This is an overview of what newsrooms in 37 countries wrote over the last twenty-four hours.
DE🇩🇪German media
- Forest fire in Eiffel forced evacuation of 1,800 people, flames were 400 meters from the village of Hürtgenwald Spiegel ↗ZDF heute ↗Tagesspiegel ↗
- Farmers' Association warns of total crop failure in some regions, the situation is brutally tense according to them Spiegel ↗FAZ ↗Tagesschau ↗
- Trump imposed tariffs up to 100 percent on drone and component imports, targeting China Tagesspiegel ↗ZDF heute ↗Spiegel ↗
- NATO fighter jets shot down a drone over Latvia, Finland established a closed sea zone Süddeutsche Zeitung ↗n-tv ↗FAZ ↗
- Federal Council feels prepared for possible regional AfD government in Saxony-Anhalt Die Zeit ↗Tagesspiegel ↗
- Police official distances himself from GdP unions' call for uprising against AfD: service oath does not strip colleagues of voting rights Welt ↗
- Wagenknecht rejected Höcke's offer and challenged him to a duel, the office is not a traveling trophy according to her Welt ↗
- Vance: lowest oil price is the main goal of the USA in war with Iran, nuclear program is only second n-tv ↗
- USA threatens Iran with isolation the world has never seen, Bessent announced unprecedented economic measures Welt ↗Süddeutsche Zeitung ↗
- Aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is being replaced, Trump ordered return to steam catapults Welt ↗FAZ ↗Tagesspiegel ↗
- Klingbeil wants to abolish tax exemption for employee discounts, opposition speaks of hidden wage deduction Welt ↗
- SPD internally eliminates jobs and extends working hours Welt ↗
- DAX index corporations report record sales while simultaneously eliminating jobs Tagesspiegel ↗
- Petrol remains expensive despite falling oil prices, head of Green parliamentary group claims government merely watches the price hike Tagesschau ↗Tagesschau ↗
- Out of economic crisis with tanks? Germany debates armaments as an engine of the economy Die Zeit ↗
- Cyprus wants to enter Schengen, a politically sensitive phase begins Handelsblatt ↗
- Without immigration, Eastern Germany faces loss of prosperity, claims new study Tagesspiegel ↗
- Federal court rejected Trump's lawsuit against Harvard for antisemitism n-tv ↗Tagesschau ↗
- More and more Israelis do not feel at home in Israel, FAZ writes about emigration FAZ ↗
- Will another wave of migrants reach Ceuta? German media monitor the Moroccan border before August 15 Welt ↗FAZ ↗
- Creeping militarization of Urenco, German uranium enricher taz ↗
- Ebola spread in Democratic Republic of Congo to a sixth province, spreading faster than ever before n-tv ↗
PL🇵🇱Polish media
- Cyber attack on MyDr health platform: stolen health data of almost 19 million people, attackers demand ransom Onet ↗G4Media ↗
- Romanowski is in Transnistria, claims overwhelming report of analysts, but Moldova states he did not cross the border Wirtualna Polska ↗Do Rzeczy ↗TVN24 ↗
- Dispute over Maciej Berk's candidacy for Constitutional Court is escalating, coalition partners threaten blockade Wirtualna Polska ↗TVN24 ↗Do Rzeczy ↗
- Gawkowski reports SpaceX complied with his request, Poland returns to Starlink Roam service TVN24 ↗Onet ↗
- Poland can hand over MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine in the coming weeks in exchange for drones and technology Ukrayinska Pravda ↗Censor.NET ↗
- Onet counts how much Poland actually sent to Ukraine and refutes myths about amounts Onet ↗
- Germany withdraws temporary protection for Ukrainian men, some face deportation Do Rzeczy ↗Wirtualna Polska ↗
- Russia's largest Baltic port is burning, Ust-Luga after Ukrainian drone attack TVN24 ↗
- How much will the restored CPN state gas station chain cost: experts talk about throwing money out of a helicopter TVN24 ↗TVN24 ↗
- EU is preparing regulations according to which PESEL ID number must be shown during purchases Do Rzeczy ↗
- EU plan to end freely available sugar and ketchup in restaurants Wirtualna Polska ↗
- Prosecution unexpectedly dropped charges in Shrek meme scandal Wirtualna Polska ↗
- Trump is selling earlier access to his posts, the case will be handled by the court Gazeta Wyborcza ↗
- Szymon Hołownia is back in the game, he has three offers on the table Rzeczpospolita ↗
- Minister Hennig-Kloska: the real problem is the waste mafia TVN24 ↗
- Record heat in Siberia, thermometers showed over 35 degrees Rzeczpospolita ↗
- Tusk declared an additional day off for officials in August Onet ↗
- Kim Jong-un trades his slaves, and with Putin Rzeczpospolita ↗
- History textbooks written in the Kremlin: how Russia indoctrinates Ukrainians Rzeczpospolita ↗
- Map printer for the army and final exams left employees without pay Wirtualna Polska ↗
HU🇭🇺Hungarian media
- Gulyás Márton stepped down from the position of editor-in-chief of independent Partizán and explained where he disappeared for months Telex ↗444 ↗Index ↗
- The government is limiting its own power to move budget items HVG ↗
- Tisza's government really did ban the performance of wild animals in circuses, from January there will be no giraffes, hippos or elephants HVG ↗Telex ↗
- The Danube is falling again, the government released details of Paks measures and media are asking whether the threshold level will really help Portfolio ↗444 ↗
- The head of cabinet Ruszin-Szendi was quickly replaced, although according to the defense ministry he wasn't even that HVG ↗
- They removed deputies of state secretaries inherited from Sándor Pintér 24.hu ↗
- Magyar Péter and Vitézy Dávid are preparing a joint announcement, huge amounts are at stake Portfolio ↗
- Tarr Zoltán accuses Vidnyánszky of false statements about his removal, Alföldi speaks of a brazen lie Telex ↗Népszava ↗Index ↗
- Two hundred thousand Hungarian families are waiting for the new government's decision, they don't know what will happen to their loans in two months Portfolio ↗
- Banks are already distributing two thousand personal loans a day, such volume has never been here before 24.hu ↗
- Hotels are falling like dominoes HVG ↗
- Apartment prices finally aren't rising. Why? Telex ↗
- Corruption in school districts: police are investigating four cases, in one a prosecution proposal has already been filed Népszava ↗
- The Agricultural Chamber will be more independent, new incompatibility rules have been released Telex ↗
- Novák Előd asked the central bank governor where they are buying the country from Index ↗
- Orbán's government bought 41 historic buildings abroad, most of them in Romania and mostly in ruins, restored only one G4Media ↗
- Lázár János was in Szombathely and held an instruction session in the local Fidesz office Népszava ↗
- Few know Baku András, but he immediately gained the support of Tisza voters Telex ↗
- A destructive pest is already at the Hungarian border, the Nébih office declared an alert Index ↗
AT🇦🇹Austrian media
- The situation in the Persian Gulf remains tense after the attack on ships ORF ↗Die Presse ↗
- Fires across Europe: 1800 evacuated in Germany, threatened Croatian coastal town, tourists evacuated in Greece Kurier ↗Kleine Zeitung ↗Der Standard ↗
- Positions of contracted physicians are occupied at 97 percent and yet Austria lacks general practitioners ORF ↗Die Presse ↗
- Higher retirement age won't come so soon Kleine Zeitung ↗
- How Stocker spoke nonsense and yet was right, his statement haunts Gödel all the way to the electoral district Der Standard ↗Der Standard ↗
- Putin is running out of soldiers, reports of forced conscription are emerging Kurier ↗
- ORF monitors the consequences of violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians ORF ↗
- Elon Musk already owns 48.4 percent of SpaceX Die Presse ↗
- The Taliban built a system of gender apartheid Die Presse ↗
- For the first time since 2010, three executions in the USA in one day Die Presse ↗
- Farage declared himself the winner in Clactone, and that against a trash bin Der Standard ↗Kleine Zeitung ↗
- Unfavorable working conditions increase workplace violence Kleine Zeitung ↗Kurier ↗
- Why ten percent of American voters reject Trump but don't want to vote for Democrats either Der Standard ↗
- How agricultural bureaucrats provoke taxpayers Die Presse ↗
UA🇺🇦Ukrainian media
- Russian aerial bombs hit Kramatorsk, one person was killed and 15 were injured Ukrayinska Pravda ↗Censor.NET ↗Interfax Ukraine ↗
- Ukraine offered Russia a moratorium on mutual attacks in the Black Sea Kyiv Post ↗Kyiv Post ↗
- Ukrainian drones hit Ust-Luga, one of Russia's largest oil ports, 37 drones were reported Censor.NET ↗Kyiv Independent ↗
- Ukrainian grain exports fell by 75 percent due to Russian attacks on Black Sea ports Censor.NET ↗
- Maritime exports of Russian oil products fell by 55 percent thanks to Ukrainian attacks on refineries Censor.NET ↗
- A Russian refinery is completely shut down for months after the Ukrainian attack, claims the local governor Kyiv Independent ↗
- The USA lost a quarter of its MQ-9 Reaper drone fleet in the war with Iran, damage exceeds 1.3 billion dollars Ukrayinska Pravda ↗Interfax Ukraine ↗
- 437 civilians died in Ukraine in July, the most since spring 2022, according to the UN Ukrayinska Pravda ↗
- Reactive Shaheds already make up two-thirds of all Russian launches against Ukraine Censor.NET ↗
- Kyiv for the first time since the beginning of the full invasion faces food supply shortages and empty shelves Kyiv Independent ↗
- The head of the Mykolaiv conscription office was arrested for corruption Kyiv Independent ↗
- Russian hackers penetrated roughly 50 global companies including Shell, Philips and General Electric Ukrayinska Pravda ↗
- Zelensky again requests Patriots, the air force stopped publishing the number of missiles fired Kyiv Independent ↗
- A new Ukrainian plan on how to pressure Putin remains a mystery for Washington Kyiv Independent ↗
- Kyiv condemned Putin's visit to disputed Kuril Islands Kyiv Post ↗
- A Ukrainian submarine commander who defected to Russia was killed in Crimea AD ↗Irish Independent ↗
- Estonia extended the limited regime of border crossings with Russia Ukrayinska Pravda ↗
- 20,610 cases of deportation or forced displacement of Ukrainian children have been verified Interfax Ukraine ↗
- Belarus will teach schoolchildren to operate drones Ukrayinska Pravda ↗
- The World Motorsport Council abolished all restrictions for Russian and Belarusian drivers Censor.NET ↗
- Germany will not grant temporary protection to Ukrainian men aged 23 to 60 who are not exempt from military service Censor.NET ↗
- Explosion at an Italian ammunition factory that cooperates with Ukraine Kyiv Independent ↗Censor.NET ↗
FR🇫🇷French Media
- A heatwave grips 75 departments in orange alert, Paris traffic is seriously affected, and Nice experienced a tropical night BFM TV ↗Ouest-France ↗Le Monde ↗
- A new fire in Landes consumed 600 hectares and evacuated 500 people, according to firefighters it creates its own climate Le Monde ↗France 24 ↗7sur7 ↗
- A 15-year-old teenager suspected of starting a deadly forest fire near Bordeaux was detained NOS ↗Trouw ↗
- Heatwaves continue to pressure the French nuclear fleet Le Monde ↗
- Cyberattack on the tax administration platform, thousands of taxpayers' personal data stolen BFM TV ↗RTP ↗
- What lies behind the challenges to cross the border at Ceuta on August 15 RFI ↗
- Washington threatens Iran with isolation, far from the promises of the Hormuz agreement France 24 ↗Le Figaro ↗
- Starlink against Rassvet: a satellite battle rages between Russia and Ukraine Le Figaro ↗
- In Italy, a former general who entered politics is pulling the far right into a radicality race Le Monde ↗
- Japan is in shock after Putin's visit to the disputed southern Kuril Islands Le Monde ↗
- After summer fires, there was a surge of interest in volunteer firefighter positions RFI ↗
- The anarchic development of data centers in France resembles the Wild West more than a digital eldorado Le Monde ↗
- Trump imposed tariffs of up to 100 percent on imported drones to counter Chinese supplies Le Monde ↗Le Figaro ↗France 24 ↗
- In the USA, three death row inmates were executed in one day in three different states Le Monde ↗
- The USA and Mexico are training on their shared border precisely where the Juárez cartel operates Le Monde ↗Le Figaro ↗
- In Afghanistan, armed opposition is organizing, but the Taliban is not concerned yet RFI ↗
- In Lebanon, over 800,000 displaced people have returned to their regions, another 200,000 still waiting RFI ↗
- In Burkina Faso, several personalities will face murder charges in the case of Norbert Zonga RFI ↗
- The New Zealand Football Association withdrew support from Infantino due to loss of trust Le Figaro ↗
- The German government is divided on how to deal with heatwaves drying up rivers RFI ↗
- Torrential rains east of Tokyo claimed at least four victims Le Monde ↗France 24 ↗
IT🇮🇹Italian Media
- Etna: the airport in Catania remains closed until August 15, it is the worst crisis in twenty years Sky TG24 ↗ANSA ↗
- An explosion at an ammunition factory in Colleferro near Rome, a plant from the so-called "valley of arms" also manufactures for Ukraine Il Manifesto ↗Handelsblatt ↗
- The Report and Ranucci case: Lavitola remains in custody, RAI fears damage to its image and is pushing Ranucci to leave La Repubblica ↗Corriere della Sera ↗
- Drought caused 1.5 billion euros in damage to agriculture, fruit, grains, and milk are threatened Corriere della Sera ↗
- First anniversary of the Morandi Bridge verdict: 1.13 billion euros in compensation work still not implemented TGCom24 ↗Il Sole 24 Ore ↗
- Rome against Berlin: Italy refuses to take back three migrants expelled from Germany including a Somali woman living there with her family Corriere della Sera ↗La Repubblica ↗Open ↗
- Piantedosi defends suspension of Schengen against Spain, wants to lift it only when risks are completely over Il Manifesto ↗ANSA ↗
- Piantedosi claims that Albanian centers are not a failure and will one day be a model for Europe Il Fatto Quotidiano ↗
- Electricity consumption in July jumped eight percent to a new record ANSA ↗
- The government is preparing a list of energy expenditures, in 2026 it's already seven billion euros La Repubblica ↗
- Egg freezing: Forza Italia is also opening up to the agreement, a Lega deputy publicly admitted her own experience La Repubblica ↗La Repubblica ↗
- The share of electric vehicles exceeded eight percent thanks to the bonus, but stagnation threatens, and Porsche is slowing electrification Il Sole 24 Ore ↗AGI ↗
- Infantino's throne is wobbling, UEFA wants to pass a vote of no confidence against him AGI ↗
- Schengen in ruins: the return of borders in a Europe that is closing itself off La Repubblica ↗
- West Bank: American ambassador called the siege of Palestinian homes terrorism, five Italians are on the ground Corriere della Sera ↗La Repubblica ↗
- Turkey fined Netflix, Disney+, and HBO for promoting homosexuality and content against family values Open ↗
- Ryanair: an engine blade cracked due to partial wear, which is why the window blew out Corriere della Sera ↗La Repubblica ↗
- Greenland stopped American drilling and blocked a company linked to Trump La Repubblica ↗
- Anthropic is aiming for a valuation of two trillion dollars and threatens Musk's record La Repubblica ↗
- The mystery of Leavitt's departure: according to Repubblica, she is punishing Trump this way, who left her on a decoy plane in Ankara La Repubblica ↗
- Meta closed 750,000 accounts of Australian minors under 16 years old Il Fatto Quotidiano ↗
CH🇨🇭Swiss Media
- For the first time a country was attacked using artificial intelligence agents, Taiwan is experiencing the cyberwar of the future Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- Artificial intelligence for the first time designed functional viruses SRF ↗
- What role Russian hackers have in the Kremlin's hybrid war against the West is shown by a trial in Zurich Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- Europe is trying to escape the migration trap, the right to asylum proceedings is to become a catch-up model Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- Commentary: the axis of autocrats is running smoothly, it's time for a counter-strategy Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- Guest commentary: Hungary achieved a turnaround, Viktor Orbán's system is disappearing as if it were just a phantom Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- Faten Ben Omar al-Azizi died in the sea near Ceuta, NZZ visited the family that remained Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- Is the Trump family trading at a luxury resort in Albania with an alleged drug dealer? Tages-Anzeiger ↗
- Why Switzerland doesn't have a sovereign wealth fund like Norway SRF ↗
- Zurich property owners are entering into disputes with Ernst Stocker over millions in the elimination of fictitious rent taxation Tages-Anzeiger ↗
- Trump is having himself paid for presidential knowledge, premium access to Truth Social SRF ↗
- Forgotten victims of heatwaves: at least a million elderly people stay home without help Tages-Anzeiger ↗
- Palestinians sue Columbia University for discrimination, the university that was the epicenter of protests against Israel Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- CDU deputy Anne König wants to tighten laws against surrogacy Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- China mourns former Premier Zhu Rongji, what this says about today's party elite Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- Weight-loss injections cause muscle loss, new drugs are supposed to prevent this Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
LU🇱🇺Luxembourg Media
- Alert in Latvia, fighters shot down a drone Luxemburger Wort ↗
- Two United Arab Emirates ships were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz Luxemburger Wort ↗
- Commentary: Punishing Putin and co. requires a special tribunal Luxemburger Wort ↗
- US Defense Ministry reviews nuclear strategy Luxemburger Wort ↗
- Zelenskyy asks US for five percent of their Patriot missiles Luxemburger Wort ↗
- Luxair had to reroute flight, Etna paralyzes Catania airport Luxembourg Times ↗
- Europe widens lead over USA and Asia in transition to cleaner aviation fuel Luxembourg Times ↗
- How DZ-mafia terrorizes France Luxemburger Wort ↗
- Justice Minister Elisabeth Margue gave birth to a son Luxembourg Times ↗
- Nazi past will not disappear through silence Luxemburger Wort ↗
ES🇪🇸Spanish Media
- Morocco deployed hundreds of police and soldiers before August 15, installing razor-wire fences and water cannons to prevent another jump into Ceuta El País ↗El Mundo ↗
- Dramatic SOS from Ceuta's president Vivas after unsuccessful trip by Minister Marlasco: without extraordinary measures the city won't hold out El Español ↗
- Sánchez hasn't appeared in Congress for 15 days, even though he himself spoke of territorial integrity violation El Español ↗
- Operation 1898: distributing minors from Ceuta strains both capacity and solidarity to the limit, Vox demands not accepting a single one El Mundo ↗eldiario.es ↗
- Minister Albares' words sparked fear of deportation among migrants who swam to Ceuta El País ↗
- Opposition criticizes Meloni for clash with Spain, says she scored an own goal eldiario.es ↗
- Fire near Niebl crossed the road to Álamo and is advancing toward Aznalcóllar ABC ↗
- Monastery San Juan de la Peña is on the brink of destruction due to fire near Riglos, about 9,000 hectares burned and remains of Aragonese kings were moved to a museum El Español ↗El Mundo ↗
- Thirteen and a half thousand kilometers of firebreaks in Aragon were left forgotten in overgrowth and bureaucracy eldiario.es ↗
- Government exhausted its last ammunition for braking fuel prices, Hormuz forces it to negotiate a new crisis plan after summer El Mundo ↗
- Rising energy prices threaten to persist even after the end of the anti-crisis shield El País ↗
- Greenland blocked the American plan to extract oil that was supposed to ease the Hormuz crisis El Español ↗
- Turkey accuses Israel of inventing the Iranian threat of assassination of Trump on Air Force One, CIA did not believe it El Español ↗
- War in the Middle East forces Australia to reconsider energy dependence El Mundo ↗
- Grain war returns to the Black Sea, Russia blocks Ukrainian export and threatens another harvest El País ↗
- European supervisors took licenses from over a thousand crypto firms El País ↗
- Air traffic controllers at El Prat warn that without Aena's intervention, network outages will increase El Mundo ↗
- Armengol spent over four million euros on interpreter headsets that Sánchez promised independence El Mundo ↗
- Spain refuses to extradite a businessman whom Rabat wants to use as a scapegoat in fraud against English investors El Español ↗
- Spanish entrusted 384 billion euros of their savings to large foreign funds ABC ↗
- Million-euro drug mafia laundry in Valencia port: real estate, cryptocurrencies and fitness centers El País ↗
- Aemet reports important weather change over the weekend, heavy storms coming after heat El País ↗
- Airport expansions threaten further rent increases in Spain eldiario.es ↗
- Violent Israeli settlers worry Washington, ambassador Huckabee called them terrorists El Español ↗
BE🇧🇪Belgian Media
- Belgium investigates controversial app that awards points for faster driving, police calls it Strava for street racers 7sur7 ↗Het Laatste Nieuws ↗
- Banks earn billions, but savers get nothing from it, to put it bluntly they're drowning in deposits De Morgen ↗
- Sellers describe how Dampshop chain illegally sells electronic cigarettes and tampers with expiry dates Het Laatste Nieuws ↗
- Will churches open as shelters during heat waves? Discussion is not yet closed La Libre ↗
- Jean-Luc Crucke opened an uncomfortable debate La Libre ↗
- Whoever watches CNews from morning to evening will begin in good faith to fear everything La Libre ↗
- Explosion at Italian ammunition factory that makes mainly for Ukraine De Standaard ↗
- NATO fighters shot down drone over Latvia VRT NWS ↗Het Laatste Nieuws ↗
- Trump announced import tariffs on drones up to 100 percent to counter China VRT NWS ↗7sur7 ↗
- Farage claims convincing victory in Clactone by-election, even beat a trash can De Morgen ↗La Libre ↗
- Refugees in the United Kingdom will have to pay up to 11,600 euros for their accommodation Het Laatste Nieuws ↗
- A 17-year-old was arrested in Wilrijk, suspected of 40 serious crimes against seniors VRT NWS ↗
- New devastating fire in Landes that creates its own climate according to firefighters 7sur7 ↗
- Trump's name is to return to Kennedy Center after all De Standaard ↗
- For the first time since the pandemic, five Hollywood films crossed the billion-dollar mark, but Hollywood is not yet fully recovered VRT NWS ↗
- Bill Gates' daughter faces charges of so-called cookie stuffing, which carries up to 20 years in prison Het Laatste Nieuws ↗
- Case of the death deacon: how Ivo Poppe out of compassion killed dozens of people Het Laatste Nieuws ↗
PT🇵🇹Portuguese Media
- Earthquake in Colombia: new toll reports 281 dead and 379 missing RTP ↗Observador ↗
- USA plans anti-drug operations on land in Latin America RTP ↗
- Oil companies YPF, Eni and XRG announced billion-euro investment in Argentine gas RTP ↗ANSA ↗
- Cyberattack on French tax office allowed to extract personal data of taxpayers RTP ↗
- INEM emergency service workers declared a two-day strike for September RTP ↗
- Why are Russian attacks increasingly deadly Observador ↗
- Trump announced 100 percent tariffs on drone imports RTP ↗
- Aircraft carrier heading to Middle East after reports of problems on USS Lincoln RTP ↗
- Fire in northern Greece required evacuation of hundreds of tourists RTP ↗
- Fighting between Houthis and Yemeni army intensifies RTP ↗
- Flávio Bolsonaro's election program seeks to limit Supreme Court powers and builds on his father's legacy RTP ↗
- Purchase of new frigates and missing transparency in defense Diário de Notícias ↗
- Rome and Copenhagen against Madrid, Portuguese newspaper comments on migration dispute Diário de Notícias ↗
- The seventy-first Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Bulgarian Burgas CM Jornal ↗
- Yellow alert for heat wave applies in four districts RTP ↗
IE🇮🇪Irish media
- CIA no longer trusts Israeli intelligence information, where does this leave Trump's fragile relationship with Netanyahu? Irish Independent ↗
- Luigi Mangione to plead guilty to stalking in federal case over insurance CEO's death Irish Independent ↗
- Taiwan prepares for war, sirens wail and streets empty Irish Independent ↗
- Apocalyptic scenes, massive fires swept through homes in West Midlands Irish Independent ↗
- Revolt in Fianna Fáil over health service's refusal to reimburse medicine for patients with Friedreich's ataxia Irish Independent ↗
- Tax breakdown by counties reveals scale of city subsidies to Irish countryside Irish Independent ↗
- Rich investors drive up agricultural land prices and displace farmers Irish Independent ↗
- Rural communities live in fear of further outages after storms and long waits for repairs Irish Independent ↗
- US borrows long-term debt at most expensive rate in 25 years Irish Independent ↗
- Hedge fund Citadel introduces two-year non-compete clauses for junior employees Irish Independent ↗
- From abortion to Saipan incident: how AI applications serve us different versions of truth Irish Independent ↗
- Heat waves will subside, but rain is not in sight for drought-stricken counties The Irish Times ↗
- North Korea warns against new deterrence ahead of US-South Korea exercises RTÉ ↗
- Air India ordered drug testing for more than 5,000 pilots after steep drop in flight Irish Independent ↗
NL🇳🇱Dutch media
- Netherlands dries out, the question is who gets the scarce water NRC ↗
- Forest fire in area between Elst and Veenendaal De Telegraaf ↗Trouw ↗
- Farmers protest at provincial office in Brabant over revoked permits, politicians cut short vacations NOS ↗
- Planning agency CPB will release forecast for 2027 today NOS ↗
- Explosive attacks fewer than last year, taskforce sees success of new approach de Volkskrant ↗
- Nighttime heat waves are an underestimated component of heat waves, elderly in Maastricht center experience thirteen more tropical nights than in Groningen's Baflo NOS ↗NRC ↗
- Radical Jesus soldiers fight from Dutch village, their goal is to destroy the devil according to their own words AD ↗
- Every car in USA can be swiftly tracked through 120,000 cameras of company Flock, misuse is proven de Volkskrant ↗
- Artificial intelligence increasingly listens to conversations between doctor and patient NU.nl ↗
- Pimp gang busted on Amsterdam's Wallen comes from Romanian village town De Telegraaf ↗
- Dutch smokers together save billions by switching to foreign tobacco, criminal ring formed around it De Telegraaf ↗
- Pleasure boats stuck in Utrecht due to low water and residents complain of extreme congestion AD ↗
- Trump wants old steam catapults back on aircraft carriers, higher costs and delays threaten Trouw ↗de Volkskrant ↗
- USA toughens tone and threatens Iran with unprecedented economic isolation De Telegraaf ↗de Volkskrant ↗
- Broken fan blade shattered airplane window, through which it pulled passenger NU.nl ↗
GB🇬🇧British media
- Farage declared victory in Clactone by-election before official result, refused to come to count due to threats The Sun ↗The Guardian ↗
- Hottest day of the year: homes burning and train derailed near Lewes, two people seriously injured BBC News ↗Daily Mail ↗
- Today is the last day of heat wave, cooling comes over the weekend BBC News ↗
- USA accuses dozens of countries of helping China bypass Trump's tariffs BBC News ↗The Hill ↗
- JPMorgan shut down Polymarket platform accounts over regulatory concerns Financial Times ↗
- OpenAI and Anthropic in price war, Chinese AI rivals gaining share Financial Times ↗
- AI craze drove valuations of Chinese tech firms to multiples of American ones Financial Times ↗
- Hyperscalers' credit frenzy shakes foreign credit markets Financial Times ↗
- Exodus from Israel, analyzes Financial Times Financial Times ↗
- BP joins return of major oil firms to post-Maduro Venezuela Financial Times ↗
- Investment giant T Rowe Price says stopping outflows will take years Financial Times ↗
- Water bills will rise despite hose ban Daily Mail ↗
- Prisons are full, question is who to release first The Guardian ↗
- Grades are at record high, but students choose career over love of learning Daily Mail ↗
GR🇬🇷Greek media
- Fire in Siviri on Chalkidiki has no unified front, 481 people evacuated from beach by sea To Vima ↗Protothema ↗
- Meltemi wind will strengthen for 48 hours: swimming ban from Rafina and Lavria, canceled connections from Piraeus and very high fire risk Protothema ↗Naftemporiki ↗To Vima ↗
- USA preparing double blow to Iran, plan for economic isolation to come next week Naftemporiki ↗To Vima ↗
- Fidan opposed triple cooperation of Greece, Cyprus and Israel and speaks of plan with Egypt To Vima ↗
- Ten-day strike of tax officials with boycott of inspections in action Summer 2026 Protothema ↗
- Heat wave that kills workers: insufficient protective measures in USA and Europe To Vima ↗
- Two rescue operations saved 134 migrants off Crete Protothema ↗
- Artificial intelligence: Europe lost the battle, but not the war, and a great leap awaits it Naftemporiki ↗
HR🇭🇷Croatian media
- Fire reached the center of Omiš, sirens wail, detonations heard and people flee Index.hr ↗Večernji list ↗HRT ↗
- Catastrophe in Dalmatia: 19 injured, homes and cars burned, evacuation continues Večernji list ↗
- Reception center in Omiš is full, some evacuees transported by bus to Split, Makarska set up its own reception Index.hr ↗24sata ↗
- Water bombers at Omiš are most-watched flights on Flight Radar, 157 firefighters fought fire all night Index.hr ↗Index.hr ↗
- Fuel is reserved only for emergency services Večernji list ↗
- Employee will be able to ask about colleagues' salaries and promotion criteria Večernji list ↗
RO🇷🇴Romanian Media
- Regional energy crisis deepens, price comparison in nine countries shows Italy as the most expensive and Greece as the cheapest G4Media ↗
- Mayor's desperate gesture in Dolj amid energy crisis as he called on people to save Pro TV Stirile ↗
- Strong warehouse fire in Bucharest's first sector, over 20 vehicles responded and RO-Alert warning issued Digi24 ↗Adevărul ↗HotNews ↗
- European prosecutor inspections in Romania on suspicion of seven-million fraud in IT projects G4Media ↗
- Romania reopens cafeterias in five schools in Transnistria G4Media ↗
- Ukrainians attack Ust-Luga port on the Baltic Sea, important center for Russian oil exports G4Media ↗
- Congress speaks of inhumane conditions and mental health issues aboard USS Abraham Lincoln, Pentagon denies it G4Media ↗
- Diesel fuel more expensive in Europe than aviation fuel, analysts warn prices will remain high Digi24 ↗
- New Ukrainian plan to pressure Putin remains a mystery for Americans Digi24 ↗
- Extremely tight security measures around Vladimir Putin tightened according to Romanian media Libertatea ↗
RS🇷🇸Serbian Media
- Fire spreading near Omiš Politika ↗
- Former minister speaks sharply about Russian gas ban Politika ↗
- Deadline today for paying third installment of property tax Politika ↗
- Serbian firefighters who went to fight the fiery inferno in Spain Kurir ↗
- Customs officials stopped import of three tons of toys, almost 7,000 packages of counterfeit LEGO bricks remain in warehouse Kurir ↗
- Major archaeological discovery near Užice, scientists examining mysterious mounds and found urn with remains and jewelry Kurir ↗
TR🇹🇷Turkish Media
- Iran claims the Strait of Hormuz is closed Habertürk ↗
- İmamoğlu became a member of a new party Habertürk ↗
- Northern Iraq struck by drones, alert declared at international airport in Erbil Hürriyet ↗
- Inflation forecast rises to 28 percent, Finance Minister Şimşek wants to ease cost pressures Milliyet ↗Milliyet ↗
- Defense Ministry pointed to eighth article of law, work begins on weapons registration Milliyet ↗
- Fire on pleasure boat, 115 people rescued by jumping into sea Milliyet ↗Welt ↗
- Europe under influence of drought wave Milliyet ↗
- Presence of USA in Iraq is ending Milliyet ↗
FI🇫🇮Finnish Media
- Defense forces limit air and sea traffic in Finland, drone shot down over Latvia Ilta-Sanomat ↗Helsingin Sanomat ↗
- Finland has best six months for stock debuts in five years Yle ↗
- Ukraine left defenseless against Russian missiles, expert names only possible defense methods Ilta-Sanomat ↗
- Warning came about electricity prices, at what cost futures contracts are now trading Ilta-Sanomat ↗
- Rising prices trouble Russians, 76-year-old Tatiana walks to earn extra money Yle ↗
- Former employees of childcare company claim management prohibited calling ambulance and turning over drugs to police Yle ↗
SE🇸🇪Swedish Media
- Kristersson certain when early elections will come Expressen ↗
- Crack in opposition: how Swedish parties voted on crime and immigration Dagens Nyheter ↗
- Lind and Helldén: Left is ready to sit in government Svenska Dagbladet ↗
- Where the trail leads after Russian espionage meeting: they ordered beer SVT ↗
- Tesla allegedly paid striking workers in Sweden to stop Spiegel ↗
- Extreme heat peaks, Europe heading toward worst days Aftonbladet ↗
- Swedish companies waiting for Trump's money from tariffs Svenska Dagbladet ↗
- Donald Trump has become a Chinese trump card Svenska Dagbladet ↗
SI🇸🇮Slovenian Media
- Catastrophic drought, farmers desperate and minister on vacation 24ur ↗
- Strong fire near Omiš not yet extinguished, Croatia does not remember anything like this according to media 24ur ↗
- Low Tiber levels again reveal remains of ancient Nero's bridge Siol ↗
- British cut the electric vehicle Gordian knot, electricity will no longer be cheap Žurnal24 ↗
- What Germans know better than minister Vrtovec and when he should have resigned Žurnal24 ↗
- Comparison shows which households face very expensive heating season Žurnal24 ↗
- One of heaviest traffic weekends awaits us 24ur ↗Siol ↗
BG🇧🇬Bulgarian Media
- Netanyahu called Great Britain an Islamic republic 24 Chasa ↗
- Germany will deport Ukrainians of military age 24 Chasa ↗
- USA reconsidering its nuclear strategy for China and Russia 24 Chasa ↗
- Drones struck Russian port area on Baltic Sea, Latvia shot down drone in its airspace 24 Chasa ↗24 Chasa ↗
- Two Abu Dhabi ships attacked in Strait of Hormuz 24 Chasa ↗
- Three people killed and 17 injured in explosion at shopping center in Cairo 24 Chasa ↗
- Greece introduces special traffic measures for holiday, hoteliers provide rooms to fire victims on Chalkidiki 24 Chasa ↗24 Chasa ↗
- Creators of world's first AI minister investigated for corruption Dnevnik ↗
LT🇱🇹Lithuanian Media
- NATO fighter shot down drone over Latvia that entered airspace 15min ↗
- USA threatens Iran with economic isolation the world has never seen 15min ↗LRT ↗
- Trump hit drone industry, introduces tariffs up to 100 percent Lietuvos Rytas ↗LRT ↗
- Ignitis group turning away from green energy toward electrical grids LRT ↗
- Teltonika IoT group profit rose 23 percent to 64 million euros LRT ↗
- Olekas proposes families should not have to return housing subsidy in exchange for larger homes LRT ↗
- Strong attack in Leningrad region, Ust-Luga port burning Lietuvos Rytas ↗
LV🇱🇻Latvian Media
- Cyberattack on CSDD traffic register, no signs yet that stolen data has been used LSM ↗
- Hackers linked to Russia report data theft from 50 global companies LSM ↗
- In Poland, health data of 19 million people could have been affected in cyberattack on healthcare company LSM ↗
- Thirteen questions for politicians from seven parties: healthcare funding, limiting migration and method of presidential election LSM ↗
- USA strongly condemns violence by Israeli settlers on West Bank LSM ↗
- Ukrainian drones attacked Ustluga port in Leningrad region overnight LSM ↗
- Germany recorded approximately 12,500 deaths related to heat waves this year Diena ↗
- Golden visas came under fire from different opinions Diena ↗
- Local governments can only meet minimum requirements when repairing local bridges LSM ↗
EE🇪🇪Estonian Media
- Estonians lost 13.2 million euros to fraud in the first half of 2026 ERR ↗
- Another blow: Wildberries not paying sellers Postimees ↗
- Kremlin fears upcoming elections Äripäev ↗
- Denmark shows Estonia how to cheapen offshore wind energy Äripäev ↗
- Tax office increased claim against Czech car scheme importer Äripäev ↗
- Sailors of American aircraft carrier allegedly attempted to jump overboard during extended mission Postimees ↗
- Stock price of electricity Friday will fall by nearly 43 percent Postimees ↗
BA🇧🇦Bosnian and Herzegovinian Media
- Romania shut down its only nuclear power plant due to low Danube levels Klix.ba ↗
- Massive fire reached center of Omiš, people injured and evacuated Klix.ba ↗
- Analyst on Tehran strategy: Iran deliberately prolonging war, no longer fears American invasion Klix.ba ↗
- American military lost a quarter of its drones in war with Iran, individual machines cost up to 50 million dollars Klix.ba ↗
- Jared Kushner traveling next week to Israel and Egypt for Gaza negotiations Klix.ba ↗
- Mostar citizens blocking landfill, demanding end to area contamination Radio Sarajevo ↗
IS🇮🇸Icelandic Media
- Fighter jets shot down drone over Latvia RÚV ↗
- Tourists evacuated by boats from forest fires RÚV ↗
- 100 percent tariffs on drones considered threat to national security RÚV ↗
- Steingrímur says no due to experience from previous EU accession negotiations Vísir ↗
- Hired murder of American prevented in Warsaw Vísir ↗
- Maroccanoil ends as Eurovision main sponsor RÚV ↗
MK🇲🇰Macedonian Media
- Russia claims Croatia, Albania, and Kosovo creating military quasi-bloc destabilizing the region MKD.mk ↗
- US Defense Secretary: US can indefinitely block Iranian ports MKD.mk ↗
- Fire above village Gaber under control, dramatic situation in Lozana and Novo Selo Makfax ↗Nezavisen ↗
- Macedonian citizen arrested in Vienna, seriously wounded person with knife during drug deal Slobodenpečat ↗
NO🇳🇴Norwegian Media
- Fire in Russian oil port after drone attack NRK ↗
- Norway giving ten million crowns for response to earthquake in Colombia NRK ↗
- US plans to strike drug cartels on land Aftenposten ↗
- Farage declared election victory while votes still not counted Aftenposten ↗
- Does Australia show age limit for social media doesn't work? Aftenposten ↗
- Metro station for 229 million crowns: taken over by pigeons Aftenposten ↗
DK🇩🇰Danish Media
- US carried out highest number of executions in one day since 2010 Politiken ↗
- Kennedy Center board voted despite judge's decision for return of Trump's name on building Politiken ↗
- Farage defeated Count Binface and others and declared himself election winner for parliament seat Politiken ↗
- Another country withdrew support for Infantino Politiken ↗
- Tourists in swimwear evacuated from Greek beaches before forest fires Politiken ↗
- Never experienced anything like this, people say after record rainfall near Tokyo, thousands stranded at airport Politiken ↗DR ↗
MD🇲🇩Moldovan Media
- Former Polish deputy minister wanted for corruption allegedly in Tiraspol, police claim he did not pass through controlled checkpoints Ziarul de Gardă ↗
- Chișinău wants to gradually introduce taxes for Transnistria companies, caviar and alcohol from September, gas and electricity from 2027 Newsmaker ↗
- Exporters warn of risks of Ukrainian goods transit through Moldova Newsmaker ↗
- Night tactical exercise of Fulger brigade in Chișinău shopping center, police urge not to spread false information Ziarul de Gardă ↗
- Shooting in Gagauzia resulted in two injured, attacker could be poacher who mistook them for game Newsmaker ↗Ziarul de Gardă ↗
- Tax authority checked 52 influencers, 32 of them additionally admitted income around 100 million lei Ziarul de Gardă ↗
US🇺🇸American Media
- Judge dismissed Nevada case of false electors from 2020 presidential election The Hill ↗
- Tehran claims Strait of Hormuz under Iran's control following Trump's threat CBS News ↗
- Democratic senators demand answers about conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincoln and audit of White House dance hall project CBS News ↗The Hill ↗
- Homan defends taser gloves of immigration service as alternative to lethal force The Hill ↗
- Third detainee died after health incident at immigration facility in New Jersey The Hill ↗
- Ambassador Huckabee condemned Israeli terrorists for besieging homes on West Bank NBC News ↗
- Federal investigators dealing with so-called mention markets amid White House case around Kalshi platform NPR ↗
ME🇲🇪Montenegrin Media
MT🇲🇹Maltese Media
- We didn't get mercy because we had to reveal everything including all politicians, George Degiorgio declared in sharp court exchange Lovin Malta ↗
- Court ordered direct confrontation between Melvin Theuma and Kenneth Camilleri Lovin Malta ↗
- Former Maltese ambassador to Libya denied accusations of rape and abuse Lovin Malta ↗
- Low voltage and power outages have become everyday according to residents Newsbook ↗
AL🇦🇱Albanian Media
- Seventy-fifth day of anti-government protests outside prime minister's office, diaspora to join square tomorrow Balkanweb ↗Gazeta Shqiptare ↗
- Don't extend dictator's days, protesters say and claim Rama silenced even socialists Gazeta Shqiptare ↗
- Fourteenth day of protests in Divjake, citizens reject municipal merger Balkanweb ↗
- Saranda without electricity at peak tourist season Gazeta Shqiptare ↗
🔁 Cross-country topics
- NATO shot down a drone over Latvia, Finland closed a sea area and restricted aviation — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇱🇻 LV · 🇱🇹 LT · 🇪🇪 EE · 🇫🇮 FI · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇮🇸 IS · 🇧🇬 BG · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇸🇪 SE · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇭🇺 HU (15 countries)
- Trump imposed tariffs up to 100 % on drone and component imports, targeting China — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇺🇦 UA · 🇱🇹 LT · 🇱🇻 LV · 🇮🇸 IS · 🇧🇬 BG · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇬🇧 UK (13 countries)
- USA threatens Iran with unprecedented economic isolation, Tehran claims the Strait of Hormuz is under its control, and two UAE vessels were attacked in the strait — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇹🇷 TR · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇱🇺 LU · 🇧🇬 BG · 🇱🇹 LT · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇺🇸 US · 🇧🇦 BA (12 countries)
- Wave of heat waves and fires: Omiš, Chalkidiki, Eifel, Landes and Niebla — 🇭🇷 HR · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇬🇧 UK · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇸🇮 SI · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇷🇸 RS · 🇲🇪 ME (13 countries)
- Drought threatens crops and energy: German farmers report threat of total collapse, Italy counts damages of 1.5 billion euros, Romania shut down a nuclear reactor, Netherlands deals with water distribution — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇸🇮 SI · 🇧🇦 BA · 🇮🇪 IE · 🇹🇷 TR
- Farage declared himself winner of the Clactone by-election before official results — 🇬🇧 UK · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇫🇮 FI · 🇳🇴 NO · 🇩🇰 DK (10 countries)
- Ceuta before August 15 and Rome-Madrid dispute over Schengen — 🇪🇸 ES · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇵🇹 PT
- Ukrainian drones hit the Baltic oil port Ust-Luga, Russian maritime oil product exports fell by 55 % — 🇺🇦 UA · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇱🇹 LT · 🇱🇻 LV · 🇧🇬 BG · 🇳🇴 NO
- Germany withdraws temporary protection from Ukrainian men aged 23 to 60 — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇺🇦 UA · 🇧🇬 BG
- Explosion at an ammunition factory in Colleferre that manufactures artillery ammunition for Ukraine — 🇮🇹 IT · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇺🇦 UA · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇪🇪 EE
- Russian hackers and cyber attacks: 50 global firms, Polish MyDr platform with data of 19 million people, French tax platform and Latvian CSDD registry — 🇺🇦 UA · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇱🇻 LV · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇵🇹 PT
- USS Abraham Lincoln: crew complaints and Trump's return to steam catapults — 🇺🇸 US · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇪🇪 EE · 🇮🇸 IS · 🇵🇹 PT
- Trump's name returns to the Kennedy Center and court dismissed his lawsuit against Harvard — 🇺🇸 US · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇩🇰 DK · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇫🇷 FR
- Flash floods near Tokyo: four deaths and over 100,000 evacuated — 🇫🇷 FR · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇩🇰 DK · 🇫🇮 FI · 🇧🇬 BG
- US ambassador called violence by Israeli settlers on the West Bank terrorism — 🇺🇸 US · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇱🇻 LV · 🇩🇪 DE
🔭 What's worth paying attention to
Health data of nineteen million people in the hands of extortionists. The Polish MyDr platform, which runs thousands of clinics, lost health records of nearly nineteen million patients and attackers are demanding ransom. On the same day, the Latvian traffic register and French tax platform also report cyber attacks. Slovak and Czech media don't cover the topic, even though ambulatory software is just as concentrated in a single point of failure here too. (Onet ↗, G4Media ↗, LSM ↗)First state attacked by artificial intelligence agents. Neue Zürcher Zeitung describes on the example of Taiwan the first recorded case where a cyber attack on a country was not conducted by humans, but by artificial intelligence agents. Swiss SRF reports on the same day that artificial intelligence for the first time proposed functional viruses. Two reports about how the boundary between tool and attacker has just shifted. (Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗, SRF ↗)
Forty-one buildings, one reconstruction. According to Romanian G4Media, Orbán's government purchased 41 historic buildings abroad, most of them in Romania and mostly in ruins, but reconstructed only one. The decision on what to do with them now lies with Péter Magyar's government. The policy of buying Hungarian cultural heritage from neighbors, however, was not limited to Romania. (G4Media ↗)
