles at Kuwait and Bahrain — one person died at Kuwait airport and 60 people were injured. Meanwhile, Ukrainian drones struck a Russian Baltic Fleet base near St. Petersburg during Putin's favorite economic forum. And Pope Leo XIV began in Madrid the first papal visit to Spain in fifteen years with an appeal to world leaders for “faithfulness to international law". An overview of what European newsrooms wrote about today.
DE🇩🇪Germany
- The United States and Iran attacked each other again in the Persian Gulf despite the ceasefire; U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth calls on Europeans to strengthen defense Tagesspiegel ↗Handelsblatt ↗
- AfD at a state party conference in Heidenheim vowed resistance to the new state government; the party leadership in Baden-Württemberg remains Die Zeit ↗
- Succession after Lagarde: will a Spaniard become head of the European Central Bank? FAZ ↗
- Merz rallied the coalition and warned against “games"; SPD calls for a cap on patients' own contribution to nursing-care financing n-tv ↗Die Zeit ↗
- CDU wants to abolish the criminal offense of insulting a politician; a Social Democrat says it is the “wrong time" Welt ↗
- Patient with Ebola discharged from Berlin's Charité “in first-class condition" Die Zeit ↗
- Rosneft chief: American energy giants are profiting from the blockade of Hormuz n-tv ↗
PL🇵🇱Poland
- Poll: almost half of Poles want American nuclear weapons on Polish territory Rzeczpospolita ↗
- PiS demands Deputy Szeptycki's resignation: “There is no place for such people in Polish politics" Do Rzeczy ↗
- Fuel prices are rising across the EU — Europe is feeling the consequences of the war Rzeczpospolita ↗
- New information after the CBA anti-corruption office operation in Gdańsk — official detained Onet ↗
- Unrest after the death of Henry Nowak — further arrests after protests Onet ↗
- “Our determination will be complete" — Poland prepared for a dispute with the EU Wirtualna Polska ↗
HU🇭🇺Hungary
- Dispute over the migration pact: opposition Fidesz awaits the position of Prime Minister Magyar Péter's government (Tisza) Magyar Nemzet ↗
- Orbán (opposition) urges the government to announce immediately that it will not implement the Brussels migration pact Magyar Nemzet ↗
- Magyar postpones announced meeting with Zelensky HVG ↗
- Liquidation ordered for grain company Bászna Gabona Zrt. 444 ↗
- Bloomberg: the EU may be planning tax cuts that would make renewable energy cheaper Telex ↗
AT🇦🇹Austria
- SPÖ sends coalition partner a bill on online comments Kleine Zeitung ↗
- Party funding: Wotschke strictly against increasing it ORF ↗
- After mass brawls in Italy's Jesolo, 50 extra police officers are being sent Kleine Zeitung ↗
- Healthy uterus removed in Linz — settlement talks failed Die Presse ↗
- Lawsuit seeking return of Klimt painting “Miss Lieser" filed in New York Der Standard ↗
- Chlorine leak at a swimming pool in Loipersbach in Burgenland Die Presse ↗
UA🇺🇦Ukraine
- Drones over St. Petersburg: in addition to the “Kronstadt" base, an oil depot and terminal were also hit; Ukraine's SBU speaks of weakening the Baltic Fleet Ukrajinska Pravda ↗Censor.NET ↗
- Hungarian prime minister announced a law on the “complete transformation" of state media Ukrajinska Pravda ↗
- Hungary suspends issuing work visas to citizens of three countries Ukrajinska Pravda ↗
- Budanov met Poland's defense minister in Warsaw; Kosiniak-Kamysz: “There are boundaries that must not be crossed" Interfax Ukraine ↗Ukrajinska Pravda ↗
- Turkish fishing vessel sunk near occupied Crimea — one dead, four injured Kyiv Independent ↗
- Poll: almost 75% of Ukrainians think corruption has increased during the full-scale war Censor.NET ↗
FR🇫🇷France
- The Lyhanna case: 11-year-old girl kidnapped and murdered by the pedophile father of her classmate — national outrage, Monday marches outside courts Le Figaro ↗BFM TV ↗
- Bernadette Chirac, former French first lady, has died at the age of 93 Ouest-France ↗BFM TV ↗
- 2027 presidential election: why Mélenchon may not want to settle the contest on the left too early Libération ↗
- New National Rally (RN) town hall in Carpentras canceled Planned Parenthood funding Le Figaro ↗
- Decathlon: more than a thousand employees on strike for higher wages BFM TV ↗
- SpaceX signed a mega-contract to supply computing power for Google RFI ↗
IT🇮🇹Italy
- Residential building collapse in Porto Sant'Elpidio — three dead, two injured ANSA ↗
- Vannacci's “Futuro Nazionale" movement grows: four MPs and economist Rinaldi leave Lega and Forza Italia; it now has eight in the Chamber Open ↗
- Forza Italia appeals to Minister Nordio and insists on civil liability for judges Il Fatto Quotidiano ↗
- Chinese and Taiwanese vessels face to face near disputed islands — high tension Il Giornale ↗
- Brazil ready to issue its first state bonds in yuan ANSA ↗
- Iranian national football team received U.S. visas; Tehran objects to “discrimination" AGI ↗
- Fuel excise-tax cut extended until July 3 AGI ↗
CH🇨🇭Switzerland
- Andrew and Epstein: what did Buckingham Palace know, and when? Crisis of trust in the royal family Tages-Anzeiger ↗
- New research: Germany recorded a record level of political crime SRF ↗
- Low water in reservoirs — a question of electricity-supply security SRF ↗
- Because of a gas cylinder: ETH has highly toxic gas removed, 270 residents must leave their apartments Tages-Anzeiger ↗
ES🇪🇸Spain
- Leaked diaries unsettle Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez Dagens Nyheter ↗
- Pope Leo XIV enjoys his first crowd bath in Madrid before the vigil: “Lift up your eyes" El Español ↗
- Raúl Castro appeared in public for the first time after U.S. accusations, at a 95th birthday celebration El País ↗
- Hunger outside the campaign spotlight before Sunday's presidential election in Peru El Mundo ↗
BE🇧🇪Belgium
- Social Democrats threw populists out of the government in Lithuania VRT NWS ↗
- Pentagon concerned about espionage from Israel, raised threat level to “critical" Het Laatste Nieuws ↗
- Suspicious financial flows emerging in the bankruptcy of Ziegler 7sur7 ↗
- Flanders ready to reach into its wallet for Volvo Gent 7sur7 ↗
NL🇳🇱Netherlands
- Nationwide system outage — military police are not issuing emergency passports on Saturday NU.nl ↗
- ASML employees angry over Musk invitation to company conference, threatening boycott AD ↗
- Ebola is not under control — will this be the largest epidemic in history? NU.nl ↗
- Kim Jong-un inspects repaired warship that caused him an embarrassing fiasco at launch NOS ↗
- Briton sentenced to 24 years for rape for which another man was wrongfully imprisoned for 17 years NU.nl ↗
PT🇵🇹Portugal
- Mozambican bishop of Quelimane murdered by a shot to the heart; suspects on the run Observador ↗Público ↗
- Agriculture minister asks Europe for support for farmers beyond the government's 20 million RTP ↗
- Elections in Kosovo: incumbent prime minister and ex-president compete Público ↗
IE🇮🇪Ireland
- Radical government plan against the threat of artificial intelligence to Irish jobs — minister warns of “enormous hollowing out of the middle class" Daily Mail ↗
- Baby given blood transfusion despite mother's religious objections, after court ruling The Irish Times ↗
- Parliamentary committee chairs: entitlement to 10,000-euro allowance suspended RTÉ ↗
- Most voters want to reverse Brexit, says leading British pollster The Independent ↗
🔁 Cross-country themes
- The United States and Iran attacked each other again despite the ceasefire — the U.S. hit Iranian radars, Iran fired missiles at Kuwait and Bahrain (one dead and 60 injured at Kuwait airport) — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇹🇷 TR · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇮🇪 IE (10+ countries)
- Ukrainian drones struck St. Petersburg and the Baltic Fleet during Putin's favorite economic forum — 🇺🇦 UA · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇸🇪 SE · 🇮🇪 IE · 🇹🇷 TR · 🇫🇮 FI
- Israeli soldiers killed a seven-month-old Palestinian baby in the West Bank (Hebron); IDF expressed “deep regret" — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇮🇪 IE · 🇷🇸 RS · 🇸🇪 SE · 🇵🇱 PL
- Israeli attack killed three Lebanese soldiers despite the ceasefire; IDF is investigating the incident — 🇦🇹 AT · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇮🇪 IE · 🇹🇷 TR · 🇱🇺 LU
- Pope Leo XIV in Spain — first papal visit in 15 years, appeal for “faithfulness to international law" — 🇪🇸 ES · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇷🇸 RS · 🇩🇪 DE
- Hegseth on the anniversary of the Normandy landings: European beaches “occupied by dangerous ideologies", pressure to rearm — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇮🇪 IE · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇭🇷 HR
- Bernadette Chirac († 93), former French first lady, has died — 🇫🇷 FR · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇱🇺 LU · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇫🇮 FI
- Armenian parliamentary elections under tension — Moscow concerned, Putin recalled the “Ukrainian scenario" — 🇵🇱 PL · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇸🇪 SE · 🇫🇷 FR
Through newsrooms' eyes: three topics that will barely be heard here
- Leaked diaries putting pressure on Prime Minister Sánchez Dagens Nyheter ↗ — a domestic Spanish crisis that Slovak and Czech mainstream media will barely cover, but which illustrates the fragility of left-wing governments in the EU.
- Radical Irish plan against the threat of AI to jobs and the “hollowing out of the middle class" Daily Mail ↗ — a European political angle on automation that Slovak media will bypass, even though it also concerns the domestic labor market.
- CNN: during the war with Iran, Israel secretly deployed units in Azerbaijan Politika ↗ — a geopolitical detail from the Caucasus neighborhood, outside Slovak and Czech coverage.
What hotinfo is watching
Whether the ceasefire in the Middle East will completely collapse after the new exchange of strikes between the United States and Iran, and what impact this will have on oil and fuel prices in Europe. Whether Putin, after the drone attack on St. Petersburg, will show himself willing to negotiate with Zelensky. And how the Armenian elections, which Moscow is watching with open nervousness, will turn out.
