🔁 What's Moving Europe Today
- Police speak of attempted sabotage at a substation in Dormagene — the second attack on German power grid in two days. A suspicious object was found by a pedestrian, criminalists secured it and are investigating whether the matter is related to the attack on a substation near Turnow-Preilack in Brandenburg. Eleven news outlets report on it. 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇵🇱 ↗ · 🇦🇹 ↗ · 🇨🇭 ↗ · 🇫🇷 ↗ · 🇸🇪 ↗ · 🇷🇸 ↗
- 🇩🇪 A confession letter appeared regarding the attack on the substation in Jänschwalde and police are verifying its authenticity — according to n-tv it points to an individual, not a network. taz ↗n-tv ↗
- 🇩🇪 According to Spiegel, Germany has 165 suspected sabotage cases this year and counterintelligence warns of espionage and sabotage. Brandenburg wants to establish a new security center, the Potsdam network company increased patrols. Spiegel ↗Spiegel ↗Die Zeit ↗
- 🇩🇪 A confession letter also appeared after the attack on a Hessian construction company — thus for the third target in a different state. FAZ ↗
- 🇧🇬 Following the attack on a German arms giant, Bulgarians were detained. The Bulgarian lead hasn't been mentioned in western media at all. 24 Chasa ↗
- 🇱🇺 Latvia has commented on the suspect in the Leipzig case. Luxemburger Wort ↗
- 🇱🇹 While Russia escalates hybrid attacks, Europe struggles to find countermeasures. LRT ↗
- 🇩🇪 The government is negotiating rules for private defense against drones — protection of critical infrastructure is shifting into private hands. Tagesspiegel ↗
- OpenAI released GPT-6 "Astra" and the company itself says the model is difficult to control. Le Monde describes it as the first model capable of independently penetrating highly protected information systems, NZZ asks whether this is a breakthrough in human-level artificial intelligence, and BFM points out that the company packaged it with a mechanism for immediate shutdown. Thirteen countries. 🇫🇷 ↗ · 🇨🇭 ↗ · 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇪🇸 ↗ · 🇧🇪 ↗ · 🇮🇹 ↗ · 🇬🇷 ↗ · 🇷🇴 ↗ · 🇹🇷 ↗ · 🇫🇮 ↗ · 🇳🇴 ↗ · 🇺🇦 ↗ We cover separately how OpenAI classified the new model at the highest cybersecurity risk level.
- 🇪🇸 El Confidencial: it's the company's most controversial model, one that claims to already exceed human intelligence. El Confidencial ↗
- 🇭🇺 Nvidia is buying a developer platform that was recently hacked by a rogue OpenAI AI agent — a deal worth nearly 13 billion dollars. Telex ↗NZZ ↗
- 🇭🇺 Scientists fear a catastrophe for OpenAI's plans, American developers warn that the new super-fast artificial intelligence has started secretive behavior. HVG ↗Portfolio ↗
- 🇫🇷 Le Figaro reminds of Anthropic's experiments with models that shed rules — lying, cheating, "dirty bomb" and terrorist projects in test scenarios. Le Figaro ↗
- 🇮🇹 On the same day, artificial intelligence experienced outages worldwide — ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Grok. Corriere della Sera ↗
- Volkswagen's supervisory board unanimously approved the elimination of another 50,000 jobs, totaling one hundred thousand by the end of the decade. Handelsblatt speaks of an "unexpected turn in Wolfsburg," four plants are hanging by a thread and the Seat brand is to disappear by the end of 2029. Fifteen countries report on it. 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇦🇹 ↗ · 🇨🇭 ↗ · 🇫🇷 ↗ · 🇮🇹 ↗ · 🇳🇱 ↗ · 🇬🇧 ↗ · 🇭🇷 ↗ · 🇬🇷 ↗ · 🇷🇸 ↗ · 🇱🇹 ↗ · 🇪🇪 ↗ · 🇮🇸 ↗ · 🇸🇪 ↗
- 🇨🇭 The Seat brand is to disappear by the end of 2029, the same supervisory board decided on its future. Tages-Anzeiger ↗ABC ↗
- 🇬🇷 Protothema: China is redrawing the map of the German automotive industry.
- Trump turned to the Supreme Court again in the mail-in voting dispute, two months before congressional elections. On the same day, a Missouri court overturned redistricting and Maryland's Supreme Court returned the redistricting referendum to the November ballot. Eight countries. 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇦🇹 ↗ · 🇨🇭 ↗ · 🇫🇷 ↗ · 🇬🇷 ↗ · 🇳🇴 ↗ · 🇮🇸 ↗
- 🇧🇪 De Morgen: "Millions of Americans may not receive ballots." De Morgen ↗
- 🇺🇸 The administration still plans to compile state citizenship rolls before the elections. NPR ↗
- 🇩🇪 A Missouri court struck down Trump's redistricting. Spiegel ↗
- The White House launched a website with video games aimed at deporting immigrants. Seven outlets cover it as a propaganda tool for Trump's immigration policy; Swedish Aftonbladet headlined the reaction "It makes me sick." 🇫🇷 ↗ · 🇳🇱 ↗ · 🇵🇹 ↗ · 🇸🇪 ↗ · 🇳🇴 ↗ · 🇩🇰 ↗ · 🇮🇸 ↗
- Serbia welcomed the coffin with Ratko Mladić's body with state honors and the dispute shifted to Zagreb. Vučić responded to the Croatian prime minister that he "congratulates the Croatians on patriotism," Zagreb proceeded to expel citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina who glorified Mladić on social media. Six countries. 🇧🇦 ↗ · 🇭🇷 ↗ · 🇭🇺 ↗ · 🇲🇰 ↗ · 🇦🇱 ↗
- Trump wrote that he will make Europe pay for military aid to Ukraine from Biden's term: "We will ask for that money." Six outlets took it as a direct threat to allies. 🇺🇦 ↗ · 🇵🇱 ↗ · 🇭🇺 ↗ · 🇨🇭 ↗ · 🇪🇪 ↗ · 🇲🇰 ↗
- Milei declared in a television address that "the Falklands are Argentine" and threatened sanctions against companies mining oil near the islands. Six countries. 🇬🇧 ↗ · 🇫🇷 ↗ · 🇮🇹 ↗ · 🇳🇱 ↗ · 🇫🇮 ↗ · 🇩🇰 ↗
- Russia summoned the Norwegian ambassador over the seizure of a research vessel and demands its immediate release. The dispute over Naftogaz's claim thus shifted to the diplomatic level. Six countries. 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇦🇹 ↗ · 🇧🇪 ↗ · 🇳🇱 ↗ · 🇵🇱 ↗ · 🇺🇦 ↗
- A Russian general accused by Ukraine of attacking a children's hospital in Kyiv was shot in the face. Zelensky responded: "Wherever Russian criminals hide, they will be found." Five countries. 🇳🇱 ↗ · 🇧🇦 ↗ · 🇸🇪 ↗ · 🇫🇮 ↗ · 🇺🇦 ↗
- FIFA accused UEFA of a "smear campaign" against Infantino, the dispute is heading to court. It's about Infantino's plans with private investors and the disclosure of documents about them. Seven countries. 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇨🇭 ↗ · 🇫🇷 ↗ · 🇭🇺 ↗ · 🇮🇪 ↗ · 🇬🇷 ↗ · 🇸🇮 ↗
- The European Union banned the import of Brazilian beef, Brazil speaks of "deep concern" and threatens retaliation. The ban has already taken effect. Six countries. 🇫🇷 ↗ · 🇮🇹 ↗ · 🇧🇪 ↗ · 🇵🇹 ↗ · 🇸🇪 ↗ · 🇱🇻 ↗
- Near Cyprus, the death toll from the ferry disaster rose to ten, eighteen people remain missing. The seabed is being searched by ships and drones. 🇦🇹 ↗ · 🇵🇱 ↗ · 🇳🇱 ↗ · 🇬🇧 ↗
- Syria officially began destroying the chemical arsenal of deposed Assad: "a historic moment". The United States praised "great progress." 🇧🇪 ↗ · 🇧🇦 ↗ · 🇱🇹 ↗ · 🇫🇷 ↗
- The UN warns that the chance of a "super-El Niño" is nearly one hundred percent: "We are entering unknown territory." Serbian Danas speaks of the strongest phenomenon in the last thousand years, Portugal faces indirect impact. 🇧🇪 ↗ · 🇷🇸 ↗ · 🇵🇹 ↗
- Genetically modified pig kidney functioned in the patient's body for 271 days — new world record. 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇫🇮 ↗ · 🇮🇸 ↗
DE🇩🇪German Media
- AfD remains the strongest force in Saxony-Anhalt and leads significantly ahead of the CDU, showed the ZDF Politbarometer three days before the election. Die Zeit ↗ZDF ↗
- The social wing of the CDU predicts the party's demise if it cooperates with the AfD, and Thuringian CDU MPs according to ZDF "are not maintaining a firewall against the far right." n-tv ↗ZDF ↗
- ZDF asks whether the election in Saxony-Anhalt will be a turning point and whether an AfD government is a threat or a healing shock. ZDF ↗ZDF ↗
- Hacker attack on Berlin: extortionists' ultimatum expires and the city has not yet said whether it will pay. Tagesspiegel ↗
- American mediators according to Spiegel are traveling to Moscow and Kyiv. Spiegel ↗
- BASF is suing Apple for patent infringement in face recognition. Handelsblatt ↗
- Vance on Iran: "I would not call it a war." Handelsblatt ↗
- Cuba is relaxing rules for foreign investors under pressure from American sanctions. Süddeutsche Zeitung ↗
PL🇵🇱Polish Media
- Nawrocki's veto divided the Sejm — PiS, Konfederacja, and Rozwój Plus voted against overriding it. Rzeczpospolita ↗
- According to a former minister, Berek does not meet the formal conditions to be a judge of the Constitutional Tribunal, while Konfederacja instead defends him as a "statesman." Do Rzeczy ↗TVN24 ↗
- The Zondacrypto scandal has shifted to the right. Bosak claims it should sink Tusk, but Konfederacja itself is wavering and clouds are gathering over Wippler. Do Rzeczy ↗Gazeta Wyborcza ↗
- Following Russian provocations, Poland is increasing F-16 and helicopter activity, announced the defense minister; Warsaw is also introducing flight restrictions along the eastern border. Rzeczpospolita ↗Interfax Ukraine ↗
- The coalition wins the poll, but loses power — the right has a chance to form a government. Wirtualna Polska ↗
HU🇭🇺Hungarian Media
- The government ordered an extraordinary investigation of the critical situation at Paks nuclear power plant and is investigating what negligence led to it; the inspection has been expanded to all critical energy systems. Telex ↗Portfolio ↗
- Dismissed striking employees of the Opera won in court, Ókovács must rehire them. This is about a strike from 2024. Népszava ↗24.hu ↗
- Matolcsy: "I personally will stand up to all investigations." Népszava adds that money also flowed to oligarchs close to the previous power under Varga. Portfolio ↗Népszava ↗
- Magyar Péter tasked two experts with figuring out how to speed up criminal proceedings — the government decided that proceedings should be shortened sooner than expected. Telex ↗Portfolio ↗
- Brussels responded to Magyar's request regarding the daily fine of one million euros for migration. Index ↗
AT🇦🇹Austrian Media
- Ludwig to Kickl: "Draw a clear line against right-wing extremism." The Vienna mayor is pressuring the FPÖ leader. Der Standard ↗
- Austria and partners in the EU are negotiating return centers for migrants. Kleine Zeitung ↗
- Graz has two billion in debt, the financial advisor admitted errors in the liquidity forecast and is looking for 65 million euros in savings. Kleine Zeitung ↗Kurier ↗
- Die Presse analyzes how Iran maintains its economy at 88 percent inflation, blockades, and war — an explanation of why the regime will last longer than expected. Die Presse ↗
- Opponents of the regime in Iran have been sentenced to death, while Netanyahu according to Kleine Zeitung insists that overthrowing Iranian leadership remains the main goal. Die Presse ↗Kleine Zeitung ↗
UA🇺🇦Ukrainian Media
- Defense forces hit Russian air defense division near Sochi, also report strike on ship and oil storage. Moscow airports have second consecutive night of delays and disruptions. Ukrayinska Pravda ↗Kyiv Post ↗
- Russian drone damaged Coca-Cola plant in Kyiv region. Zelensky called it a "Russian signal toward the USA," Sybiga urged the House of Representatives not to delay sanctions legislation. Kyiv Post ↗Interfax Ukraine ↗
- Sanctions law against Russia is stalled in Congress over concerns about rising oil prices. Censor.NET ↗
- Germany provides 290 million dollars to repair Ukrainian energy infrastructure before winter and launched production of 5,000 long-range drones for Kyiv. Kyiv Independent ↗Kyiv Independent ↗
- Spain increases Patriot missile supplies, Commission accelerates review of Ukrainian request. Censor.NET ↗Censor.NET ↗
FR🇫🇷French Media
- Following the Lyhan case, judges and police commissioners ask Darmanin not to "throw them to the wolves": "The constant search for scapegoats must stop." BFM TV ↗Mediapart ↗
- After the "hottest summer" on record, the government considers raising the Livret A savings account ceiling to 30,000 euros. Le Figaro ↗
- Knafo does not close doors to joining Bardella's government if Le Pen wins — shift in far-right camp ahead of 2027. Le Figaro ↗
- Ben Gvir presented plan to empty Gaza of Palestinian residents. RFI ↗
- Vance confirmed investigation of US strike on wedding in Iran — while downplaying the conflict. Washington is "extremely skeptical" toward Iranians, according to him. BFM TV ↗The Hill ↗
- Israeli athletes excluded from European triathlon event in Northern Ireland. Ouest-France ↗RTÉ ↗
- Brazilian Supreme Court intervenes in major Banco Master financial scandal. Lula called it the "biggest theft in the country's history." RFI ↗ANSA ↗
- In the trial of Bertrand Venteau, head of Coordination rurale, two worlds collided. Le Monde ↗
IT🇮🇹Italian Media
- Copasir warned intelligence that elections are contaminated by Moscow: "We are already in the field." Parliamentary security committee thus opened the topic of Russian interference in Italian elections. La Repubblica ↗
- Radchenko: Italy underestimates risks of hybrid warfare and granted Russians too many visas — after Leipzig, visa restrictions are a necessity, according to him. La Repubblica ↗
- Vannacci labeled a "Putin supporter," suspicions of fascist party revival added. Il Manifesto ↗
- Rosato calls for united front against Putin's interference: "Our autonomy is at stake." La Repubblica ↗
- "From nostalgics to the disappointed — these are the general's units: fifteen percent are ready to follow him." La Repubblica ↗
- Meloni's government is the longest-ruling in the republic's history, but League and Forza Italia ignored the record celebration and the prime minister was alone in Bari. AGI ↗Il Manifesto ↗
- Schlein: "Meloni locked herself in the palace, four years are wasted." Boccia adds that the government fears defeat and changes electoral law to suit its needs. La Repubblica ↗La Repubblica ↗
- Meloni's wall on end-of-life law: no legislation before elections, although Forza Italia pushes. La Stampa ↗
CH🇨🇭Swiss Media
- Netherlands no longer trusts its gold to the United States — gold reserves are being withdrawn due to "geopolitical instability." Tages-Anzeiger ↗CM Jornal ↗
- UN report on Sudan: Colombian mercenaries and money from the Emirates keep the war going. Tages-Anzeiger ↗
- Federal court sided with airline: Swiss could fire unvaccinated flight attendants. Tages-Anzeiger ↗
- Doug Ford counters Trump in USA–Canada trade dispute. SRF ↗
- Major rainforest report: "The Amazon is dying," says research legend Carlos Nobre; his colleague argues it can be saved. Tages-Anzeiger ↗Tages-Anzeiger ↗
LU🇱🇺Luxembourg Media
- Trump's war with Iran is spiraling out of control, writes Luxemburger Wort. Luxemburger Wort ↗
- Diesel and gasoline exceeded two euros per liter in Luxembourg. Luxembourg Times ↗
- Humanitarian workers report more than 250 children killed in Lebanon conflict. Luxemburger Wort ↗
ES🇪🇸Spanish Media
- Police reports estimate that 17,000 minors entered Ceuta during the "invasion" — a figure that changes the scope of the entire crisis. ABC ↗
- Sánchez puts the secret service CNI and police under scrutiny to justify his handling of Ceuta, and PP aims it at the Supreme Court. ABC ↗El Mundo ↗
- The King's visit to Ceuta is "maximum risk in weeks" — Mohamed VI marked it nineteen years ago as an "unacceptable provocation"; Zarzuela knew about Sánchez's announcement in advance. El Mundo ↗La Vanguardia ↗
- After a month of exonerations, the government hardened its stance toward Morocco: "We cannot take people for fools." Feijóo demonstrates toughness and believes Ceuta will bring down Sánchez. El Mundo ↗ABC ↗
- "Zapatero will die killing": police and government command see the hand of the former president in reports about Ceuta. Sánchez, however, insists that evidence of Moroccan involvement does not exist. ABC ↗CM Jornal ↗
- Europe made clear to Moncloa how things stand with its request for help with the migration crisis. In Ceuta, mass protests are taking place and residents fear an outbreak of violence. ABC ↗LRT ↗
- The USA imposed new sanctions on Cuba while crises multiply on the island — five state companies and Raúl Castro's grandson are on the list. El Mundo ↗
- Vox demonstrates strength and a foreign agenda at the right-wing summit in Chile, where Kast invites the Madrid Forum to work on "freedom for Cuba and Nicaragua." Meanwhile, incidents broke out at a demonstration against his reforms in Chile. ABC ↗Naftemporiki ↗
BE🇧🇪Belgian Media
- "Another 2,935 heat-related deaths? There is no excuse that could cover such shame," writes De Morgen on summer excess mortality. De Morgen ↗
- De Standaard: If the AfD wins in Saxony-Anhalt this weekend, Putin will celebrate with champagne. De Morgen profiles the charismatic salesman Siegmund, through whom the far-right is reaching for power. De Standaard ↗De Morgen ↗
- Ukrainian former defense minister goes into business with the head of Palantir a month and a half after his removal. De Standaard ↗
- Climate scientists are abandoning American universities for Belgium: "It's almost impossible to accept more researchers there anymore." De Standaard ↗
- They studied artificial intelligence consciousness — and suddenly bots started targeting them. De Morgen ↗
- Airports in Antwerp and Ostend played hardball: either extra subsidies or bankruptcy. De Morgen ↗
- The seed that produced 53 children in Belgium was donated "back in the 90s." De Standaard ↗
- Free trade must not be an open door for junk, writes De Standaard on import standards. De Standaard ↗
PT🇵🇹Portuguese Media
- Eighty-five percent of young Portuguese are already using artificial intelligence. CM Jornal ↗
- Investments without recovery plan funding will drop by 72 percent next year. CM Jornal ↗
- They unveiled a memorial to the victims of the Glória cable car derailment: "There are absences that the passage of days will not erase." CM Jornal ↗
- The INEM rescue service was without system for two hours. CM Jornal ↗
- Border guard vehicles intended for firefighting are parked due to errors in technical certificates. CM Jornal ↗
- The Ministry of Finance approved recruiting nurses for hospitals. RTP ↗
- The Bar Association warns of growing misogynistic discourse, especially on social networks. RTP ↗
- Oil and high interest rates pose a double threat to markets. Diário de Notícias ↗
IE🇮🇪Irish Media
- Russia condemns "insinuations" by the government about the Leipzig incident. RTÉ ↗
- The Irish Central Bank faces new questions about approving Israeli bonds. The Journal ↗
- AIG launched an internal investigation into antisemitic posts on its Irish manager's X account. Irish Independent ↗
- Irish property prices are overvalued by seventeen percent, according to ESRI findings. RTÉ ↗
- Micheál Martin rules out an "unsustainably generous" budget; the package should "support real incomes." Irish Independent ↗
NL🇳🇱Dutch Media
- The cabinet will only achieve nitrogen targets with across-the-board cuts and if everything works out, says the Environmental Planning Office. The agricultural LTO refuses across-the-board livestock reduction as "non-negotiable." de Volkskrant ↗Trouw ↗
- Six months as prime minister and with every X post people curse Rob Jetten for his homosexuality. AD ↗
- Stowaways were detained at the Vlaardingen ferry port heading to England. NOS ↗
- According to the investigation, boxer Anthony Joshua's driver attempted to overtake shortly before a fatal accident in Nigeria. De Telegraaf ↗
GB🇬🇧British Media
- Reform UK was reported to police on suspicion of illegal foreign donations following a covert investigation. Finnish Yle summarized it as the party leadership directly arranging donations on video; Financial Times recounts the latest allegations against Nigel Farage. Daily Mail ↗Yle ↗Financial Times ↗
- The British Army was ordered to halt non-essential exercises as part of spending cuts — while the rest of Europe arms itself. The Mirror ↗
- Trump claims Great Britain is "one step away from catastrophe": "If you don't stop the influx of people, you won't have a country." In Serbia, he added that he "saved Britain from a nuclear attack." Digi24 ↗Politika ↗
- The body of a British trekker was found at the bottom of a ravine near a trail in northern Pakistan, "avoided even by locals." Daily Mail ↗
- Courtroom tension: judge refused to dismiss a defiant juror in the Lindsay Clancy case. BBC News ↗
- Mosquito larvae are raising concerns in Britain — they spread the Zika virus. Dagens Nyheter ↗
RS🇷🇸Serbian Media
- Students in blockade called for Saturday protest due to announced Vučić's visit to Niš. Nova ↗
- Moscow on Kyiv: "The West created a monster in the form of Zelenský." Putin at the same time admits that a chance to end the war exists, but Moscow and Kyiv must negotiate. Politika ↗Politika ↗
- Pentagon investigates whether American soldiers died because of COVID vaccines. Politika ↗
- American Justice Department wiretapped a congressman. Politika ↗
- Federal charges against an immigration agent for lying about January events in Minnesota. Danas ↗Index.hr ↗
- Netanyahu: Toppling the regime in Iran is within reach, Tehran is weaker than ever. Kurir ↗
- Eleven people sentenced to death for drug smuggling — four flight attendants carried narcotics unknowingly in toothpaste tubes. Kurir ↗
- French minister: "We experienced the hottest summer since measurements began in 1900." Kurir ↗
HR🇭🇷Croatian Media
- Croatia is buying the Chunmoo rocket system for 435 million euros, in addition to new equipment for Rafale and radar modernization. Novi list ↗N1 Bosna ↗
- Criminalists wrote to Plenković: "It is urgent to restore the reputation of Croatian police officers." Index.hr ↗
- Protest organizer: "We are afraid to think how many people could come." Index.hr ↗
- Večernji list on Italy: "A European power fears it is a new target of war — a Russian Trojan horse is placed there." Bosnian Radio Sarajevo picks it up as "an alarm in an EU member state." Večernji list ↗Radio Sarajevo ↗
- Tough punishment for NK Osijek: must pay 6.3 million euros including interest, Opus Arena is blocked. Index.hr ↗
- A curious decision by the Russian government caused chaos: citizens carry chickens to offices for registration. Romanian HotNews adds that previously they had to register camels and reindeer. N1 Croatia ↗HotNews ↗
- Fire in Solin: it burned between houses, all available forces were on the scene. Večernji list ↗
- Four billion dollars expensive telescope passed the first key tests in space. Večernji list ↗
RO🇷🇴Romanian Media
- "Fritz's amendment" is analyzed by Brussels and von der Leyen warns of consequences for EU funds. Adevărul ↗
- Romania could receive part of 770 million euros from the recovery plan for the wages law, announced Minister Pîslaru; Brussels set conditions. HotNews ↗Digi24 ↗
- Romania is returning to an EU program that Poland developed — regions are to receive billions from Brussels. Pro TV Stirile ↗
- HotNews analyzes why Russia is pushing on Europe through Germany. HotNews ↗
- Ciucu asks for a government with full powers: "I expect that next week there will be consultations at Cotroceni." G4Media ↗
GR🇬🇷Greek Media
- Diplomatic fever between Athens and Ankara, plus an internal government crisis over school textbooks. To Vima ↗
- Vance claims that oil transport through Hormuz returned to pre-war levels, while at the same time lowering the tone around Iran. Protothema ↗Protothema ↗
- Democratic Republic of Congo will move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Naftemporiki ↗
- Court halted bombing of partisans by new Colombian president. Protothema ↗
- Wall Street grew after retreat of interest rate concerns, artificial intelligence returned to the center of attention. Protothema ↗
TR🇹🇷Turkish Media
- It turned out that MPs voted in the plenary of parliament, although they were not in the hall at all. Cumhuriyet ↗
- The number of interpellations to which the government did not respond is approaching fourteen thousand. Cumhuriyet ↗
- Ruling AKP started preparations for elections, party organizations are going into the field in October. Cumhuriyet ↗
- The credit debt of the sector increased by 38 percent in a year, non-performing loans by 226 percent. Cumhuriyet ↗
- Crisis in textiles and clothing affected employment and production, deepening in the Aegean region. Cumhuriyet ↗
- Özel on the Gökçek case: "It will be a drawn-out game" — and asks what will happen if Melih Gökçek gets away. Cumhuriyet ↗
- Four municipal council members in Üsküdar switched from opposition CHP to ruling AKP. Habertürk ↗
- Operation against Islamic State in Sultanbeyly: a suspect who shot at police was neutralized. Milliyet ↗
🌍 Other Countries
- 🇦🇱 Ninety-sixth day of civil unrest in Albania: protests continue until Rama steps down. At the Security Block, voices called out "Arrest Rama, your end has come"; outside the police precinct, support for the detained: "You don't have shackles for everyone." Gazeta Shqiptare ↗Balkanweb ↗
- 🇦🇱 Thirty-fifth day of protests in Divjaka against territorial reform: "We will preserve our municipality's identity." Gazeta Shqiptare ↗
- 🇧🇦 The U.S. Congress released details of the "Serbia" law — the aim is to increase pressure on Vučić's regime. Klix.ba ↗
- 🇧🇦 Katz threatens Iran: "If they attack us, our response will send them back to the Stone Age and into darkness." Iranian diplomats responded to Trump's provocations with a clip from a cult video game: "Habibi, come to Iran." Klix.ba ↗Klix.ba ↗
- 🇧🇦 A doctor who became a symbol of Palestinian suffering described conditions in captivity: guards beat him and deprive him of sleep. Klix.ba ↗
- 🇧🇦 Uncertainty ended for miners at RMU Zenica: conditions emerged for payment of wages, severance, and contributions. Radio Sarajevo ↗
- 🇧🇬 Bulgarians detained after attack against German weapons giant. 24 Chasa ↗
- 🇧🇬 Ukrainian tried for blowing up Nord Stream pipelines. 24 Chasa ↗
- 🇧🇬 Turkey launches electric car for 23,000 euros. 24 Chasa ↗
- 🇩🇰 New Zealand approved MDMA for treating post-traumatic stress disorder. Berlingske ↗
- 🇩🇰 Cuba implements further market reforms under U.S. pressure. Berlingske ↗
- 🇪🇪 Singing "Espresso Macchiato" brought Tommy Cash accusations of pro-Russian sympathies. Postimees ↗
- 🇪🇪 In Russian attacks on Dnipro and Kyiv, two people were killed and twenty-seven injured — it was the 1654th day of the war. Postimees ↗
- 🇪🇪 "People born during war don't admit when they're struggling": mental problems can go unnoticed. Postimees ↗
- 🇫🇮 According to Yle, Argentina is trying to tighten its grip on the Falklands: "The winds of change are blowing." Yle ↗
- 🇮🇸 No talks with Iranians until they stop attacking commercial vessels. RÚV ↗
- 🇮🇸 Morgunblaðið: with the new version of ChatGPT, there's an unusually lot at stake. Morgunblaðið ↗
- 🇱🇹 Japan tightens rules for foreigners and more are planning to leave. LRT ↗
Illustration: Cottbus power plant in Lusatia, in the same region as the attacked Jänschwalde power plant. Author Trio3D, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
