DE🇩🇪Germany
- AfD convention in Erfurt: Alice Weidel declared "We are Germany's future," the city flooded with blockades and protests Welt ↗
- Greens want to summon Economy Minister Katharina Reiche to committee over energy reform delays n-tv ↗
- Deadly listeria from Wilke sausages went to court after nearly seven years — the case claimed human lives FAZ ↗
- Government sees no potential for rapid expansion of the Eastern Railway (Ostbahn) between Germany and Poland Tagesspiegel ↗
- DGB survey: 40% of employees doubt they can work until retirement Die Zeit ↗
- Women accused of series of poisonings went to court Die Zeit ↗
PL🇵🇱Poland
- Onet reveals secrets of President Karol Nawrocki: assassination attempts, poison, and women (series "Stan wyjątkowy") Onet ↗
- Did Poland hand Patriot systems to Ukraine? "The question is legitimate" Wirtualna Polska ↗
- Zelensky proposed a meeting to Putin directly in Kostiantynivka, the Kremlin mocked the proposal Rzeczpospolita ↗
- Survey: nearly half of Poles evaluate the government after Południowy Hospital scandal the same as before Rzeczpospolita ↗
- End of abduction near Kielce: police arrested 65-year-old Wirtualna Polska ↗
HU🇭🇺Hungary
- Magyar Péter mocked Gergely Gulyás: Fidesz suddenly protects the constitution — opposition leader reminded him of Fidesz's own interventions in the basic law 24.hu ↗
- Tisza party government launched audit of motorway concession, investigating the fate of over 1,000 billion forints Index ↗
- János Lázár attacked Magyar: former president Áder supposedly has the right to challenge his methods Index ↗
- Pro-government Magyar Nemzet: Magyar's legal maneuvers "decapitate" the opposition and want to overthrow the head of state Magyar Nemzet ↗
- Magyar Nemzet: NATO fears the "Trump factor," Hungary will be hit hard by the coming shift in agenda Magyar Nemzet ↗
- Commentary Magyar Nemzet: recovery plan won't restore healthcare Magyar Nemzet ↗
AT🇦🇹Austria
- Brutal attack on taxi driver with "Sieg Heil" in Leoben — suspect is a leading identitarian figure Der Standard ↗
- Kurier: new escalation of far-right in Austrian parliament and explosive details Kurier ↗
- Caritas: "We no longer want to recruit nurses from Eastern Europe" Kurier ↗
- ÖVP General Secretary Marchetti: "I'm not afraid of criticism or the FPÖ" Kurier ↗
- Kickl and Kurz: do these two have a common plan? asks Kleine Zeitung Kleine Zeitung ↗
- Head of Austrian Post expects "proper decline" due to package tax Kurier ↗
- Erdoğan at NATO summit will show how much Europe needs him Kurier ↗
UA🇺🇦Ukraine
- Night explosions in occupied Crimea: two power substations hit, peninsula left without electricity Censor.NET ↗Kyiv Independent ↗
- Putin boasted to Trump in a phone call about capturing Kostiantynivka, but Ukrainian army claims the city is under its control Ukrajinska Pravda ↗
- Kremlin confirmed Putin-Trump phone call, according to Moscow Washington initiated it Censor.NET ↗
- Zaporizhzhia: over 50 communities under Russian fire, one dead and 16 wounded including a child Interfax Ukraine ↗
- China and Russia will conduct joint naval exercises, announced by the Chinese Defense Ministry Ukrajinska Pravda ↗. China also increased coast guard patrols east of Taiwan Interfax Ukraine ↗
- Ukrainian Center for Counter-Disinformation: FSB launched campaign with fake documents about the Volyn tragedy Ukrajinska Pravda ↗
- Zelensky ordered creation of mine-clearing brigade in the navy Ukrajinska Pravda ↗
- March of white supremacist supporters in Washington during celebrations of 250th anniversary Ukrajinska Pravda ↗
FR🇫🇷France
- National Rally (RN) awaits appellate court's verdict on Marine Le Pen, two party factions await tensely Libération ↗. Le Figaro retrospectively maps her "annus horribilis" 2025 Le Figaro ↗
- Édouard Philippe launches campaign for 2027 presidential election with first rally in Paris BFM TV ↗
- Heat wave: seven departments in orange, seven in red fire level 20 Minutes ↗. Greens submitted motion of no confidence in government over heat management BFM TV ↗
- Extensive fires ravage Spain and Portugal BFM TV ↗
- Le Monde: United Arab Emirates don't want their strategic partnership with Israel to depend on Netanyahu Le Monde ↗
- China released Protestant pastor Ezra Jin RFI ↗
- Bayeux Tapestry returns to England after nearly a thousand years BFM TV ↗
IT🇮🇹Italy
- Tehran entered the second day of funeral rites for Ali Khamenei ANSA ↗
- Roberto Vannacci grows among lower incomes, men, and in small towns — according to a survey, one in four League voters would elect him Open ↗
- China wants to break US space monopoly and is preparing a "surprise" for Trump Il Giornale ↗
- Russian anti-drone cages on submarines aim to protect the fleet in the Black Sea Il Giornale ↗
- Stellantis reports sales growth and seeks partner to revive Cassino plant Il Giornale ↗
- Fentanyl theft at hospital, twelve employees checked Corriere della Sera ↗
CH🇨🇭Switzerland
- Powerful Iranian Revolutionary Guards won't relinquish control over Hormuz — they risk everything NZZ am Sonntag ↗
- Iran wants to demonstrate the old power of the regime with Khamenei's lavish funeral, but the Islamic Republic stands at a crossroads NZZ am Sonntag ↗
- Microsoft is a symbol of Europe's dangerous dependence on American technology NZZ ↗
- Germany needs radical reform, not average measures NZZ am Sonntag ↗
- AfD doesn't want to jeopardize its electoral victory in the east NZZ am Sonntag ↗
- Albanian democracy is 36 years old, but people are only now daring to stand up to domestic oligarchs NZZ ↗
LU🇱🇺Luxembourg
- Vice President of European Investment Bank: "Financing bullets or TNT is not technological in any way" Luxemburger Wort ↗
- Nurse born in Luxembourg: I won't return home because of housing prices Luxembourg Times ↗
- Checking partner's finances is a growing trend, Luxembourg authorities warn Luxembourg Times ↗
- Pope in Lampedusa: Europe faces a "historic challenge" Luxemburger Wort ↗
ES🇪🇸Spain
- Ten years since the La Manada case: from Spain’s MeToo to the failed law that released rapists ABC ↗
- Delcy Rodríguez has completed half a year at the head of Venezuela; the country is in shock after the earthquake El País ↗
- Chile: former judge and ex-head of the intelligence service convicted of spying on journalist Mauricio Weibel El País ↗
- Scientist: 41% of Spain’s territory has already been degraded into desert, in Murcia as much as 95% eldiario.es ↗
- El País: the advice that saved sisters Hana and Livana in the collapse of a building in Venezuela El País ↗
- ABC commentary “If Carlos Mazón were from the PSOE” on the double standard toward the Valencian premier ABC ↗
BE🇧🇪Belgium
- Tens of thousands of demonstrators in Albania demand the prime minister’s resignation De Morgen ↗
- Venezuela: nearly 3,000 dead after a double earthquake La Libre ↗
- Kim Jong-un personally oversaw a new naval military test La Libre ↗
- Refugees in Britain will have to pay up to 11,600 euros extra for accommodation Het Laatste Nieuws ↗
- Putin phoned Trump about Ukraine; Russia reports Ukrainian drone attacks on St. Petersburg De Morgen ↗
- Mandatory facial camera in every new car — who will check that the footage does not leave the vehicle? VRT NWS ↗
NL🇳🇱Netherlands
- Frans Timmermans on stepping down as party leader: “You have no idea yet how radically your life will change” AD ↗
- AfD shifts even further right; in Erfurt, many voices sang “We are all anti-fascists” de Volkskrant ↗
- Fire in the Pyrenees is spreading rapidly; the flames have already consumed hundreds of hectares De Telegraaf ↗
- Joy over Morocco’s World Cup victory turned ugly: 29 arrested in The Hague, two police officers injured De Telegraaf ↗
- NU.nl explainer: how a dubious e-commerce platform is changing the war in Ukraine NU.nl ↗
- German family found hundreds of bones while working in the garden AD ↗
PT🇵🇹Portugal
- Inferno of flames burned 14,000 hectares in three days, panic near Vouzela CM Jornal ↗
- US warns that Russia may attack Poland to test NATO’s response CM Jornal ↗
- European Parliament President Roberta Metsola: “The EU is on the right track” CM Jornal ↗
- Portuguese twins caught with 90 kilograms of cannabis in Switzerland CM Jornal ↗
- CM Jornal: Venezuela as the story of a nation resisting tragedy CM Jornal ↗
- Former INEM emergency service employee died in the emergency department in Loures while waiting for surgery CM Jornal ↗
IE🇮🇪Ireland
- Polls: Jim O’Callaghan has taken the lead in the battle to succeed Micheál Martin in Fianna Fáil, with record-low support for Sinn Féin and Labour Irish Independent ↗
- As America celebrates 250 years, museums and parks are fighting Trump over “problematic” national history The Irish Times ↗
- Iranians gather for the second day for Khamenei’s funeral RTÉ ↗
- Irish Times essay: Irish pessimism toward the EU is growing at the wrong time The Irish Times ↗
- Minister O’Donovan rejected a 100,000-euro pay rise for the outgoing head of An Post Irish Independent ↗
SE🇸🇪Sweden
- Military expert: Russia may launch mobilization in the autumn Svenska Dagbladet ↗
- According to Aftonbladet, Melania’s secret power play caused a rift in the White House Aftonbladet ↗
- Prime Minister Kristersson responds to criticism: “I am not angry or irritated” Dagens Nyheter ↗
- Goal of returning 200 people to Afghanistan — not a single one signed up Aftonbladet ↗
FI🇫🇮Finland
- NATO will soon publish a “list of shame” showing which European countries will get into Trump’s good graces Yle ↗
- Android faces a major change — expert warns of an “American kill switch” in European phones Ilta-Sanomat ↗
GR🇬🇷Greece
- Fire in Oreokastro near Thessaloniki: toxic cloud over the city, factories burned down, police detained an arsonist Naftemporiki ↗
- “Albania is not for sale” — huge demonstration against tourist complex, clashes with police and arrests in Tirana Protothema ↗
- Israel: explosion of crime in the Arab community leaves hundreds of orphans Protothema ↗
- Mali: wave of jihadist and Tuareg attacks on key cities Protothema ↗
TR🇹🇷Turkey
- Turkey’s new missile at the center of global attention, glowing analysis from the US Milliyet ↗
- Erdoğan received Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif: “The Israeli government is addicted to war” Milliyet ↗
- “NATO 3.0 is being born in Ankara” — world leaders will meet in Turkey Hürriyet ↗
HR🇭🇷Croatia
- Major fire on the island of Hvar: flames burned 200 hectares N1 ↗
- Novi list: why inflation in Croatia is so high — “pumped-up” public-sector wages and tourism Novi list ↗
- Earthquake in Venezuela claimed nearly 3,000 victims; rescuers are ending the search Index.hr ↗
RO🇷🇴Romania
- Trump “shocked” that tens of millions of Iranians are mourning Khamenei: “I thought they hated him” Libertatea ↗
- Iași Pride: 2,000 participants, Orthodox priest commented negatively on the event Pro TV ↗
- Gendarmes had to carry 37 Polish tourists down from a mountain because of a bear with cubs Pro TV ↗
RS🇷🇸Serbia
- Politika: European chip industry is in serious trouble Politika ↗
- Property prices in the EU rose by 5.1% Politika ↗
BA🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina
- American of Jewish origin accused of espionage in Israel, allegedly worked for Iranians for cryptocurrency Klix.ba ↗
- Germany changes sick-leave rules: certificate from the first day and an end to phone-based sick leave Radio Sarajevo ↗
BG🇧🇬Bulgaria
- Germany rewrote social benefit rules under the slogan “work or sanctions” Dnevnik ↗
US🇺🇸USA (context)
- March by a white supremacist group on the National Mall during 250th anniversary celebrations The Hill ↗
- Paul Pelosi was involved in a hit-and-run accident, faces misdemeanor charge The Hill ↗
- Trump and Treasury Secretary Bessent unveiled a new currency with Trump’s signature The Hill ↗
- Pope Leo spent July 4 at a migrant cemetery in Italy CBS News ↗
🔁 Cross-country topics
- In a speech marking the 250th anniversary of the US, Trump warned against “communism”; the celebration was interrupted by a storm and evacuation — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇸🇪 SE · 🇫🇮 FI · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇺🇦 UA · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇺🇸 US
- Trump-Putin-Zelenskyy phone calls, Trump offered to mediate on Ukraine — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇺🇦 UA · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇮🇹 IT
- Second day of Khamenei’s funeral, commentaries on a regime at a turning point — 🇮🇹 IT · 🇮🇪 IE · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇧🇦 BA · 🇺🇸 US · 🇺🇦 UA
- Extensive fires in southern Europe (Spain, Portugal, France, Greece, Croatia) — 🇪🇸 ES · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇳🇱 NL (Pyrenees)
- Earthquake in Venezuela — nearly 3,000 dead, rescuers ending the search — 🇪🇸 ES · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇵🇹 PT
- NATO summit in Ankara, the “Trump factor” and defense spending — 🇫🇮 FI · 🇹🇷 TR · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇭🇺 HU
- Albania: 35th day of mass protests against Prime Minister Rama — 🇦🇱 AL · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇨🇭 CH
- Germany tightens sick-leave and social benefit rules — 🇧🇦 BA · 🇧🇬 BG
🌍 Through the Lens of Foreign Newsrooms
- “Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Refuse to Give Up Hormuz” (NZZ am Sonntag) — a power analysis after Khamenei’s death, on who really holds the levers in Tehran. A topic that neither Slovak nor Czech media are covering.
- “NATO Will Publish a List of Shame — Who Will Win Trump’s Favor” (Yle) — defense spending as a loyalty test ahead of the summit in Ankara.
- “Ten Years Since La Manada — the Law That Released Rapists” (ABC) — the consequences of Spain’s consent law, also relevant to the Slovak debate on the definition of rape.
