DE🇩🇪Germany
- Iran suspended talks with the US, Israel called for evacuation of Beirut suburbs Spiegel ↗ZDF ↗Spiegel ↗ — "Tehran wants to protect Hezbollah in Lebanon at all costs"
- Ukrainian campaign against refineries: Lukoil in Volgograd stopped operations after being hit Handelsblatt ↗FAZ ↗
- Immigration to Germany fell by almost half n-tv ↗ — new migration figures
- Shock in pension insurance 2028: sharp increase in contributions Spiegel ↗
- Spending from the special infrastructure fund is ramping up only slowly taz ↗
- Russia in banking crisis under Putin taz ↗ — economic analysis
- Minister Bär (CSU) insists on BAföG scholarship reform and caused outrage FAZ ↗
- Britain denied entry to American left-wing streamers (Hasan Piker, Cenk Uygur) Die Zeit ↗
PL🇵🇱Poland
- Dispute over Order of the White Eagle for Zelenskyy: president hesitates, "we should not escalate" Onet ↗Do Rzeczy ↗
- Defense ministry head: not using SAFE mechanism funds would be "a crime and betrayal" TVN24 ↗
- ISW: Russia is preparing a major attack on Ukraine, will use nuclear power plant Rzeczpospolita ↗
- Zelenskyy presses Putin and Trump, wants to end war by winter Onet ↗
- Turmoil in Małopolska's Civic Coalition (Tusk's KO): "no one speaks of revenge" Onet ↗
- Former territorial defense soldier poured gasoline and set fire to colleague's son Wirtualna Polska ↗
- Anthropic offers Brussels access to breakthrough hacking technology Onet ↗
HU🇭🇺Hungary
- Tisza government under PM Magyar wants to remove President Sulyok through constitutional amendment Portfolio ↗ — Sulyok was elected by parliament with Fidesz majority
- Magyar toured the "golden toilet" and gold-plated elevator at central bank MNB headquarters HVG ↗24.hu ↗ — "as if we were in 1920s New York"
- Sulyok appointed Zsolt Sándor as chief of general staff Index ↗
- Median poll: 57% of Hungarians would repeal laws restricting LGBT rights Index ↗
- Vitézy: Lőrinc Mészáros was paid for Budapest-Belgrade railway in dollars 24.hu ↗
- Wife of Zoltán Kovács's company earned 68-fold with no revenues HVG ↗
AT🇦🇹Austria
- EU proposal will restrict American cloud firms' access to public tenders Der Standard ↗ — digital sovereignty
- Trial in Vienna with Assad regime general: defendant denies torture Die Presse ↗ — universal jurisdiction
- Battle for leadership of public ORF: 13 candidates met criteria ORF ↗
- Battle for Addiko bank: Slovenian NLB raised takeover bid Der Standard ↗
- PM Magyar wants to remove Hungarian president through constitutional amendment Kurier ↗
- Coalition wrangling: budget accompanying law still not finalized Die Presse ↗
UA🇺🇦Ukraine
- Campaign against refineries forces Moscow to cut fuel, Russian oil processing at 16-year low Censor.NET ↗
- Bloomberg: Merz wants to gather European leaders before NATO summit before meeting with Trump Ukrayinska Pravda ↗
- Anniversary of Operation "Pavučina": Zelenskyy awarded secret creators of SBU strike Censor.NET ↗
- DeepState: Russian army progress in May was smallest since October 2023 Ukrayinska Pravda ↗
- Lithuania signed cooperation memorandum in defense industry, Ukraine to send military experts to protect its airspace Interfax Ukraine ↗
- Danish shipyard still repairs Russian gas tankers Censor.NET ↗ — sanctions loophole
- The Economist: Ukraine capable of tank breakthrough on front this year Censor.NET ↗
FR🇫🇷France
- France limited Israel's participation at Eurosatory weapons fair: offensive weapons no, defensive systems yes BFM TV ↗
- Tanker sailing from Russia detained by France, waiting in Gulf of Douarnenez, Kremlin calls seizure "illegal" Le Figaro ↗
- SoftBank invests 75 billion euros in Europe's largest data center Courrier International ↗
- Duralex glassworks enters judicial restructuring due to "tight finances" 20 Minutes ↗
- EU released funds for Hungary — "but at what price?" Courrier International ↗
- Patrick Bruel accused of rape: "fall of a national icon" Courrier International ↗
- 255 reports of sexual and gender violence in schools since beginning of year Le Figaro ↗
IT🇮🇹Italy
- Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman: "prioritized profit over safety" ANSA ↗
- 21-year-old man arrested in Brianza for terrorism: "ready for martyrdom," referenced Modena attack La Repubblica ↗
- Cargo ship hit in Persian Gulf, explosion aboard ANSA ↗
- Russia banned aviation fuel exports for five months ANSA ↗
- June 2 — 80th anniversary of referendum on republic: "monarchy expelled from memory" Corriere della Sera ↗
- Right-wing LGBTQ+ rights movements are growing, first bill arrives Open ↗
- Black week for Italian pedestrians: ten dead in seven days Open ↗
CH🇨🇭Switzerland
- Power struggle in Hungary: President Sulyok to be removed through constitutional amendment SRF ↗
- Israel penetrated Lebanon deepest in quarter century Tages-Anzeiger ↗
- Iran executed two more participants in mass protests Tages-Anzeiger ↗
- Nvidia pushes its AI chips to Windows notebook market Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- PFAS in Lake Constance and River Thur: prosecutor investigates environmental scandal Tages-Anzeiger ↗
- "Funeral procession from Odesa": how Ukraine returns names to fallen soldiers Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗ — report
- Breakthrough in treatment: drug doubles survival in pancreatic cancer Tages-Anzeiger ↗
ES🇪🇸Spain
- Iran interrupted indirect dialogue with US over Israeli offensive in Lebanon El Mundo ↗
- Finance ministry revives regional financing reform after five months, writes to all regions El País ↗
- First witnesses disputed one charge against Pedro Sánchez's brother El País ↗
- Kitchen case: Villarejo testifies — "Rajoy asked me to inform him through third parties" El Español ↗
- Court examines if state police can unionize in CC OO and UGT El País ↗
- Chinese SAIC Motor will build first European car plant in Galicia ABC ↗
- Air Europa cancels Wednesday flights to Lisbon and Porto due to general strike in Portugal El Mundo ↗
GB🇬🇧United Kingdom
- Mandelson Files: government released thousands of private messages regarding controversial US ambassador appointment BBC News ↗ — Mandelson described Starmer's office as "surrounded and abandoned"
- London Underground strike to go ahead, talks failed BBC News ↗ — four lines closed
- Britain considers allowing AI weapons to kill without human approval Daily Mail ↗
- Defense commanders ordered missiles for 36 million pounds to defend interests in the Middle East Daily Mail ↗
- England and Wales had the warmest spring in measurement history The Independent ↗
- Analysis (Bowen, BBC): Trump needs an end to this war, but Iran is not backing down BBC News ↗
IE🇮🇪Ireland
- Fianna Fáil TD Malcolm Byrne arrested on suspicion of drink-driving The Irish Times ↗
- Jeffrey Donaldson trial: wife Eleanor "did nothing" after charges were reported The Irish Times ↗
- Kevin Keegan revealed stage four cancer diagnosis Irish Examiner ↗
- Facebook whistleblower had to stay silent at literary festival due to Meta court order Irish Independent ↗
PT🇵🇹Portugal
- General strike: AIMA immigration agency employees begin four-day strike CM Jornal ↗
- Government preparing new road law: higher and faster fines RTP ↗
- Portugal imported almost all aviation fuel from the Gulf and Asia Observador ↗ — vulnerability in the context of Hormuz
- Anthropic allowed Europe's cybersecurity agency access to the Mythos system Expresso ↗
- Court ordered Bosch to compensate Portuguese former executive with 545 thousand euros Jornal de Negócios ↗
NL🇳🇱Netherlands
- The Netherlands will not return people to Lebanon for the next six months NOS ↗
- Britain threatened by "lost generation": "textbook example of systemic failure" De Telegraaf ↗
- EU wants to get rid of wolves, researchers warn: jackals are next AD ↗
- Jewish council going to court to stop rapper Ye (Kanye West) concert NOS ↗
- Over a thousand Congo residents show signs of Ebola, testing is sluggish de Volkskrant ↗
Other from the region
- 🇷🇸 Serbia: legal loophole opens doors to manipulation of state symbols N1 Serbia ↗ · cooperation with China in AI and robotics Politika ↗
- 🇷🇴 Romania: president Nicușor Dan is to appoint a prime minister in the coming days HotNews ↗ · Romania requested emergency UN Security Council meeting for airspace violation Digi24 ↗ · interior ministry closed contracts for nearly a billion euros through the SAFE mechanism G4Media ↗
- 🇬🇷 Greece: four Turkish airspace violations, two armed F-16 fighters Naftemporiki ↗ · OPEKEPE subsidies case — first ten accused released on bail Protothema ↗
- 🇸🇪 Sweden: commentary — proceedings at the EU Court of Justice reminiscent of "constitutional revolution" Dagens Nyheter ↗ · major failure of the Tidö government in migration policy Dagens Nyheter ↗
🔁 Cross-country themes
- Iran halted talks with USA and Israeli offensive in Lebanon, oil +7% — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇺🇦 UA · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇸🇪 SE · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇮🇪 IE · 🇬🇧 UK
- Ukrainian campaign against refineries and Russian fuel limits — 🇺🇦 UA · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇵🇱 PL
- Hungary: Magyar aims at removing President Sulyok — 🇭🇺 HU · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇫🇷 FR
- British Mandelson Files — 🇬🇧 UK · 🇮🇪 IE · 🇮🇹 IT
- Florida sues OpenAI and Altman, Nvidia pushes AI chip to PC — 🇮🇹 IT · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇵🇹 PT
- Anthropic gives European cyber agency access to Mythos system — 🇵🇱 PL · 🇵🇹 PT
- France detained Russian tanker from shadow fleet, Kremlin protests — 🇫🇷 FR · 🇮🇪 IE
- SAFE mechanism and defense contracts — 🇵🇱 PL · 🇷🇴 RO
What hotinfo is watching
- Whether the Israeli offensive in Lebanon has definitively buried the ceasefire and whether Iran will really reach for Hormuz — on that depends where the price of oil and gas for Europe will move.
- Hungarian constitutional battle: does Magyar Péter have a real majority to remove President Sulyok, and what will the release of EU funds to Budapest do about it.
- Whether the Ukrainian campaign against Russian refineries and the 16-year minimum for crude processing will start to really bite into Russia's war economy, as evidenced by warnings from Russian officials to Putin himself.
