What Europe writes about: Ukrainian drones hit Tatarstan. Iran demands war reparations from the USA, Rhine at record low

• Employers circumvent minimum wage, damage reaches 64 billion euros — analysis speaks of systematic underreporting of worked hours taz ↗
• Günther demands deployment of the Bundeswehr at airports against drones, Dobrindt doubles the anti-drone unit of the federal police after the Leipzig bomb Die Zeit ↗Süddeutsche Zeitung ↗n-tv ↗
• Russia is waging a shadow war with Germany — hybrid attacks and AfD reactions Spiegel ↗
• Low water on the Rhine threatens to split shipping into two parts taz ↗; "to compensate for one small inland vessel we would need over 40 trucks" Welt ↗
• Shock poll before Saxony-Anhalt elections: AfD is almost twice as strong as CDU Welt ↗, Left does not rule out support for CDU taz ↗
• "CDU faces a historic struggle over splitting" Welt ↗
• The Union accuses Klingbeil of breaking his word on tax breaks Welt ↗; Hamburg criticizes black-red tax policy Tagesschau ↗
• Rents in Germany are rising significantly Die Zeit ↗
• The share of young people has reached a historic low Spiegel ↗
• Farmers' union demands more and faster aid for heat waves and drought Die Zeit ↗Tagesspiegel ↗
• Copernicus: June and July were the warmest in Western Europe in recorded history taz ↗
• West Nile Virus is spreading in popular vacation countries — over 240 cases in Europe n-tv ↗
• 10,000 people in Plauen at a right-wing march "Merz must go" taz ↗
• Russia may remain in Syrian bases for now — agreement on Tartus and Homs n-tv ↗
• Yabloko, Russia's only liberal party, faces exclusion from Duma elections Tagesspiegel ↗
• Pentagon pushes American arms industry to accelerate pace n-tv ↗
• Herrenknecht criticizes German inertia: "We're dreaming in our banana republic" Welt ↗
• Increased gunfire in Berlin, police unions demand new digital tools Tagesspiegel ↗
• One million euros damage after fire in former station building, the line was also closed Die Zeit ↗
• Suspected murders by German nurse: possibly another 120 cases Kurier ↗

• Millions for flood relief for a flood that never was — the husband of KARR agency vice-president received 200 thousand zlotys, the anti-corruption office CBA is analyzing the entire program Rzeczpospolita ↗Wirtualna Polska ↗Onet ↗
• Siemoniak: 'This is not a surprise for us' and expects a 'silence pact' between PiS politicians and services Do Rzeczy ↗TVN24 ↗
• Ryszard Czarnecki suspended in PiS on Kaczyński's proposal Onet ↗Do Rzeczy ↗
• Police entered the Constitutional Court, President Święczkowski filed a criminal complaint Wirtualna Polska ↗
• Poll: more than half of Poles see a threat in the relationship between the government and President Nawrocki Rzeczpospolita ↗Wirtualna Polska ↗
• Average wages in Poland fell by several hundred zlotys — new data from the GUS statistical office Rzeczpospolita ↗
• PiS wants to exit the ETS emissions trading system, Czarnek proposes a bill Onet ↗
• Kaczyński was drowned out at a rally commemorating the Smolensk crash Onet ↗
• Protests against division between Poles and Ukrainians: 'We must be together' TVN24 ↗
• Public broadcaster TVP closes a contract for a quarter billion zlotys TVN24 ↗
• Turkey will send Ukraine a 'banned weapon' Onet ↗
• Onet analysis: Putin surrounds NATO, the alliance fears new Kremlin plans Onet ↗
• Europe is buying more Russian gas again, Moscow earns 60 million euros per day Do Rzeczy ↗
• Farmer from Gliwice who plowed new asphalt goes to prison: 'The state strong against the weak' Onet ↗Do Rzeczy ↗
• Konfederacja on post-election alliances: 'We are not condemned to any option' Rzeczpospolita ↗
• August military parade for Polish Army Day in Warsaw will be the largest in history Ukrayinska Pravda ↗
• Inspection at MP Mentzen's pub revealed discrepancies Do Rzeczy ↗
• Poles strictly evaluate warnings from the RCB crisis center — the system needs overhauling Wirtualna Polska ↗
• Schools lack teachers, principals organize a 'manhunt' Do Rzeczy ↗
• Scandal in the British army: young recruits talk about rapes and harassment Do Rzeczy ↗
• Hackers from North Korea reach for artificial intelligence — new attack strategy Rzeczpospolita ↗

• Tisza's government before one of the most important parliamentary sessions since change of power, new MPs taking their seats Index ↗Portfolio ↗
• Magyar Péter: since Monday evening, third turbine of second Paks unit also producing — restart after shutdown due to low Danube level Népszava ↗HVG ↗Telex ↗444 ↗
• Danube water level rose again, another Paks turbine returning to operation Magyar Nemzet ↗Portfolio ↗
• Viktor Orbán may withdraw from Hungarian politics Portfolio ↗
• Magyar Péter has no interest in a strong president of the republic — a day before head of state election Magyar Nemzet ↗
• Tisza's government stepping back from overpriced business of Orbán's government, Karácsony named worst scenario Index ↗
• Forint strengthened, state saved 1,500 billion forints HVG ↗
• State secretary for water management contradicts Orbán's earlier statement Telex ↗
• Complete overhaul of Hungarian kindergarten system being prepared, Judit Lannert already negotiating Portfolio ↗
• Deputy Governor of Central Bank: adopting euro would bring Hungary many advantages HVG ↗
• Tiborcy's former business partner now building luxury properties in Sydney Telex ↗
• Investigation after several people apparently drugged at Balázs Sebestyén concert Magyar Nemzet ↗24.hu ↗Népszava ↗
• Bear with cubs shot in Slovakia after attack on man over weekend Telex ↗
• Ukrainian drones hit Russian refinery, at least 12 dead 444 ↗; "from Crimea to Tatarstan drones destroying everything" Portfolio ↗
• Houthis threaten second major oil route in Middle East 444 ↗
• Even largest German car manufacturers laying off — European industrial giant reports heavy losses Portfolio ↗
• Cold shower from Germany: real estate prices falling again Portfolio ↗
• Something changed dramatically in Hungarian youth finances Index ↗
• Strange solar eclipse: from which Hungarian region best visible Portfolio ↗
• Wild boar swam across Danube and wandered into metro at Kossuth Square Népszava ↗HVG ↗
• Dávid Vitézy reporting from Cairo with Hungarian railway cars in Egypt Index ↗

• Stocker with Erdoğan: "Turkey plays an increasingly important role" Der Standard ↗ORF ↗
• Extreme heat threatens economic growth in the European Union Die Presse ↗
• Trump on new Iranian demands: "We are only negotiating with them halfway" Die Presse ↗
• Iran leads Trump by the nose with new conditions in the Hormuz crisis Die Presse ↗
• SPÖ wants to facilitate the use of deep geothermal energy, finance ministry wants to simplify drilling Der Standard ↗ORF ↗Kurier ↗
• Mattle on military service: "You can peel potatoes without PE" Der Standard ↗
• Suspect in robbery of Vienna branch of Dorotheum arrested Der Standard ↗Die Presse ↗
• Heat affects fertility and brain development of babies Der Standard ↗
• June and July were the warmest on record ORF ↗
• Holzleitner calls for wage transparency law ORF ↗
• Spanish radical right makes Ceuta a political battleground Die Presse ↗
• Zelenskyy: Russia plans to deploy up to 50,000 North Koreans Kurier ↗
• Deaths after drone attack in Russian Tatarstan ORF ↗
• Swimmer dies in Wolfgangsee Der Standard ↗
• 36-member tour group with carriages gets stuck in Tyrol Der Standard ↗Die Presse ↗
• Etna spews glowing stones and ash, Catania closes airport Der Standard ↗Kleine Zeitung ↗
• 20,000 people fleeing wildfire in western Canada Die Presse ↗
• Massive auction following furniture company ADA collapse in Styria — 6,000 items Kleine Zeitung ↗
• Russia and Syria agreed on use of military bases Der Standard ↗
• Serbian dying villages: "We are aging and there are fewer of us" Die Presse ↗

• Massive drone strike deep in Russia: over 450 aircraft to 16 regions, 12 dead in Tatarstan's Nizhnekamsk Kyiv Post ↗Censor.NET ↗
• Military Intelligence HUR: Russia halted production of Kinzhal and Kh-32 missiles since April to produce more other rockets Ukrayinska Pravda ↗Censor.NET ↗
• HUR: Russians have already fulfilled their annual production plan for Zircon and Onyx missiles Ukrayinska Pravda ↗
• Skibytskyi named two main targets of Russian missile strikes on Kyiv and major cities Ukrayinska Pravda ↗
• Russian artillery struck a residential quarter in Buhaivka in Kharkiv region: five dead Ukrayinska Pravda ↗Interfax Ukraine ↗
• Strike with gliding bombs on Sumy: 14 wounded including a child Censor.NET ↗Interfax Ukraine ↗
• After new strikes, consumers in four regions are without electricity Censor.NET ↗
• KMIS poll: trust leads to Zaluzhny, Fedorov and Budanov, Zelenskyy is fourth Censor.NET ↗
• SBU detained a Russian GRU agent who created Telegram channels for fire correction over Donetsk Censor.NET ↗Interfax Ukraine ↗
• Russia recruited 459 Peruvian citizens into its army Censor.NET ↗
• Grain shipments to Greater Odesa ports fell by 84 percent in early August Interfax Ukraine ↗
• Ammunition for EU: why Zelenskyy went to Serbia and what both sides get out of it Ukrayinska Pravda ↗
• Russia changed drone strike tactics on Odesa region since July Censor.NET ↗
• Moldova accused Russia of drone explosion near Krokhmaze Censor.NET ↗Ukrayinska Pravda ↗
• Russian Foreign Ministry: without removing the "causes" of war, no freezing is possible Censor.NET ↗Kyiv Post ↗
• State commission approved exhumation research in several regions of Ukraine Interfax Ukraine ↗
• Russia tripled strikes on World Health Organization medical aid warehouse in Dnipro Interfax Ukraine ↗
• Zelenskyy: Ukrainian ballistic missiles could hit Russia in the fall Kyiv Independent ↗
• A man from Ivano-Frankivsk who traveled to relatives in Russia was sentenced to 13 years for gifts to Ukraine Censor.NET ↗
• Ukraine is preparing new diplomatic steps to end the war Censor.NET ↗

• Bayrou calls for major primaries for 2027 elections — "everyone who refuses extremes, from socialists to Gaullists" Le Monde ↗Libération ↗
• Fifth heat wave: 22 departments in orange alert Libération ↗Ouest-France ↗Le Figaro ↗
• Four nuclear reactors shut down for heat BFM TV ↗
• Fires in Drôme and Lozère, agricultural worker ended up in custody for arson in western France France 24 ↗Ouest-France ↗
• Prefectures impose water restrictions and close car washes BFM TV ↗
• Criminal police speak of "betrayal" by Gérald Darmanin — his letter about failures in fighting sexual violence against minors Le Monde ↗BFM TV ↗
• Prosecution warns of threats against judges Le Figaro ↗
• Revolut obtained a banking license in France, which is its first EU market BFM TV ↗Le Figaro ↗Le Monde ↗
• Ban on unsolicited telemarketing for nearly all companies BFM TV ↗
• Courrier International: a great ball of hypocrites in Ceuta Courrier International ↗
• Trump is under pressure to find a way out of the Iran crisis BFM TV ↗
• Defense as a new sales market for car suppliers BFM TV ↗
• Winemakers in Alsace are on standby before harvest BFM TV ↗
• "We are destroying space": sky is full of satellite debris, companies emerge for cosmic cleanup BFM TV ↗
• Russia shot down 456 Ukrainian drones and reports casualties Libération ↗Le Figaro ↗France 24 ↗
• New fire southeast of Athens, driven by strong wind Le Monde ↗Le Figaro ↗
• Eight quartered bodies found in illegal mine in Ecuador BFM TV ↗Ouest-France ↗
• Five police officers injured after refusing to stop in Perpignan BFM TV ↗
• Fire in a hospital in Le Mans: one seriously and ten slightly injured Libération ↗Ouest-France ↗
• Demi Vollering won Tour de France Femmes Ouest-France ↗France 24 ↗

• Meloni and Danish Prime Minister Frederiksen: "No to uncontrolled immigration, return centers needed in third countries" ANSA ↗Corriere della Sera ↗Open ↗Il Sole 24 Ore ↗
• Germany launches migrant returns to Italy and Greece, Rome responds that it has no "Dublin cases" AGI ↗Corriere della Sera ↗
• Etna: strong explosions and ash, Catania suspended arrivals ANSA ↗TGCom24 ↗
• New earthquake with magnitude 3.0 in the Phlegraean Fields, residents in fear again ANSA ↗Corriere della Sera ↗
• Fire in Tignale above Lake Garda has new outbreak, mayor: "The war is not won yet" Corriere della Sera ↗
• Urso on former Ilva steelworks: "An extraordinary plan is needed for Taranto" AGI ↗
• The great illusion of the European car: 35 factories are surplus Il Fatto Quotidiano ↗
• How the embryo mix-up happened at Milan's San Raffaele hospital — case and precedent of twelve couples Open ↗
• Netanyahu gives the Gaza plan a chance, army begins withdrawal to the Yellow Line ANSA ↗Open ↗
• Secrets of Lubyanka: KGB heirs got Putin into their network and want to continue the war Corriere della Sera ↗
• Fuel fraud: from guns in Bolzano to illegal pumps in Naples and Foggia Il Fatto Quotidiano ↗Il Sole 24 Ore ↗
• Tax evasion of 1.3 million euros in luxury accommodations ANSA ↗
• Crisis negotiation tables at the ministry of industry fell from 55 to 37 ANSA ↗
• Death from botulinum toxin poisoning: lawyers claim symptoms were mistaken for intoxication ANSA ↗
• Record sea surface temperature in July 2026 ANSA ↗; hottest June and July in Western Europe Il Fatto Quotidiano ↗
• Livio Berruti died, first European Olympic champion in the 200 meters Corriere della Sera ↗La Stampa ↗
• The spread between Italian and German bonds fell to 76.5 basis points ANSA ↗
• Trump's account used a Taylor Swift song, then removed it ANSA ↗Corriere della Sera ↗
• Ithaca prepares for a tourism boom after Nolan's Odyssey AGI ↗

• Mecca Pact: three powers challenge Israeli supremacy — Saudi money, Turkish weapons and Pakistani nuclear bomb Tages-Anzeiger ↗
• Trump on Iranian diplomacy: "It's like a chess game" SRF ↗；negotiates only "halfway," Israel rejects plan for Gaza Tages-Anzeiger ↗
• Appeals trial with Pierino Vincenz in the Raiffeisen case began Tages-Anzeiger ↗SRF ↗； NZZ explains the case in seven points Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
• Does Switzerland really have the asylum crisis under control, as minister Jans suggests? The numbers say otherwise Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
• Nuclear researcher from ETH: "Ten more years of operating old facilities is riskier than a new power plant" Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
• Growing doubts about lists of murdered journalists in Gaza Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
• Western intelligence services predict Russia could invade Estonia soon Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
• After the near-disaster in Leipzig: Russia's war against Ukraine's hinterland in Europe Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗； why the German government avoids the word "Russia" Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
• "Climate inflation" will soon be a bigger price factor than war in the Middle East SRF ↗
• Low water threatens to disrupt navigation on the Rhine SRF ↗Tages-Anzeiger ↗
• Taiwan practices defense — how China conducts a triple war against Taiwan SRF ↗
• Leaked chatbots: ChatGPT and co. independently attack companies on the network Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
• The power of fund giants: "Your ETF votes — maybe not in your interest" Tages-Anzeiger ↗
• Smoke on board again: Swiss aircraft had to make an emergency landing in Dublin on the way to Boston SRF ↗
• Cardiology clinic full due to heat: "Nights are my big worry" Tages-Anzeiger ↗
• European Union builds migration policy on North African states — they don't want migrants there either Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
• Bencic stopped the flight of Philippine player Ealy in Toronto Tages-Anzeiger ↗SRF ↗
• Bali resists migrant foreigners: "Everything has changed in recent years" Tages-Anzeiger ↗

• Drinking water supplies in Luxembourg held out despite heat and drought Luxembourg Times ↗Luxemburger Wort ↗
• June and July were the warmest in Western Europe in history Luxemburger Wort ↗
• Netanyahu rejected Trump's proposal for Hamas disarmament Luxembourg Times ↗
• Zelenskyj: we expect up to 50,000 North Korean soldiers in Russia Luxemburger Wort ↗
• Houthis attacked the port city in Yemen again Luxemburger Wort ↗
• Buyers on the Luxembourg market of unfinished apartments weigh lower prices against risks Luxembourg Times ↗
• Hundreds of people flee from forest fire in southwestern Spain Luxemburger Wort ↗
• How to cope with unsuccessful exam results Luxembourg Times ↗
• Heidi Klum moves "HeidiFest" to RTL and stays in Munich Luxemburger Wort ↗
• The kraken from seafaring stories really exists Luxemburger Wort ↗

• Ceuta in the streets: over 15,000 people shout "Enough already, Ceuta does not surrender" and demand answer from Madrid and Brussels El Mundo ↗eldiario.es ↗ABC ↗
• Social networks call for new assault on Ceuta on August 15 El Español ↗
• Italy and Denmark reject "uncontrolled immigration" and demand return centers El País ↗La Vanguardia ↗
• Senate president accuses government of stripping upper chamber of control role in Ceuta crisis eldiario.es ↗
• Intelligence service CNI and military warn of risk from Chinese automaker opening plant near naval arsenal in Ferrol El Español ↗
• Key morning in Tírig fire: 18 air assets added ABC ↗La Vanguardia ↗
• Fire in Niebla is "heavy and dangerous," authorities warn of "unpredictable scenario" eldiario.es ↗ABC ↗
• No helicopters missing, forest managers missing — the other face of fires in Aragon eldiario.es ↗
• Did Ayuso's partner pay another dividend of 1.2 million, or did she make a mistake in accounts? El País ↗
• 60-year-old woman died after stabbing in fight between two clans in Vallecas La Vanguardia ↗El País ↗
• 29 kilometers of cable under Gibraltar that could "cut off" Morocco's economy: "It's their umbilical cord" El Mundo ↗
• New Trump tariff on quartz hit Cosentino company, which alerts employees to "action plans" eldiario.es ↗
• AEMET meteorological service: over 40 degrees returns, but storms with hail will also come El Confidencial ↗ABC ↗
• Ukrainian drone attack on refinery in Tatarstan: 12 dead and 39 injured El Español ↗El Mundo ↗
• Zelensky talks about 30,000 to 50,000 North Koreans in Russia El Mundo ↗
• 16 Bangladeshi workers died in sofa factory fire in Saudi Arabia El Confidencial ↗
• Conspiracy machinery turns also against Trump — montages, bunkers and antichrists El Mundo ↗
• Catalan government collected only 2.5 million euros in tax on empty apartments of large owners eldiario.es ↗
• AEMET confirms: on eclipse day these regions of Spain will have clouds and rain El Confidencial ↗
• Hospital in Ceuta received sexually assaulted children — five girls and a boy Do Rzeczy ↗

• Liberal leader MR Bouchez: "I would consider leaving politics to lead Belgian professional football" De Morgen ↗
• Spontaneous strike at Heidelberg Materials concrete factories in Limburg following lay-offs De Standaard ↗
• A wall of concrete blocks built in Flanders on the border with Brussels: "For years, everyone has been shocked by it" La Libre ↗
• Middle East crisis boosts banks' interest profits De Standaard ↗
• Strait of Hormuz situation slows European stock exchanges at opening La Libre ↗
• Trump chooses economic pressure against Iran over force: "It's like a chess game" Het Laatste Nieuws ↗​; downplays Iranian demands La Libre ↗
• Trump "loses no sleep" over Netanyahu rejecting his 15-point plan for Gaza Het Laatste Nieuws ↗
• Seven dead and 30 wounded after new Houthi attacks in western Yemen De Standaard ↗
• Explosion at a house on Pater Damiaanstraat in Evere VRT NWS ↗
• Belgium needs "growth shock treatment" La Libre ↗
• During heavy rains, untreated wastewater from 400,000 people flows into watercourses De Standaard ↗
• FIFA documents: two raw materials are the reason UEFA clashes with Infantino Het Laatste Nieuws ↗
• Should we fear artificial intelligences that "escape" and Terminator-like scenarios? La Libre ↗
• South Korean President Lee Jae-myung falling in polls La Libre ↗
• New York Times praises this Belgian city as an alternative to Amsterdam and Venice 7sur7 ↗
• "Foreigners out": another fierce protest against mass tourism in Mallorca Het Laatste Nieuws ↗
• Cruise ship helped stranded boat after Zuckerberg's superyacht failed to respond De Morgen ↗
• Over 100,000 fans expected from Saturday in Wavre for ice hockey world championships La Libre ↗
• After Indian youth protests, the "Narendra Modi" brand has an irreparable crack De Standaard ↗
• Antwerp Pride saw a colorful and "fearless" parade De Standaard ↗

• Tension between Spain and Italy opens another wound in Europe Observador ↗
• Over 15,000 people protest in Ceuta demanding solution to migration crisis Expresso ↗
• Trade deficit in goods reached its highest value of this century in the first half Jornal de Negócios ↗
• Recovery Plan PRR: Castro Almeida responds to criticism from his socialist predecessor Observador ↗
• Political "rentrée" begins Friday in Pontal and will continue into September Diário de Notícias ↗
• Seguró calls for more fire prevention, Neves talks of challenge to reflect and rectify Público ↗Jornal de Negócios ↗
• Record deposits and savings certificates explained by larger population, savings remain stable Jornal de Negócios ↗
• Four districts under yellow heat alert Observador ↗CM Jornal ↗
• Copernicus: Western Europe experienced the warmest June-July period in history, with four heat waves since May RTP ↗
• Ukrainian attacks on Crimea aim to make peninsula "unusable" for military operations RTP ↗
• Kosovo withdrew banner supporting Ukraine after Zelenskyy reiterated he does not recognize its independence Diário de Notícias ↗
• Legal uncertainty and xenophobia: why Brazilians are leaving Portugal for Spain Diário de Notícias ↗
• Sexually transmitted infections break records in Europe, experts call for return of condom campaigns Expresso ↗
• Alstom and Talgo are in a race to supply high-speed trains for CP railways Jornal de Negócios ↗
• Mozambique: over 400 children recruited by armed groups in 2024 RTP ↗
• Ocasio-Cortez hinted at candidacy for US presidency in 2028 Observador ↗
• "United States without missiles? Stockpiles are very low" Observador ↗
• Kurdish group criticizes law on future of its fighters Observador ↗
• Earthquake felt in Odemira, Almodôvar and Santiago do Cacém Diário de Notícias ↗Observador ↗
• Diogo Feio: "There are no reasons to question Luís Neves remaining in government" Diário de Notícias ↗

• Daniel Kinahan charged with leading organized crime gang at Special Criminal Court — after extradition from Dubai The Irish Times ↗Irish Examiner ↗The Irish Times ↗
• Vertiv company to create 300 jobs in northwest RTÉ ↗
• Dublin airport had busiest month in history in July RTÉ ↗The Journal ↗
• What's behind the defense agreement from Mecca? The Irish Times ↗
• Most X accounts writing about Belfast unrest were outside United Kingdom The Irish Times ↗
• Britain-Ireland link worth 500 million euros rerouted because of Harry Potter's Dobby "grave" The Journal ↗Irish Independent ↗
• Two men used trampoline to rescue sisters from burning house in Galway The Journal ↗The Irish Times ↗
• Early intervention in psychosis brings strong recovery in young people The Journal ↗
• Public call: check passport validity before traveling The Journal ↗
• Three men to face court after Apprentice Boys march in Derry The Irish Times ↗
• 60,000 pupils have exemption from Irish — should system change? The Journal ↗
• Second shooting in Thailand in days, former legislator arrested Irish Independent ↗
• Man arrested after police seize firearm, ammunition and heroin in Limerick The Journal ↗
• Western Europe breaks temperature record Irish Independent ↗
• Ukraine killed 12 people in Russian Nizhnekamaak, mayor reports RTÉ ↗

• Rhine flow fell to lowest level in history — bigger problem than 1947 record AD ↗AD ↗
• Significantly less money for healthcare supervision, first savings on state apparatus de Volkskrant ↗
• Iran replaced national security adviser, Revolutionary Guards reportedly continue seizing power de Volkskrant ↗
• Iranian elites in escalating power struggle: new hardline demands package pushes Trump further De Telegraaf ↗
• Court to decide fate of Yabloko, only party in Russia openly calling for peace AD ↗
• Ten Nijmegen houseboats became symbol of Dutch drought Trouw ↗
• Europe wants to be "world's first electrically powered continent" — how realistic is that? Trouw ↗
• Pilates studio in Zevenaar was target of explosion third time in short period NOS ↗
• Two more suspects in grave robbery investigation in The Hague NU.nl ↗
• Police searching for murder weapon in case of mistakenly killed psychiatry director NU.nl ↗
• Suspect in "trunk murder" wrote farewell letter then was arrested De Telegraaf ↗
• Fewer explosive attacks than last year, task force sees success of new approach de Volkskrant ↗
• New York Times tips this Dutch city as alternative to crowded Amsterdam AD ↗
• Harry Potter fans pushed through power cable relocation to protect Dobby's grave NU.nl ↗De Telegraaf ↗
• Zuckerberg's superyacht at center of scandal: "Crew refused help to stranded boat in Alaska" De Telegraaf ↗
• Fighter jets intercepted aircraft over Trump's golf club De Telegraaf ↗
• FIFA needs constitution for commercial era NRC ↗
• France started investigation after child's "squishy" toy exploded in face NOS ↗
• Houthi attack killed seven people in Yemen and hit Saudi refinery NOS ↗
• Boy (4) in critical condition after swimming in vacation park in San Marino, Dutch people pulled him from water AD ↗

🌍 Other Countries

• 10.08.🇬🇧 Drought declared in 71 percent of England, 45 million people urged to conserve water — during drought, car washes and swimming pools in gyms may be closed. The Mirror ↗The Mirror ↗
• 10.08.🇬🇧 Fires spread across Britain, families told to save their lives; New Forest may take decades to recover. The Mirror ↗The Independent ↗
• 10.08.🇬🇧 A warship wreck that disappeared 118 years ago was found near the Isle of Wight. Sky News ↗The Independent ↗
• 10.08.🇬🇧 Daily Mail published Iranian 'targeted' threat against Trump and leaked Iranian messages: 'They never do this.' Daily Mail ↗
• 10.08.🇬🇧 Trump made a major personnel reshuffle at top positions a week before midterms. Daily Mail ↗
• 10.08.🇬🇧 Dispute over Cambridge professor Jason Arday's biography: 'Everyone should face scrutiny.' The Mirror ↗
• 10.08.🇬🇧 Burnham called the 'golden hello' of a million pounds for Thames Water's finance chief unacceptable. The Mirror ↗
• 10.08.🇬🇧 Police intervened at 'obsessed enthusiast' 15 minutes before he completed parts into a weapon. Daily Mail ↗
• 10.08.🇬🇧 Health alert in Majorca: measles outbreak and search for tourists from infected flight. The Sun ↗
• 10.08.🇷🇴 A prosecutor who shot at police officers during a pursuit claims he had the gun out of fear of the 'Banat mafia' — and denies the shooting. Pro TV Stirile ↗Adevărul ↗Digi24 ↗
• 10.08.🇷🇴 Men who attacked an ambulance with batons and axes in Cluj County testified during interrogations. Pro TV Stirile ↗
• 10.08.🇷🇴 Protest at Piata Victoriei on the eighth anniversary of the suppressed demonstration: 'Massively pepper-sprayed, systematically stripped of charges.' G4Media ↗
• 10.08.🇷🇴 'Stalinist propaganda': harsh response from Romania's Foreign Ministry to Russian accusations over Giurgiulești port. Digi24 ↗
• 10.08.🇷🇴 According to Libertatea, Trump is changing strategy and waiting for Iran to economically collapse. Libertatea ↗
• 10.08.🇷🇴 China announced the first failure of Long March 7A rocket — a 'flight anomaly'. HotNews ↗
• 10.08.🇬🇷 Twelve violations of Greek airspace by Turkish unmanned aircraft. Protothema ↗
• 10.08.🇬🇷 US strategic oil reserves fell below 300 million barrels — lowest since 1983. Naftemporiki ↗
• 10.08.🇬🇷 Pezeshkian claims that US and Israeli attacks on Iran relied on artificial intelligence and their calculations were wrong. Protothema ↗
• 10.08.🇬🇷 Meloni and Frederiksen: 'No to uncontrolled migration,' demand return centers in third countries. To Vima ↗Naftemporiki ↗
• 10.08.🇬🇷 Minerva and Maran in big game with VLCC tankers — rental at $304,374 per day. Protothema ↗
• 10.08.🇬🇷 Sanders threatens tech giants with Congressional action: 'Stop AI development.' Naftemporiki ↗
• 10.08.🇬🇷 According to Bloomberg, Imperial Brands will cut thousands of jobs in the US and Europe. Naftemporiki ↗
• 10.08.🇹🇷 Erdoğan's signal to EU: modernization of Customs Union and visa liberalization benefit everyone. Milliyet ↗Habertürk ↗
• 10.08.🇹🇷 Pezeshkian commented on Mujtaba Khamenei's health: 'It's good.' Hürriyet ↗Milliyet ↗
• 10.08.🇹🇷 ASELSAN presented GÖKDENİZ air defense system as 'guardian of ships'. Sabah ↗
• 10.08.🇹🇷 Investigation into reports of uprising in Konya prison. TRT Haber ↗
• 10.08.🇹🇷 YENI Party formed a group in Izmir municipality, transfers from CHP continue. Cumhuriyet ↗Cumhuriyet ↗
• 10.08.🇷🇸 Vučić on Ibri: 'I'd like to see Brussels meddling in our internal affairs.' Politika ↗
• 10.08.🇷🇸 Government established a body to fight terrorism — sources warn Danas about settling scores with political opponents. Danas ↗
• 10.08.🇷🇸 Can Zelensky's visit harm Vučić with his voters? Nova writes that Serbia will 'get absolutely nothing' from it. N1 Serbia ↗Nova ↗
• 10.08.🇷🇸 European Federation of Journalists demands thorough investigation of threats to Veran Matić. N1 Serbia ↗
• 10.08.🇷🇸 Danube water level fell again, Romania continues deepening the riverbed. Politika ↗
• 10.08.🇭🇷 Hazardous waste in Lika: Plenkovic criticized even by coalition partner Homeland Movement, residents speak of 37,000 tonnes: 'All of Croatia is being poisoned.' Večernji list ↗Index.hr ↗
• 10.08.🇭🇷 Cvetković to N1: 'Do not approach the site, do not touch the waste.' N1 Croatia ↗
• 10.08.🇭🇷 Estonian government lost its majority. Index.hr ↗
• 10.08.🇭🇷 Fires in Spain burned an area the size of four Zagrebs. Index.hr ↗Novi list ↗
• 10.08.🇭🇷 Guests on Brioni were left without water in the middle of the season. Index.hr ↗
• 10.08.🇸🇮 Fire again near Kranjska Gora — three Air Tractor planes and an army helicopter are in the air. Siol ↗
• 10.08.🇸🇮 Delo: 12,000 deaths due to heat, while Germany remains without air conditioning. Delo ↗
• 10.08.🇸🇮 Gen-I is getting new supervisory board members. RTV Slovenija ↗
• 10.08.🇸🇮 Poll upset: Feratovic's Pirates reached the position of Stevanic's Resni.ce. Siol ↗
• 10.08.🇸🇮 Heat changes champagne, Veuve Clicquot responds with reserve wines. Delo ↗
• 10.08.🇧🇬 Record-low Danube water level revealed a sunken ship wreck at Ruse — and at Silistra, a hand grenade was found in the riverbed. 24 Chasa ↗24 Chasa ↗
• 10.08.🇧🇬 Danube water level rose and Hungary is starting turbines at a nuclear power plant. Dnevnik ↗
• 10.08.🇧🇬 Tires from landfills in Italy and Greece are sold in Bulgaria as 'second hand'. 24 Chasa ↗
• 10.08.🇧🇬 Yellow heat alert code applies on August 11 in 16 regions. 24 Chasa ↗
• 10.08.🇧🇬 Former Netanyahu employees accuse his wife of humiliation and harassment. 24 Chasa ↗
• 10.08.🇱🇹 World arms giants were frightened by Ukraine, according to 15min. 15min ↗
• 10.08.🇱🇹 Valinskas on the tragedy of child removal: 'Lithuania needs the Norwegian model.' 15min ↗
• 10.08.🇱🇹 New evidence: microplastics penetrate the placenta and can affect hormone formation. LRT ↗
• 10.08.🇱🇹 A huge financial pyramid collapsed in Russia. 15min ↗
• 10.08.🇱🇹 Trump wants to stop 'birth tourism' — four questions about American citizenship. LRT ↗
• 10.08.🇱🇻 Spaces for journalists at briefings of the former Hungarian foreign minister were filled by employees of his ministry. LSM ↗
• 10.08.🇱🇻 Manufacturers of 'Patriots' are skeptical about weapons manufacturing license for Ukraine. LSM ↗
• 10.08.🇱🇻 In Europe, concerns are growing about gas storage filling and prices. LSM ↗
• 10.08.🇱🇻 Three defendants confessed to arson of railway facilities in Riga on behalf of a foreign state. LSM ↗
• 10.08.🇱🇻 Anti-corruption office will investigate the prime minister's pre-election activities in Kurzeme. LSM ↗
• 10.08.🇪🇪 Postimees: money for Kyiv's drone war goes to China. Postimees ↗
• 10.08.🇪🇪 Depleting American weapons stockpiles in the Iranian war may embolden both Russia and China. Postimees ↗

• 10.08.🇪🇪 Meelis Oidsalu: American intelligence services changed their assessment of the Russian threat less than it appears. ERR ↗
• 10.08.🇪🇪 Commentary: the uncertainty of the minority government in 2010 was resolved by an old experienced communist. Postimees ↗
• 10.08.🇪🇪 A quiet electric bicycle can be more dangerous on the battlefield than a noisy armored vehicle — and it's a British choice. Postimees ↗
• 10.08.🇪🇪 In Pärnumaa, firefighters are responding to a large peat bog fire. Postimees ↗
• 10.08.🇫🇮 Helsingin Sanomat reports at least 47 dead in an earthquake in Colombia. Helsingin Sanomat ↗
• 10.08.🇫🇮 DNA was found on an explosive drone from Leipzig and according to Ilta-Sanomat, "hot leads" point to Lithuania. Ilta-Sanomat ↗
• 10.08.🇫🇮 Yle from Ceuta: streets are full of unaccompanied minors. Yle ↗
• 10.08.🇫🇮 Tough economic numbers from Finland — Purra: "Now it looks really good!" Ilta-Sanomat ↗
• 10.08.🇫🇮 S-market made Einstein an advertising face using AI. Is that allowed? Helsingin Sanomat ↗
• 10.08.🇸🇪 Iranian ultimatum to the USA: demands must be met. Dagens Nyheter ↗
• 10.08.🇸🇪 Strömmer on espionage plans: "Part of a larger pattern," but "no connection to elections." Svenska Dagbladet ↗Svenska Dagbladet ↗
• 10.08.🇸🇪 Winiarski: Russia is now losing control of its military bases in Syria. Dagens Nyheter ↗
• 10.08.🇸🇪 The election campaign is truly underway. Svenska Dagbladet ↗
• 10.08.🇸🇪 Unions go on the offensive against Infantino: "Fraud." Dagens Nyheter ↗
• 10.08.🇳🇴 Russian espionage operation in Sweden targeted key decision-makers. Aftenposten ↗NRK ↗
• 10.08.🇳🇴 900 million people experienced a record-warm July: "Heat and drought reinforce each other." Aftenposten ↗
• 10.08.🇳🇴 Minister of Justice speaks about abuse of asylum rules. NRK ↗
• 10.08.🇳🇴 French rescue service: 230 migrants crossed the English Channel on a single boat. NRK ↗Aftenposten ↗
• 10.08.🇳🇴 16 Bangladeshi workers died in a factory fire in Saudi Arabia. NRK ↗
• 10.08.🇩🇰 Säpo released a photograph: an agent meets with a Russian intelligence officer over beer. Politiken ↗DR ↗
• 10.08.🇩🇰 USA sanctions a Dane for contacts with Iran. Berlingske ↗
• 10.08.🇩🇰 Taiwan practices Chinese invasion — satellite images show that China is doing the same. Berlingske ↗
• 10.08.🇩🇰 Red Cross withdrew an empathetic cartoon about a young migrant: the main character is in prison for murder. Berlingske ↗
• 10.08.🇩🇰 After 38 years, a train is running again between Finland and Sweden. DR ↗
• 10.08.🇩🇰 OpenAI wants to increase security following reports about an "AI kill switch." Berlingske ↗
• 10.08.🇺🇸 Trump: USA "halfway through negotiations" with Iran after Tehran set new demands. CBS News ↗
• 10.08.🇺🇸 Fires rage and force evacuations in the western USA and Canada. CBS News ↗
• 10.08.🇺🇸 Democrats investigate attempts to deport soldiers and their families. The Hill ↗
• 10.08.🇺🇸 Despite wars in the Middle East, 20 million people gathered in Iraq for a Shiite pilgrimage. NPR ↗
• 10.08.🇺🇸 RFK Jr. wants to close the loophole that allows new chemicals into food. The Hill ↗
• 10.08.🇧🇦 Tehran responded to Trump: "We are professional chess players, the Strait of Hormuz is not safe because of you." Klix.ba ↗Radio Sarajevo ↗
• 10.08.🇧🇦 The BiH Presidency approved — former American general Ronald Johnson is one step closer to becoming ambassador. Radio Sarajevo ↗Radio Sarajevo ↗
• 10.08.🇧🇦 Major alarm in the British Royal Navy: spy cameras on maritime drones sent data to China. Klix.ba ↗
• 10.08.🇲🇰 According to Macedonian media, Vučić says "we are at the beginning of a great war." MKD.mk ↗
• 10.08.🇲🇰 Frankfurter Allgemeine: the question about killing Russian soldiers was formulated ambiguously. MKD.mk ↗
• 10.08.🇲🇰 Threats to journalists are a threat to democracy, institutions must respond immediately. Nezavisen ↗Makfax ↗
• 10.08.🇲🇰 FES: European integration will have real value if reforms bring greater social security. MKD.mk ↗
• 10.08.🇦🇱 Balliu exposed a scheme of "theft industry, not weapons": the fictitious company Timak Defense received 10.6 million euros. Balkanweb ↗
• 10.08.🇦🇱 Ukrainian drone attack in Russia: 13 dead and 75 wounded, including seven Uzbek citizens. Balkanweb ↗
• 10.08.🇦🇱 A fire in Zidoll near Kruja is spreading rapidly and threatening part of Selimëve. Balkanweb ↗
• 10.08.🇦🇱 Minister Ferit Hoxha responds to Vučić's threats: Albania is against unilateral change in the Ibra flow. Gazeta Shqiptare ↗
• 10.08.🇦🇱 Death of a German tourist in Himarë: the helicopter had nowhere to land and remained in the air for an hour. Gazeta Shqiptare ↗
• 10.08.🇲🇪 "Antimafia" law — a blow to the head of the octopus? Vijesti ↗
• 10.08.🇲🇪 Criminal complaint against unknown persons from the Ministry of Interior for suspicion of data disclosure. Vijesti ↗
• 10.08.🇲🇪 Montenegro is preparing a review, with energy, media and transport under scrutiny. Vijesti ↗
• 10.08.🇲🇹 The Din l-Art Ħelwa organization accused the ERA office of "environmental vandalism" for the decision about trees in Comine. Lovin Malta ↗Newsbook ↗
• 10.08.🇲🇹 Diver Redeemer Grima died while working near the islands of Saint Paul. Lovin Malta ↗
• 10.08.🇲🇹 Deputy Mayor of Swieqi proposes that local councils receive a share of on-the-spot fines. Lovin Malta ↗
• 10.08.🇮🇸 Two men were arrested in custody for a killing in Kársnes in Kópavogur. RÚV ↗Vísir ↗
• 10.08.🇮🇸 She could not call the emergency line when a blood-soaked man pounded on the door. Vísir ↗
• 10.08.🇮🇸 Monitoring of food online is significantly complicated. RÚV ↗
• 10.08.🇲🇩 Moldova's ambassador to Moscow was recalled to Chişinău, Tofan urges to be tough. Newsmaker ↗
• 10.08.🇲🇩 Military parade for 35 years of independence: soldiers from Romania, Ukraine and the USA will participate. Ziarul de Gardă ↗
• 10.08.🇲🇩 Russia, after Romania took over the port of Giurgiulești, accuses neighbors of military support for Ukraine. Ziarul de Gardă ↗
• 10.08.🇲🇩 Energocom: electricity for today is secured, but imports are becoming increasingly expensive. BANI.md ↗Newsmaker ↗

• 🇬🇧 Fifth heatwave: Met Office issued rare warning against extreme heat, temperatures expected to reach 36 degrees The Guardian ↗The Independent ↗, drought to be declared in further parts of England BBC News ↗
• 🇬🇧 Extensive fire in New Forest closed road A31: "Leave if you want to live" The Independent ↗The Mirror ↗
• 🇬🇧 Farage negotiates with El Salvador about deportation of all foreign criminals to its prisons if he becomes prime minister The Sun ↗
• 🇬🇧 British government wants, according to minister, deeper post-election relationship with European Union under Burnham The Independent ↗; Union could delay post-Brexit border controls The Independent ↗
• 🇬🇧 Share of delayed trains on first nationalized route jumped in first year under public ownership to nearly half Daily Mail ↗
• 🇬🇧 Drones spotted over German base a few days after Leipzig bomb incident BBC News ↗
• 🇷🇴 Ambulance in Cluj attacked with clubs and axes after TikTok video claiming it "steals children"; seven people detained Libertatea ↗G4Media ↗; how the clip got online without marking it was produced by artificial intelligence Digi24 ↗
• 🇷🇴 Three more days of heat waves, up to 39 degrees in the west of the country G4Media ↗HotNews ↗
• 🇷🇴 Investment minister: last chance for law on uniform pay, salary growth would affect over two-thirds of employees G4Media ↗
• 🇷🇴 Energy crisis: "It is like a bad cold, which does not kill you" Digi24 ↗; is Romania risking a major blackout? Adevărul ↗
• 🇷🇴 Băsescu praises Bolojan for spending cuts after previously criticizing him Adevărul ↗
• 🇷🇴 Second pillar pensions exceeded 100 billion lei in net profit G4Media ↗
• 🇷🇴 Statistical office: birth rate declining, death rate rising, natural increase negative Pro TV Stirile ↗
• 🇷🇴 One of Romania's largest IT employers laid off hundreds of people HotNews ↗
• 🇷🇴 Tiber fell to historic low in 15 years — drought hit not only the Danube Libertatea ↗
• 🇹🇷 Framework law in parliament today, Erbakan's party and nationalist MHP announced stance Habertürk ↗Cumhuriyet ↗Cumhuriyet ↗
• 🇹🇷 Burhanettin Duran: August 10, 2014 is one of the most important milestones of Turkish democracy Milliyet ↗
• 🇹🇷 Habertürk: "Trump lost war with Iran" Habertürk ↗
• 🇹🇷 Major fuel price increase: prices will change at midnight Cumhuriyet ↗
• 🇹🇷 Justice Minister Gürlek will receive Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu's family Milliyet ↗
• 🇷🇸 Lawyer Beljanski resigned because bar association is silent on Vučić's attacks on lawyer Jana Aćimović Planojević Nova ↗
• 🇷🇸 Water restrictions introduced in Čačak due to low water level of Rzav river Nova ↗Danas ↗
• 🇷🇸 Petition against Michael Martens after "scandalous question" in Belgrade Politika ↗
• 🇷🇸 Fans chanted to Ratko Mladić, match immediately suspended and stands emptied Nova ↗
• 🇷🇸 Đilas would shut down public RTS: "It will begin to change in the first 24 hours" Kurir ↗
• 🇷🇸 Slovakia broke temperature record — fourth time in five weeks Danas ↗
• 🇷🇸 Konjufca: We supported Ukraine despite non-recognition, we regret non-recognition of Kosovo's independence N1 Serbia ↗
• 🇷🇸 Fire in Deliblato Sandhills under control, still burning at Stol Mountains N1 Serbia ↗
• 🇷🇸 German minister: "We face daily attacks and hybrid warfare" Danas ↗
• 🇭🇷 Hazardous waste scandal from Gospić also affects Varaždin — five thousand tons of waste from related company N1 Croatia ↗Večernji list ↗Index.hr ↗
• 🇭🇷 Kroflin on veteran pension increase: "When the prime minister gets provoked, almost 100 million euros is found" N1 Croatia ↗
• 🇭🇷 Orbán enjoying himself in Serbia — "hits" rakija and takes pictures with people on the street 24sata ↗
• 🇭🇷 Pig farmers fear for survival of production due to African swine fever HRT ↗
• 🇭🇷 North Korea sends Putin missile unit with 120 projectiles Večernji list ↗
• 🇭🇷 New rules for dangerous offenders: will they be placed somewhere after serving sentence? 24sata ↗
• 🇭🇷 Growing movement for independence of richest Canadian province: "Trump can save us" Index.hr ↗
• 🇫🇮 Estonian government lost majority in parliament Yle ↗
• 🇫🇮 Italy did not accept Spanish solution: "Completely unacceptable" Ilta-Sanomat ↗
• 🇫🇮 Policeman who hit mopedist into ditch in Tuusule suspected of three criminal offenses Yle ↗Helsingin Sanomat ↗
• 🇫🇮 Editorial on Niinistö's messages to Putin: "Russia should be answered so strongly that it definitely feels it" Ilta-Sanomat ↗
• 🇫🇮 Fazer renames its famous candies Ilta-Sanomat ↗
• 🇫🇮 After almost 40 years, direct train again runs from Finland to Sweden Telex ↗
• 🇬🇷 New fire in Kouvaras in Attica: village Agios Stylianos evacuated, factory burning and breeding farms destroyed Protothema ↗Naftemporiki ↗
• 🇬🇷 Extreme heat and drought changing Europe's economy: hundreds of billions of euros in damages, south hit hardest Protothema ↗
• 🇬🇷 Solar eclipse on Wednesday will reduce photovoltaic production Naftemporiki ↗
• 🇬🇷 Trump shared conversation with Greek migration minister Thanos Plevris Naftemporiki ↗
• 🇬🇷 Al Jazeera: how Iran perceives Mecca Agreement — it is an "opening" for US withdrawal from the region Protothema ↗
• 🇬🇷 The New Yorker: is the future "Made in China"? Chinese counter-attack threatens US dominance from artificial intelligence to cancer treatment Protothema ↗
• 🇬🇷 Guides in Antarctica giving statements about tourist behavior: "They saw collapsing glaciers and applauded" Protothema ↗
• 🇬🇷 Movement banned in Chalkidiki for fire risk, fine is 300 euros Politika ↗
• 🇬🇷 Water shortage in Sarti, showers stopped in beach bars 24 Chasa ↗
• 🇱🇹 For possible non-transparent hiring of employees in Seimas, politicians will summon Stončaitis and head of anti-corruption service STT LRT ↗
• 🇱🇹 Skvernelis will turn to European Court of Human Rights over public statements of politicians about his case Lietuvos Rytas ↗LRT ↗
• 🇱🇹 Swedbank lends another 10 million euros to Cyber City project developer LRT ↗
• 🇱🇹 Accident analysis: electric scooters are much more dangerous than motorcycles or bicycles LRT ↗
• 🇱🇹 Russian provocation against NATO: expert explained what the Kremlin risks 15min ↗
• 🇱🇹 Ukrainian plan for Crimea revealed: there could be more strikes, but there is one condition Lietuvos Rytas ↗
• 🇱🇹 Meta faces another critically important trial in the USA, billion-dollar fines threaten LRT ↗
• 🇸🇪 Danish Nazi became sperm donor in Sweden Expressen ↗Svenska Dagbladet ↗
• 🇸🇪 Dadgostar does not shy away from new elections if socialists refuse Left in government Dagens Nyheter ↗
• 🇸🇪 Mediterranean dispute could affect football world championships Svenska Dagbladet ↗
• 🇸🇪 Infantino reportedly paid off mistress Svenska Dagbladet ↗

• 🇸🇪 Wolf divides Sweden: "For fuck's sake, it happened again" Svenska Dagbladet ↗
• 🇸🇪 Police can fly drones without supervision in Norrköping for the first time in the country SVT ↗
• 🇸🇪 Soldiers are dying — Putin can thus avoid paying millions Expressen ↗
• 🇸🇮 President Nataša Pirc Musarová bought an apartment for Russian-Slovenian citizen Viktoria Krivolutskaya Siol ↗
• 🇸🇮 Vesna V. Godina: "Drought is changing Slovenia. And what about politics?" Delo ↗
• 🇸🇮 Major European bank warns of war: this is the minimum amount of cash you should have at home Siol ↗
• 🇸🇮 Fire near Tržič is under control, danger has not yet passed 24ur ↗
• 🇸🇮 Thousands protest Spanish government inaction in Ceuta RTV Slovenija ↗
• 🇸🇮 Two identical X-ray images, two completely different solutions Delo ↗
• 🇸🇮 Etna erupts again: Catania covered in ash, airport closed 24ur ↗
• 🇧🇬 Danube water level at Ruse dropped another two centimeters 24 Chasa ↗Dnevnik ↗
• 🇧🇬 Russian weapons and underground warehouses: how Iran renewed its rocket arsenal during a ceasefire 24 Chasa ↗
• 🇧🇬 Ukrainian flag pulled down from central building in Pristina after Zelensky's statement in Belgrade 24 Chasa ↗
• 🇧🇬 Professor Konstantinov: banning publication of results on election day is censorship 24 Chasa ↗
• 🇧🇬 Stole €400,000 and jewelry from a 90-year-old woman in Greece under false pretense their "tax satellite" would catch it 24 Chasa ↗
• 🇧🇬 Procedure for selecting European prosecutor continues as before Dnevnik ↗
• 🇧🇦 Glovo ends operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina Klix.ba ↗Radio Sarajevo ↗
• 🇧🇦 Case of boy abused in Bambini kindergarten: father demands answers, government accuses him of slander Radio Sarajevo ↗
• 🇧🇦 Fire near Neum still active, contained in Konjic area Radio Sarajevo ↗
• 🇧🇦 Shooting in Brčko: man seriously wounded, attackers escaped on motorcycles Klix.ba ↗
• 🇧🇦 Village in Bosnia and Herzegovina without electricity for 30 years — residents light their homes with candles and flashlights Klix.ba ↗
• 🇧🇦 Čengić on prices and tree felling: "If you have 50 marks, it's as if you have nothing" N1 Bosna ↗
• 🇧🇦 Up to 41 degrees tomorrow, orange alert issued: "Don't go out unless necessary" Radio Sarajevo ↗
• 🇪🇪 Government loses majority, Kiili and Stoicescu leave coalition; Kõlvart: "They won't be the last" Postimees ↗Äripäev ↗
• 🇪🇪 Allar Jõks: the pattern created by the Reform Party will soon produce more departures Postimees ↗
• 🇪🇪 Läänemets on minority government: "The most important thing is to elect a president"; MP: "Instead of presidential elections we have a competition for the highest official" Postimees ↗ERR ↗
• 🇪🇪 New alliance in Middle East: Saudi money, Turkish weapons and Pakistani nuclear bomb at one table Äripäev ↗
• 🇪🇪 Cameras of British naval reconnaissance drones secretly sent data to China Postimees ↗
• 🇪🇪 Divers retrieved a 162-year-old Guinness bottle from the wreck Postimees ↗
• 🇩🇰 Danish People's Party has highest support in seven years Berlingske ↗
• 🇩🇰 Mette Frederiksen defends her stance on Ceuta case following criticism Berlingske ↗
• 🇩🇰 Inflation in July slightly fell thanks to lower food prices Berlingske ↗DR ↗
• 🇩🇰 Multiple people arrested during protest outside arms manufacturer DR ↗
• 🇩🇰 Widow of Alexei Navalny will be main speaker at cultural gathering on Mors island DR ↗
• 🇩🇰 French philosopher: "What is this really about for us in Ukraine? Ukraine is not part of Europe" Politiken ↗
• 🇩🇰 Strong solar eclipse will hit Denmark Wednesday evening Berlingske ↗
• 🇲🇩 Sandu and Tofan on Crochmaz drone explosion: "Being outside the war zone doesn't protect us"; police confirmed unmanned device of this type arrived for the first time Newsmaker ↗Newsmaker ↗
• 🇲🇩 Damage extends 800 meters, bottles jumped out of homes Ziarul de Gardă ↗
• 🇲🇩 Russia cuts off Ukrainian routes to Moldova and Romania, hit strategic bridge with rockets BANI.md ↗
• 🇲🇩 AIPA agency begins paying drought compensation, highest amount exceeds four million lei BANI.md ↗
• 🇲🇩 Eggs became more expensive by 21 percent BANI.md ↗
• 🇲🇩 Scandal in transport: accusations of "corruption schemes" masked by European reform BANI.md ↗
• 🇲🇩 Bought grain and sunflower for millions, then filed for bankruptcy — manager detained Ziarul de Gardă ↗
• 🇺🇸 Iranian leaders demand US pay war damages, otherwise will keep Strait of Hormuz closed CBS News ↗
• 🇺🇸 Trump appointed Will Scharf as new White House legal adviser The Hill ↗
• 🇺🇸 Taiwan drills war scenarios, fears growing Chinese aggression and questions Trump's support CBS News ↗
• 🇺🇸 Sanders: "Ban super PACs in Democratic primaries immediately" The Hill ↗
• 🇺🇸 Senate left for recess without voting on crypto law, its chances fell The Hill ↗
• 🇺🇸 Representative Kaptur undergoing physical rehabilitation after collision with drunk driver The Hill ↗
• 🇺🇸 Report from Atomic City in Idaho, testing ground for next-generation reactors NPR ↗
• 🇲🇰 Dispute over Macedonian flag: celebration in Ohrid had 12 rays instead of eight Slobodenpečat ↗MKD.mk ↗
• 🇲🇰 Social Democrats: "Can't have 4,700 people end up in hospital, entire city at risk and no one bear responsibility" Libertas ↗
• 🇲🇰 European Union issued ultimatum: five countries must abolish "golden passports" Slobodenpečat ↗
• 🇲🇰 Oil prices rise after Iran sets conditions for reopening Strait of Hormuz Libertas ↗
• 🇲🇰 Migrant surge in Ceuta ended, but panic in Union leaves consequences MKD.mk ↗
• 🇲🇰 Why is Russia selling so much gold? MKD.mk ↗
• 🇱🇻 Peru confirmed deaths of mercenaries fighting on Russian side LSM ↗
• 🇱🇻 Taiwan learns from Ukrainian experience to repel possible Chinese attack LSM ↗
• 🇱🇻 Historian: unlikely Russian economy will reach state like before Soviet Union collapse LSM ↗
• 🇱🇻 Eclipse viewing glasses selling out across Europe LSM ↗
• 🇱🇻 Chinese giant Shein failed to relocate part of production to Vietnam LSM ↗
• 🇮🇸 Hottest summer months in Western Europe on record Vísir ↗
• 🇮🇸 Concerns automatic street lights will ruin eclipse experience Morgunblaðið ↗
• 🇮🇸 New owner enters ownership group of Morgunblaðið newspaper Heimildin ↗
• 🇮🇸 Bessent says the bet was placed on a land route Morgunblaðið ↗
• 🇮🇸 Building closed due to mold Morgunblaðið ↗
• 🇳🇴 Conservatives want to review teacher education NRK ↗
• 🇳🇴 McDonald's dispute in Labour Party: minister backs conservatives VG ↗
• 🇳🇴 Prince Sverre Magnus will study in Lisbon NRK ↗
• 🇲🇪 From today, traffic completely stopped over Đurđevića Tara bridge Vijesti ↗
• 🇲🇪 Will Island return to European path? Vijesti ↗
• 🇲🇪 Hundreds arrested in France for fires Vijesti ↗

• 🇲🇪 Camaj sees nothing controversial about hanging various flags Vijesti ↗
• 🇲🇹 Jury heard further secret recordings of Melvin Theuma in the Daphne Caruana Galizia case Newsbook ↗
• 🇲🇹 Two men expelled from Malta and banned from entering the Schengen area Lovin Malta ↗
• 🇲🇹 Maltese stuck in Catania due to Mount Etna eruption Newsbook ↗
• 🇲🇹 Eusebia Abel found dead, search ends tragically Lovin Malta ↗
• 🇦🇱 Seventy-second protest against the government: people back in Tirana, main demand is "Rama, step down" Balkanweb ↗Gazeta Shqiptare ↗
• 🇦🇱 Investigation portal BIRN: government preparing to bring back online sports betting, criticism over lack of transparency Balkanweb ↗
• 🇦🇱 Tirana without water for 24 hours, but water utilities report record profits Gazeta Shqiptare ↗
• 🇦🇱 Five fire outbreaks still active, over 300 personnel and 150 soldiers in the field Balkanweb ↗
• 🇦🇱 Mystery of 700 thousand euros in the sea: investigators "scanning" Albanian cocaine groups Gazeta Shqiptare ↗
• 🇦🇱 Denis Bajri accuses Ibrahim Licaj of knife attack in Fier prison: "He ordered me to be killed in the cell" Balkanweb ↗

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• Strait of Hormuz remains closed: Iran demands USA pay war damages, Trump acknowledges "half-hearted" negotiations and moves to economic pressure — 🇺🇸 US · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇲🇰 MK · 🇲🇩 MD · 🇹🇷 TR · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇷🇸 RS (18 countries)
• Copernicus: Western Europe had the warmest June and July in measurement history, record sea surface temperature — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇱🇺 LU · 🇮🇪 IE · 🇮🇸 IS · 🇩🇰 DK · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇱🇻 LV · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇬🇷 GR
• European rivers at their lowest: Rhine at Lobith broke 1947 record, Danube at Ruse continues falling, Tiber at 15-year low, Rzava forces Čačak to limit water — 🇳🇱 NL · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇧🇬 BG · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇷🇸 RS
• Ceuta and rift in European Union: 15,000 people in the streets, Meloni and Frederiksen together against "uncontrolled migration," Spain against Italy — 🇪🇸 ES · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇩🇰 DK · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇸🇮 SI · 🇷🇸 RS · 🇲🇰 MK · 🇫🇮 FI · 🇵🇱 PL (17 countries)
• Gaza: Netanyahu rejected Trump's 15-point plan, then gives him "a chance," army withdraws to Yellow Line — 🇮🇹 IT · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇱🇺 LU · 🇺🇦 UA · 🇦🇹 AT (20 countries)
• Zelenskyy: there will be 30 to 50 thousand North Korean soldiers in Russia, DPRK is also sending a missile unit with 120 projectiles — 🇺🇦 UA · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇱🇺 LU · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇮🇸 IS · 🇵🇱 PL
• Mecca Pact: Saudi money, Turkish weapons and Pakistani nuclear bomb at one table — 🇨🇭 CH · 🇪🇪 EE · 🇮🇪 IE · 🇬🇷 GR
• Fires across southern Europe: Kouvaras near Athens, Tirig and Niebla in Spain, Tignale above Lake Garda, Neum, Tržič, Deliblató Sand — 🇬🇷 GR · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇧🇦 BA · 🇸🇮 SI · 🇷🇸 RS · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇦🇱 AL · 🇭🇷 HR (13 countries)
• Solar eclipse on August 12: eyeglasses selling out in Europe, photovoltaic production falling in Greece, cloudiness may interfere in Spain — 🇱🇻 LV · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇩🇰 DK · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇮🇪 IE · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇮🇸 IS · 🇵🇱 PL (15 countries)
• Hybrid war against Germany: after Leipzig bomb drones over base, Dobrindt doubles anti-drone unit, Günther wants Bundeswehr at airports — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇬🇧 UK · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇷🇸 RS
• Russia wants to exclude Yabloko from Duma elections, the only anti-war party — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇸🇪 SE
• Zelenskyy's Belgrade visit has aftermath: Ukrainian flag taken down in Pristina, Konjufca regrets non-recognition of Kosovo — 🇷🇸 RS · 🇧🇬 BG · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇸🇪 SE · 🇺🇦 UA
• Estonian government lost majority in parliament after two coalition MPs left — 🇪🇪 EE · 🇫🇮 FI · 🇱🇻 LV · 🇲🇪 ME
• Daniel Kinahan, extradited from Dubai, charged in Dublin with running criminal group — 🇮🇪 IE · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇱🇹 LT · 🇭🇷 HR (11 countries)
• Etna spewing ash, Catania closed airport and tourists stranded there — 🇮🇹 IT · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇸🇮 SI · 🇲🇪 ME · 🇲🇹 MT
• Typhoon Delphin: over a million people evacuated in China, 1,400 flights canceled — 🇦🇹 AT · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇷🇸 RS · 🇧🇦 BA · 🇮🇪 IE · 🇬🇧 UK · 🇫🇮 FI · 🇮🇸 IS · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇵🇹 PT (19 countries)
• Trial for murder of rapper Tupac Shakur after nearly 30 years — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇺🇸 US · 🇷🇸 RS (10 countries)

🔍 Foreign-lens: what won't be heard in Slovak media

• West Nile Virus in popular vacation countries — over 240 cases in Europe. Slovak and Czech media did not report on it in the past week. Yet it is purely practical information for vacationers in Italy, Greece, and Spain. n-tv ↗
• Polish scandal with flood aid that didn't happen. The husband of the deputy director of the development agency received 200 thousand zlotys, the anti-corruption office is analyzing the entire program and Ryszard Czarnecki is suspended in PiS. The combination of climate disasters and theft of state aid is a scenario that can be expected elsewhere too. Rzeczpospolita ↗Onet ↗
• German employers circumvent minimum wage, damage reaches 64 billion euros. The mechanism — unreported working hours — affects sectors where tens of thousands of Slovaks work. taz ↗