DE🇩🇪Germany
- Kubicki becomes FDP leader - commentators compare him to the "captain of the Titanic", tasked with saving a party without a course n-tv ↗Die Zeit ↗
- Söder under growing pressure, Weber sharpens criticism of the CSU's direction n-tv ↗
- Macron pushes for a shared European nuclear umbrella Spiegel ↗
- Hegseth threatens to restart the war with Iran, Trump insists on "red lines" n-tv ↗
- Hegseth: Indo-Pacific countries should pay more for their own defense FAZ ↗
- Court: Trump's name must be removed from the Kennedy Center Süddeutsche Zeitung ↗
- Severe storms and bad weather hit western Germany Die Zeit ↗
- German Film Award - Wim Wenders' speech Tagesspiegel ↗
- Ten years since the Brexit referendum: will Britain return to the EU? FAZ ↗
PL🇵🇱Poland
- A year of Nawrocki in office: consistent in one thing - it should be loud, not necessarily effective Gazeta Wyborcza ↗
- How Nawrocki benefited from Zelensky's decision on the "heroes of the UPA" Rzeczpospolita ↗
- Putin has to cover up defeat: more provocations and NATO baiting Wirtualna Polska ↗
- Hegseth responds to China, speaks of "imposing hegemony" Onet ↗
- The army bought 10,000 jackets for soldiers, and now it has neither money nor clothing Onet ↗
- Prof. Czaputowicz: Poland cannot ensure security, so it has to pay for it Rzeczpospolita ↗
- Paris wants higher taxes from Big Tech companies Onet ↗
- Heavy storms over Poland, IMGW warnings in 11 provinces TVN24 ↗
HU🇭🇺Hungary
- The EU launches two infringement proceedings against Hungary Index ↗
- Magyar Péter achieved what Orbán could not manage in four years - that's why we will get 6,000 billion forints (release of EU funds) Portfolio ↗
- Fidesz sends a "fighting amazon" against Tisza as a new "secret weapon" Index ↗
- Collapse: Fidesz's biggest dailies lost 40% of readers in just a few days 444 ↗
- S&P affirmed Hungary's rating, outlook remains negative Index ↗
- The Champions League final turns Budapest upside down: closures, traffic jams, tens of thousands of fans 444 ↗
- Magyar promised two government meetings a week - there is no sign of them Magyar Nemzet ↗
AT🇦🇹Austria
- Elections in Malta: the country chooses a new parliament ORF ↗
- Hegseth: the U.S. is ready for renewed strikes on Iran Der Standard ↗
- The budget hole for refunding covid payments has exceeded 100 million euros Kurier ↗
- How Poland is building Europe's most advanced defense system (combat robots and AI) Der Standard ↗
- A stock-market poker game over a Carinthian mine: European Lithium ahead of a merger with an American company Kleine Zeitung ↗
- Weapons ban for an FPÖ politician - he fired at a drone Kleine Zeitung ↗
- Trump's doctor confirmed his "excellent health" ORF ↗
UA🇺🇦Ukraine
- Zelensky warns: Putin is testing NATO unity, Ukraine is preparing for a massive air attack Kyiv Post ↗
- The Russian drone in Romania was a deliberate provocation, says analyst. Medvedev threatens Europe with new drone strikes Kyiv Post ↗Censor.NET ↗
- Ukrainian drones struck oil infrastructure in Russia - tanker burns in the port of Taganrog Ukrayinska Pravda ↗Kyiv Independent ↗
- The Russians attacked industrial facilities in Zaporizhzhia (911 strikes on 40 communities in one day). In Kherson, a drone hit a gas pipeline, three wounded Interfax Ukraine ↗Interfax Ukraine ↗
- Putin threatened Armenia with a "Ukrainian scenario" over its pro-European ambitions Ukrayinska Pravda ↗
- Japan has joined the PURL program and set aside the first 14.6 million dollars for Ukraine Ukrayinska Pravda ↗
- Ukraine and Canada launch joint production of Ukrainian drones Interfax Ukraine ↗
- Estonia may introduce compulsory military service for women as well Interfax Ukraine ↗
FR🇫🇷France
- Why Trump postponed his statement on Iran - Iranian officials say he is "lying" about Hormuz and nuclear issues BFM TV ↗BFM TV ↗
- The drug gang war has hit Lyon and Nantes: "we are counting bodies", three dead in less than a month Le Figaro ↗BFM TV ↗
- 2027 presidential campaign: Attal launches a series of rallies BFM TV ↗
- At least 11 dead, including a rescuer, in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon BFM TV ↗
- Gaza: in France, "taking in Palestinians is almost impossible" Libération ↗
- New American strike on a boat allegedly carrying narcotraffickers in the Pacific, three dead Ouest-France ↗
- "Health bomb": how fears about cadmium in food have grown in a year Ouest-France ↗
- French savings have exceeded 6,500 billion euros, but they are not yielding returns BFM TV ↗
- "Remigration" summit in Porte: which European parties support mass expulsions of foreigners? Le Figaro ↗
- Thousands of PSG fans are heading to Budapest, with 8,000 police officers deployed in Paris BFM TV ↗
- Frédéric Rose appointed head of Emmanuel Macron's cabinet Ouest-France ↗
- Brazil: a commission of inquiry concluded that former president Juscelino Kubitschek was murdered by the military dictatorship in 1976 Le Monde ↗
- Italy faces two complaints to the ECHR over the release of Libyan Usama Almasri RFI ↗
- "Proxy", criminal gangs and cryptocurrencies: the secrets of Iranian terrorism exposed by U.S. justice Le Figaro ↗
- Gaza: Trump's "Peace Council" is an increasingly empty shell RFI ↗
IT🇮🇹Italy
- Trump will accept a deal with Iran only if it respects his red lines Il Giornale ↗Open ↗
- The EU is moving toward rejecting Italy's request for budget flexibility (energy) Corriere della Sera ↗
- Pagnoncelli poll: FdI rises (+1.4%), PD loses 2.2% Corriere della Sera ↗
- Stellantis cooled Mirafiori hopes: no new model in Turin Corriere della Sera ↗
- Lukashenko: "Meloni cannot mediate with Moscow because she is a woman" Corriere della Sera ↗
- What we know about the Russian drone that fell in Romania Open ↗
- Court: Trump must remove his name from the Kennedy Center Open ↗
- An environmental blockade of the Brenner Pass threatens transport chaos TGCom24 ↗
- The murder of Sharon Verzeni: life imprisonment for Sangare Corriere della Sera ↗
- Musk will receive 760 billion after a SpaceX IPO - but only if he "colonizes" Mars Corriere della Sera ↗
- Vannacci's movement Futuro Nazionale is rising in the polls, the right and the "broad field" are tied La Repubblica ↗
- Away with excise duties on energy bills and subsidies for electric cars: measures that can be financed from EU funds La Stampa ↗
CH🇨🇭Switzerland
- Commentary: Macron, Merz and Starmer - three leaders from the world of yesterday Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- The "10-million Switzerland" initiative: SVP's ticking time bomb in the numbers check Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- "More warships, fewer conferences", says the U.S. Secretary of War - at a conference Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- Top military officials from the U.S. and Cuba met near Guantánamo Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- Swiss Jews must speak out on Israel's death penalty - a moral dilemma Tages-Anzeiger ↗
- Alpine fortress for antibiotics: how the Sandoz factory feels the market power of the Chinese Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- Could Switzerland and Germany face another dangerous gas shortage this winter? Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- The federal wealth tax proposal should be rejected Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
LU🇱🇺Luxembourg
- The dogma of wage indexation will cripple the economy Luxembourg Times ↗
- Russia is heading toward a reckoning with Armenia over its opening to Europe Luxembourg Times ↗
- Iran refutes Trump's account on several points. Putin: the drone accusation in Romania has not been proven Luxemburger Wort ↗Luxemburger Wort ↗
- Colombian gangs are dragging children and young people into the drug war Luxemburger Wort ↗
- A mass crash involving five cars in Hollerich, six injured Luxembourg Times ↗
- Was your thesis about the end of history wrong, Mr. Fukuyama? Luxemburger Wort ↗
ES🇪🇸Spain
- Vox is pushing its "national priority" for public services onto city councils ABC ↗
- The prosecutor's office is investigating the hiring of a former councillor from Susana Díaz's circle "on orders" ABC ↗
- The U.S. struck another boat in the Pacific, allegedly used for drug smuggling, three dead El Mundo ↗
- Trump's doctor: his heart corresponds to a person 14 years younger El Mundo ↗
- The chavismo base is rebelling against U.S. guardianship El País ↗
- Colombia: the far right in reserve against the left ahead of the presidential election El País ↗
- Letters from prisoner no. 89914053: "El Chapo's" correspondence from prison in Colorado El País ↗
- Sanchez's censure: PNV and Junts push for early elections, with no room to support a motion of no confidence El País ↗
- A new left-wing front wants to position itself as an alternative to PSOE amid the corruption crisis El País ↗
- "Defense of the white race" is gaining strength in Vox-led xenophobic offensive El País ↗
- Putin's invisible front: drones, sabotage and hybrid warfare are testing Europe El País ↗
- Confusion and panic: Trump's latest blow against migrants forces green card applicants to leave the U.S. El País ↗
BE🇧🇪Belgium
- More long-term unemployed Flemish people found work after benefits were time-limited VRT NWS ↗
- Club Brugge coach Ivan Leko reached a deal with the justice system in the "Clean Hands" case Het Laatste Nieuws ↗
- Trump's doctor: "fully fit to perform the duties of head of state, but he needs to lose weight" De Morgen ↗
- Sodium batteries: a technology that could reshuffle the deck in the energy transition La Libre ↗
- Hollywood studios and actors reached agreement on AI La Libre ↗
- Iran is slowly reconnecting to the internet: "it is a matter of survival" La Libre ↗
- "It was always better": Flemish people see the future pessimistically, especially voters of Vlaams Belang and PVDA VRT NWS ↗
PT🇵🇹Portugal
- PSD, Chega and PS agreement on constitutional court judges RTP ↗
- Montenegro is the only candidate for PSD leader - an "irritant" named Passos Coelho Público ↗
- The "remigration" summit moved from Porto to Figueira da Foz RTP ↗
- The Polish president proposes stripping Zelensky of a high Polish decoration RTP ↗
- The Pentagon warns about strengthening the Chinese army, calls for higher defense spending RTP ↗
- The UN warns of the risk of a dangerous escalation of the war in Ukraine RTP ↗
- A 10-cent reduction per liter of fuel CM Jornal ↗
IE🇮🇪Ireland
- Six major EU economies are pushing the capital markets union despite Irish concerns The Irish Times ↗
- The government is keeping consumers in the dark about the energy plan The Irish Times ↗
- More than 80% of aluminum oxide produced in Ireland went to Russia in the first quarter The Irish Times ↗
- How China "jump-started" the growth of Russian drone factories Irish Independent ↗
- A dangerous new duo reshaping Iran from within, while the West seems not to notice Irish Independent ↗
- The rise of racially motivated attacks on Dublin council housing The Irish Times ↗
- The law on occupied territories shows a certain restraint The Irish Times ↗
NL🇳🇱Netherlands
- Can group 150 bring a breakthrough in the country's most polarized debate - migration? AD ↗
- The number of "plofkraken" (explosive ATM robberies) quadrupled in 2026 NU.nl ↗
- Hegseth: every reason to worry about China's arms buildup de Volkskrant ↗
- Will the unions give Rob Jetten's government a headache? NRC ↗
- The politics of The Hague is wrestling with calls for a tougher asylum policy De Telegraaf ↗
- The meat sector fears business closures if agency work is banned De Telegraaf ↗
- Raising the retirement age (AOW) is, unfortunately, unavoidable De Telegraaf ↗
GB🇬🇧United Kingdom
- After the meeting on Iran, no agreement was announced, Trump will make a "final decision". Netanyahu is privately raging BBC News ↗Daily Mail ↗
- Hegseth: U.S.-China relations are "better than they have been in years" Financial Times ↗
- Merz is struggling to sustain talk of a "chancellor swap" Financial Times ↗
- Ukraine is using AI drones to destroy key Russian supply convoys BBC News ↗
- The palace received emails about Prince Andrew's controversial envoy six years ago BBC News ↗
- Ferrari unveiled a new electric car - Italian concerns about the Agnelli legacy Financial Times ↗
🔁 Cross-country themes
- Trump-Iran: no agreement signed, Hegseth threatens to restart the war, dispute over Hormuz - 🇩🇪 DE · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇱🇺 LU · 🇬🇧 UK · 🇮🇪 IE · 🇺🇦 UA · 🇪🇸 ES (13 countries)
- Russian drone in Romania, Medvedev's and Putin's threats and denials - 🇺🇦 UA · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇱🇺 LU
- Trump's medical checkup released - 🇦🇹 AT · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇳🇱 NL
- Court: Trump's name removed from the Kennedy Center - 🇩🇪 DE · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇺🇦 UA
- Champions League final in Budapest (PSG-Arsenal), Qatar money versus the U.S. - 🇭🇺 HU · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇮🇪 IE · 🇨🇭 CH
- Hegseth at the Shangri-La forum: Chinese arms buildup and "imposing hegemony" - 🇵🇱 PL · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇬🇧 UK
- American strike on a "drug boat" in the Pacific, three dead - 🇦🇹 AT · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇪🇸 ES
- "Remigration" summit in Portugal - 🇫🇷 FR · 🇵🇹 PT
- Macron and the shared European nuclear umbrella, criticism of European leaders - 🇩🇪 DE · 🇨🇭 CH
- Heatwave in western Europe - 🇫🇷 FR · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇧🇪 BE
- Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, eleven dead - 🇫🇷 FR · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇳🇱 NL
- SpaceX IPO and the Blue Origin rocket explosion - 🇮🇹 IT · 🇮🇪 IE · 🇬🇧 UK
- Putin threatens Armenia with a "Ukrainian scenario" - 🇺🇦 UA · 🇱🇺 LU
- Zelensky's decision on the "heroes of the UPA" and the Polish reaction - 🇵🇱 PL · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇺🇦 UA
🔭 Topics we rarely cover here
- China and Russian drone factories, Ukraine deploys AI drones against convoys - a combination of the Chinese component supply chain and Ukraine's technological response offers a geopolitical-technological angle that appears only rarely in Slovak reporting Irish Independent ↗BBC ↗.
- NZZ: Macron, Merz and Starmer - three leaders from the world of yesterday - a Swiss critical view of the exhaustion of European leadership amid the Iran crisis and the debate over the nuclear umbrella Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗.
- Putin threatens Armenia with a "Ukrainian scenario" - a little-covered erosion of Russian influence in the South Caucasus as a reaction to the pro-European orientation of post-Soviet states Ukrajinska Pravda ↗Luxembourg Times ↗.
