What follows is an overview of what the most influential media in thirty-seven European countries wrote over the past twenty-four hours.
DE🇩🇪Germany
- A car drove into a crowd at Berlin's Christopher Street Day — one dead, 16 injured, some with stab wounds. Police identified a 21-year-old suspect from an "Islamist scene," he is on the run and may be armed FAZ ↗FAZ ↗Süddeutsche Zeitung ↗
- Police report conflicting testimonies about the number of attackers and set up a portal for videos and photos Tagesspiegel ↗Tagesspiegel ↗
- Chancellor Merz speaks of an "abominable act," Berlin's senator Evers: "It strikes our city right to the heart" Tagesspiegel ↗Tagesspiegel ↗
- Merz reshuffles the cabinet amid turmoil in his own party — Linnemann moves to health and for the first time a woman will head the chancellery offices, but critics are growing in the CDU and Handelsblatt speaks of a "threat to the government" Handelsblatt ↗Tagesspiegel ↗Tagesspiegel ↗
- Linnemann wants as health minister to reduce the number of health insurers Welt ↗
- The AfD maintains a clear lead over the Union and the SPD has fallen behind the Greens — ahead of elections in Saxony-Anhalt Welt ↗
- Handelsblatt from eastern Germany: "A cordon sanitaire no longer exists for us" — a report on a federal state turning blue Handelsblatt ↗
- Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe: visas for Afghans from evacuation lists must be assessed individually Tagesspiegel ↗
- The prosecutor's office is investigating five soldiers for theft during an evacuation mission in Afghanistan Welt ↗
- According to a German live blog, Zelenskyy claims that Russia is providing Iran with satellite surveillance Handelsblatt ↗
- According to n-tv, Iranian officials planned a missile attack on Trump's plane — that's why the aircraft was switched n-tv ↗
- The CSU demands an arms agreement with Kyiv: "launch drone production," Germany wants to ride on Ukrainian innovation n-tv ↗Welt ↗
- Loyalty to the constitution is being decided for dozens of AfD candidates Welt ↗
- The end of battery manufacturer Varta and the collapse of major German banks with the help of UniCredit — two stories about the breakdown of German industrial and financial confidence FAZ ↗FAZ ↗
- The head of the Blume conglomerate wants to complete Volkswagen's savings package by year end Tagesspiegel ↗
- Katy Perry is furious at the White House for using her song "Firework" in a clip about military strikes FAZ ↗Tagesspiegel ↗
- Jürgen Klopp officially took over the German national team, DFB pays Red Bull severance Tagesspiegel ↗ZDF heute ↗
- Two people died when a small plane crashed into a residential house in Ganderkesee Süddeutsche Zeitung ↗FAZ ↗
- A motorhome overlooked the end of a line on the highway and crashed into several vehicles — 34 injured Welt ↗
- Almost every other pensioner has to pay additional tax, and Tagesspiegel calculates what electricity consumers must expect for grid fees in 2027 n-tv ↗Tagesspiegel ↗
- Plan for wolf culling: "It won't be hundreds" Tagesspiegel ↗
- In Penzberg, unknowns sprayed a sign referring to Friday prayer — four days after it was installed Süddeutsche Zeitung ↗Welt ↗
- The 150th Bayreuth Festival was opened by political leaders including Merz Tagesschau ↗Tagesspiegel ↗
PL🇵🇱Poland
- Historic split in PiS continues: Morawiecki denies Kaczyński's version — "I never proposed dividing the party," his people attack spokesman Bochenko TVN24 ↗Do Rzeczy ↗Wirtualna Polska ↗
- Civic Coalition on the PiS breakdown: "Kaczyński launched a scenario whose end he himself doesn't know" Gazeta Wyborcza ↗
- A Morawiecki associate urges the party: "Stop attacking"; another politician left Morawiecki's association Do Rzeczy ↗Do Rzeczy ↗
- Political scientist Dudek: the one who becomes "a great integrator of the right" will profit from the split Do Rzeczy ↗
- The government is outraged by President Nawrocki's decision on fuel, Tusk references: "Remember that at the pumps" Do Rzeczy ↗Do Rzeczy ↗
- Fuel prices will continue to rise and Poles, according to a survey, have no doubt what the government should do Do Rzeczy ↗Do Rzeczy ↗
- Sharp exchange over Terlecki, Woś deletes own post Wirtualna Polska ↗
- Survey: Poles have had enough of relations with Ukrainians Do Rzeczy ↗
- "A spy in NATO? We know who it is" — Polish media follow up on the arrest of a NATO trainee in Belgium Do Rzeczy ↗
- Night Russian attack on Kyiv: residential blocks are burning Onet ↗TVN24 ↗
- Iran threatens Britain that it may become a "certain and justified target," and accuses Ukraine of attacking its ship in the Caspian Sea Onet ↗Onet ↗
- According to media, Trump halted escalation against Iran, Onet breaks down the background of the decision Wirtualna Polska ↗Onet ↗
- Kazakh President Tokayev directly to Putin: "This war must be ended" TVN24 ↗Rzeczpospolita ↗
- Zelenskyy warns of Russian plans: "He wants to bring another 30,000 soldiers" Onet ↗Do Rzeczy ↗
- The government decided on a fourteenth pension and the payment date is known; employees face new rights regarding work incapacity Do Rzeczy ↗Rzeczpospolita ↗
- A legendary brewery that operated for 347 years is disappearing Rzeczpospolita ↗
- Religious sisters from a social care home in Jordanów are going to prison — the court described what they did to children Do Rzeczy ↗
- Tragic accident in Łódź Voivodeship: two children died Gazeta Wyborcza ↗TVN24 ↗
- A twenty-one-year-old Polish man died in the Tatras after falling 150 meters Wirtualna Polska ↗
- Polish physicists explained the mystery of the perfect espresso — it depends on the method of coffee preparation Rzeczpospolita ↗
- The fleet of Polish airlines LOT was strengthened by a new Boeing 737 MAX 8, two more will be added by the end of the holidays Rzeczpospolita ↗
HU🇭🇺Hungary
- Fidesz declared the election of a constitutional judge illegitimate: "Fidesz will not participate in this theater" — Tisza's government nominated Pál Sonnevend Index ↗Portfolio ↗
- Fidesz europolitian Navracsics congratulated Tisza's nominee — and the party forgot to tell him that they consider him illegitimate Telex ↗444 ↗HVG ↗
- Tuzson Bence wrote an open letter to the nominee asking him not to accept the appointment HVG ↗
- Fidesz argues that the term of constitutional judge Csaba Hendes ends due to illegitimate legal regulations Telex ↗
- Orbán at Tusványos: "I must apologize to you — a prime minister who is destroying the country came from our ranks" Index ↗
- Orbán in exclusive interview: "We must preserve the freedom we gained during the change of regime" Magyar Nemzet ↗
- Toroczkai counters: "For the arbitrariness that Orbán said he opposes, Fidesz's electoral system is to blame" HVG ↗
- Bayer Zsolt attacked Orbán's former government at Tusványos after Fidesz's defeat; Fidesz supporters after the speech: "They stirred up young people on Facebook" Index ↗HVG ↗
- HVG analysis: Orbán could still last for years heading a ten- to twenty-percent party HVG ↗
- Analyst Gábor Török considers Tisza's nomination very promising Index ↗
- Portfolio: The weight of the office of president of the republic has quietly disappeared — and the clock is ticking, soon a new one will need to be elected Portfolio ↗Index ↗
- Growing international scandal: The United States questioned the Hungarian electoral system and expelled two officials Portfolio ↗
- Tisza's government halted a priority investment from the NER era and Minister Vitézy released a list of canceled highway projects Index ↗Magyar Nemzet ↗
- Vitézy also acknowledges that nearly 300 buses of the state transport operator are idle due to missing parts — the problem should disappear by autumn Telex ↗Index ↗
- MOL is suing the Hungarian state, with 126 billion forints at stake Magyar Nemzet ↗
- Crisis in the dairy sector: the state is launching an interest subsidy, Minister Bóna took immediate measures Telex ↗Portfolio ↗
- Greek energy giant enters the Hungarian market with a large acquisition Portfolio ↗
- Central bank rate cuts have also affected deposit interest rates Magyar Nemzet ↗
- Captain István: inspections continue, every older decision will be reviewed individually Népszava ↗
- EU funds must be spent extremely quickly — will it work? Telex ↗
- Police command inspection found no wrongdoing in the operation in Százhalombatta, after which a man died HVG ↗Telex ↗
- About two hundred people came to Pride in Romanian Nagyvárad despite the fact that the local government did not permit it 444 ↗Telex ↗
- Tisza's vice-chairman Tarr Zoltán negotiated with Markó Béla about the challenges of Hungarian communities beyond the borders and is traveling to Transylvania Népszava ↗HVG ↗
- Magyar Nemzet: Transylvanian media built from Orbán's billions could end up with an RMDSZ politician HVG ↗
- Portfolio from the front: for the first time a Russian Sarmat missile was destroyed, a coordinated offensive against the Azov Regiment failed and intelligence warns of a Russian attack on Western nuclear facilities Portfolio ↗Portfolio ↗Portfolio ↗
AT🇦🇹Austria
- Historian Timothy Snyder for Der Standard: "Putin is waging war now only for Trump" Der Standard ↗
- Die Presse on Hungary's change of power: "Extremely successful revolution of Péter Magyar" Die Presse ↗
- ÖVP deputy Claudia Bauer opposed "turbo entry" of Ukraine into the EU Der Standard ↗
- Deployment of facial recognition at climate demonstration was illegal — and police receives new directive for interventions at memorial sites Kleine Zeitung ↗Kleine Zeitung ↗
- Police escorted vulgar neo-nazis from peaceful anti-fascist demonstration into the metro, Identitarians marched through Vienna's Döbling Der Standard ↗
- Kurier asks: did Iranians try to shoot down Trump's luxury Jumbo? Kurier ↗
- Diplomat Launsky-Tieffenthal: UN headquarters opens Austria many opportunities Kleine Zeitung ↗
- Reconstruction of Vorarlberg's hospital network continues Kleine Zeitung ↗
- Kleine Zeitung opens debate: "How should we actually defend ourselves meaningfully?" — and whether to extend civilian service Kleine Zeitung ↗Kleine Zeitung ↗
- Salzburg Festival is officially open, Rasche's staging of Faust divides critics Kleine Zeitung ↗Kleine Zeitung ↗
UA🇺🇦Ukraine
- Ukraine hit an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea, which according to Kyiv carried military cargo; Tehran accuses Ukraine of attacking its merchant ship Kyiv Independent ↗Ukrajinska pravda ↗
- Kyiv claims it also hit Molniya — the only missile ship of the Russian Caspian flotilla Portfolio ↗
- Zelenskyy: Russia is providing satellite imagery of American military facilities in the Persian Gulf for Iran and Ukraine will pass the information to partners Ukrajinska pravda ↗Interfax Ukraine ↗Censor.NET ↗
- Ballistic attack on Kyiv caused fires in three city districts, a warehouse burned down Censor.NET ↗Interfax Ukraine ↗
- Russian army struck Zaporizhzhia region with 1,029 strikes in one day, for the third day passenger trains are not running to Zaporizhzhia Ukrajinska pravda ↗Censor.NET ↗
- Russians hit Kryvyi Rih, a shopping center is burning; in Sloviansk two gas service workers were killed Censor.NET ↗Censor.NET ↗
- Zelenskyy: Putin is preparing conditions for expanded mobilization and wants from North Korea another 30,000 troops and new launchers for ballistic missiles Kyiv Independent ↗Interfax Ukraine ↗
- Kazakh President Tokayev called on Putin to freeze the war — the Kremlin responded that "freezing is not possible" Kyiv Independent ↗Censor.NET ↗
- Tenth day of ongoing protests in Kyiv and other cities against Fedorov's removal from defense leadership Censor.NET ↗Ukrajinska pravda ↗
- Butusov live on the command change: "Drapaty instead of Syrsky — expectations, risks, perspectives" Censor.NET ↗
- Soldiers of the 108th territorial defense brigade recorded an appeal: they are exhausted and without rotation for over half a year Censor.NET ↗
- EU according to reports will allow the sale of oil confiscated from ships of Russia's "shadow fleet" Censor.NET ↗
- Belgium detained a NATO intern on suspicion of espionage on behalf of a third country Censor.NET ↗
- Foreign Minister Sybiha warns that Russia may resort to "false diplomacy" to avoid American sanctions Ukrajinska pravda ↗
- Zelenskyy: Russian terror against ports and agro-sector again threatens global food security Censor.NET ↗
- Ombudsman records four deaths in recruitment centers Censor.NET ↗
- Ukrainian refugees in the United States are at risk of premature loss of work rights Interfax Ukraine ↗
- Ukraine hit a refinery in Siberia Kyiv Post ↗
- Russian army losses since the beginning of the war reached approximately 1,438,990 people according to the general staff, with over 200 combat clashes per day on the front Censor.NET ↗Interfax Ukraine ↗
FR🇫🇷France
- Fire in Gironde department burned over 40,000 hectares, near Bordeaux an additional 55,000 evacuations were ordered and highway A63 is partially closed BFM TV ↗Le Monde ↗
- Bordeaux Mayor Cazenave: "Fire is still at the gates of the metropolis" BFM TV ↗
- Macron promises: "We will rebuild, repair, and stay here as long as needed" BFM TV ↗
- Military transport plane A400M made the first retardant drop, Defense Minister Vautrin speaks of "quite exceptional mobilization" BFM TV ↗BFM TV ↗
- Le Monde publishes open criticism: "We note the failure of a policy that was supposed to ensure the availability of Canadair fire-fighting aircraft in recent years" Le Monde ↗
- Interior Minister Nuñez warns that "the fire will take a long time to extinguish," Lecornu fears that "the next hours could be difficult" La Tribune ↗BFM TV ↗
- Three men were arrested for endangering lives — a cigarette, fireworks, and arson of bushes Le Figaro ↗20 Minutes ↗
- Report from among the evacuated: "We are displaced, climate refugees" La Tribune ↗La Repubblica ↗
- Suspected planned terrorist attack in Sarcelles: six men charged and detained after weapons found in a car Le Monde ↗BFM TV ↗
- Ten years since Father Hamel's murder: his mother and sister send a "message of peace and hope" Ouest-France ↗France 24 ↗
- Bruno Le Maire enters the race for the Elysée Palace in 2027: we need to "change the system," not just reform it Le Figaro ↗20 Minutes ↗
- Doctolib and artificial intelligence: what you need to know about the research program that will use your personal data from August Le Monde ↗
- End of annoying phone calls? New telemarketing rules apply from August 11 Ouest-France ↗20 Minutes ↗
- Netanyahu tightens grip amid chaos on the West Bank, situation after violence in Tel Aviv remains extremely tense La Tribune ↗RFI ↗
- Iran claims it sold oil for 18 billion dollars over five months of war Le Figaro ↗
- Iranian Foreign Minister calls for "dialogue" between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis Le Monde ↗
- Senegalese President Faye launched his own party "Kiiraay, Republican Patriots" and definitively parted ways with former Prime Minister Sonko France 24 ↗RFI ↗
- In Tunisia, thousands protested against power and worsening living conditions RFI ↗Ouest-France ↗
- Courrier International: Meta is accused of illegally downloading pornography to train its artificial intelligence models Courrier International ↗
- Head of the French Olympic Committee on 2030 Winter Games: "If Alps 2030 doesn't have reliable governance, we won't succeed" La Tribune ↗Ouest-France ↗
- In Ireland, a man was accused of possession of explosives near the border with Northern Ireland Le Figaro ↗
IT🇮🇹Italy
- No Tav movement guerrilla in Chiomonte: sixty wounded police officers, four official vehicles in flames, stones and tear gas at the high-speed rail construction site Corriere della Sera ↗TGCom24 ↗
- Twenty thousand people participated in the march and the railway was blocked; La Repubblica describes the "black bloc" as an organized transnational structure of antagonists Il Manifesto ↗La Repubblica ↗
- Government makes unrest a political weapon — "the left is complicit in the guerrilla," Turin Mayor Lo Russo responds that "vandals have nothing to do with democracy" Il Manifesto ↗La Repubblica ↗
- The death of a man named Fakir escalated into a dispute over new criminal protection for police officers: "it won't apply in this case," says expert debate, and the judge adds: "the officers were wrong, I say this as a judge" La Repubblica ↗La Repubblica ↗
- President Mattarella expressed solidarity with police officers, Prime Minister Meloni said: "The State will not be broken"; Il Manifesto counters that "they're doing it like with Aldrovandi" La Repubblica ↗Il Manifesto ↗
- Bologna Mayor Lepore is under police protection after insults and threats: "The rule of law is in danger" La Repubblica ↗
- Alarm over fuel prices: in Milan, gasoline exceeded 2.60 euros per liter, the government seeks cover to reduce consumption tax by seven to eight cents and Schlein says: "Enough with announcements" La Repubblica ↗Corriere della Sera ↗
- Dispute over wiretaps of broadcaster Ranucci and "freemasons in RAI" — Brothers of Italy won't back down on the wiretapping law Corriere della Sera ↗La Repubblica ↗
- Uprising and fire in Mammagialla prison in Viterbo: twenty poisoned prisoners, one in critical condition, including six guards among those rescued Open ↗ANSA ↗
- Houthis struck refineries in Riyadh and the Red Sea is ablaze again; Greek Patriot systems form a shield over Aramco oil facilities La Repubblica ↗La Repubblica ↗
- "The sea is a hostage, 6,500 people are stranded in the Gulf — the crisis is now global" La Repubblica ↗
- Ukraine reports: "In the Caspian Sea, we struck ships carrying weapons for Tehran" La Repubblica ↗
- New York Times according to ANSA: Trump delayed escalation against Iran due to risk of depleting Patriot missile stocks ANSA ↗
- Pirla case around Russian agency and gambling: politicians got involved, Boniek demands an apology and contract termination La Repubblica ↗La Repubblica ↗
- Sky TG24: "The real challenge for Meloni is not Vannacci" Sky TG24 ↗
- Italy wants more legal immigration from countries outside the European Union ORF ↗
- In Italy, cases of West Nile fever are increasing significantly Tagesspiegel ↗
- UN Secretary-General Guterres traveled to Syria after seventeen years and demands Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights AGI ↗Tagesschau ↗
- Il Manifesto: The West Bank is near a breaking point, and the government is quarreling with doctors over vaccine resisters and private providers Il Manifesto ↗Il Manifesto ↗
- Chinese purchases in Italy: "Targeting our small and medium-sized enterprises" La Repubblica ↗
- Il Fatto Quotidiano: same rhetoric, opposite results — why Malaysia leads Islamic finance and Turkey lags Il Fatto Quotidiano ↗
- Raids and arrests: a smuggling network of "fuel thieves" originates from Eastern Europe La Stampa ↗
- La Repubblica on the new British Prime Minister: "If London goes to Manchester" — the Western left seeks a model La Repubblica ↗
CH🇨🇭Switzerland
- German-French disagreement: joint European combat tank remains an illusion Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- Attack in Yemen that led to new oil blockade — who bombed the airport in Sana? Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- Why Iran in war against the United States is striking with ever greater precision — and how the next bunker bomb attack could unfold Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- Interview in NZZ: "Social media are a greater threat to liberal order than Putin" Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- Andrew Burnham and Brexit's poisoned legacy: will the new British prime minister find a way back to the European Union? Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- The longer the war lasts, the more Zelensky strives for complete control — but Putin won't allow it Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- German resistance is broken: an Italian will now decide at the Frankfurt financial market Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- Chinese AI companies drive Silicon Valley before them and thereby give Europe time to breathe Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- The behavior of Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan harms the International Criminal Court Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- New severity: juveniles could soon be punished much harder — to the alarm of some experts Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- "Switzerland is still an El Dorado for Chinese platforms" — why authorities and merchants fail against illegal shipments from China Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- A look into surrogate motherhood contracts: no sex, no herbal tea, and the client decides on abortion Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- Yellow blocks advance over Gaza: two million people live on a shrinking patch of land Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- How the "bromance" of Pierino Vincenzo and Beata Stocker laid the foundation for the Raiffeisen scandal Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- Financial historian Jim Grant sees the answer to the inflated monetary system in gold: "Unbacked money is just a fad" Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
- Heat troubles humans, but livestock are in a deadly trap Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
LU🇱🇺Luxembourg
- Fires in Spain and France forced 257 thousand to evacuate Luxemburger Wort ↗
- Woman who as a teenager married a Luxembourgish jihadist receives sentence from Paris court Luxembourg Times ↗
- Residents of Luxembourg called to help fight invasive tiger mosquito Luxembourg Times ↗
- "Never conquered, yet plundered" — the story of Luxembourg's largest castle Luxemburger Wort ↗
ES🇪🇸Spain
- National emergency state expanded to Toledo due to flame advance: "It was not a positive day" La Vanguardia ↗
- Fire balance: 85 thousand burned hectares, 75 thousand evacuated, one dead and fifteen affected provinces El Español ↗
- Ministry of Health recommended more than seven million people in Madrid, Ávila and Toledo to stay home due to toxic smoke El Español ↗
- Wind gives fires in Madrid and Ávila no peace: 45 thousand hectares and 90 thousand affected people El Confidencial ↗
- Spain lost half of its active fleet of large-capacity firefighting aircraft in eight years El Español ↗
- Sánchez announced a firefighting "kit" for this summer that Spain has still not purchased ABC ↗
- Conflict of Madrid forest firefighters erupts fully during national emergency state El País ↗
- Wealthy Spain of forest residential neighborhoods feels fire nearby: "It could happen to us too one day" El País ↗
- El País analyzes consequences of prolonged Hormuz blockade and how Iran accepts the price of war to maintain strategic control over the strait El País ↗El País ↗
- Sánchez and Feijóo switch to pre-election mode El País ↗
- The past brakes the People's Party's anti-corruption crusade El País ↗
- People's Party wants to double tax support for mothers to 2,400 euros annually — only Malta has worse birth rates in the Union El Español ↗
- People's Party and Vox banned the burka for officials, but the far right demands more; Garriga claims "Feijóo accepted that Vox is a reliable partner" La Vanguardia ↗El Español ↗
- Mosque approval gives Vox wings to split with the People's Party in Seville a year before elections El Confidencial ↗
- The week that left Zapatera isolated in the network around airline Plus Ultra El País ↗
- Moncloa and head of media conglomerate Prisa conclude non-aggression pact until parliamentary elections El Español ↗
- The Holaluz case: is the power supplier fiesta ending? El País ↗
- Trend shift in Europe: Chinese car makers overtake Japanese in sales for the first time El Español ↗
- Kimi K3, the latest Chinese artificial intelligence, presses on planned IPOs of OpenAI and Anthropic El País ↗
- Sephardic Jews in Turkey lose access to Spanish "grandchildren's law" in Erdoğan's anti-Israeli atmosphere El Español ↗
- Sociologist José María Maravall: "I suspect Trump's fall will be quite loud" El País ↗
- Mayor of Platja d'Aro: "Costa Brava is saturated and we must say it loudly" El País ↗
- Historic find in Extremadura: house in Mérida hid necropolis and nearly intact tomb of girl who died in 516 El Confidencial ↗
BE🇧🇪Belgium
- Police identify Berlin Pride attacker as 21-year-old Abdul B., search continues: "He may be armed and dangerous" Het Laatste Nieuws ↗De Morgen ↗
- Belgian media follow search in Tiergarten, which police expanded to entire city La Libre ↗
- Iran claims it sold oil for 18 billion dollars in five months of war La Libre ↗
- "War as if on pause, but Iran denies serious negotiations with the United States" Het Laatste Nieuws ↗
- Russia extended ban on gasoline exports until end of 2026 De Morgen ↗
- Number of Ebola victims in Congo rises above 1,300 Het Laatste Nieuws ↗
- Fire destroys two hectares of natural area near Genk Het Laatste Nieuws ↗La Libre ↗
- Typhoon Noul approaches southern China: closed schools, canceled trains and 340 thousand evacuated De Morgen ↗
- Buyers angered by photos edited with artificial intelligence in real estate ads — what is allowed and what is not VRT NWS ↗
- Investigators find traces of strangulation on body of pregnant nineteen-year-old Marie, although it was supposed to look like suicide Het Laatste Nieuws ↗
- Alexander Blockx plays his first ATP finals after dramatic turnaround, Bart Swings wins fifth gold at European championship La Libre ↗La Libre ↗
PT🇵🇹Portugal
- Congresswoman Mariana Leitão claims that the interior ministry "wears out the government" RTP ↗
- Socialists demand conscientiousness from the prime minister in his explanations Observador ↗
- Tax relief for young IRS Jovem will continue next year as well RTP ↗
- Fires in Spain are "not under control" according to Portuguese media Observador ↗
- A tanker under the Mozambican flag was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz CM Jornal ↗
- "Ukraine closer to the European Union" CM Jornal ↗
- Chronicle of the announced crisis: will we always have water from the tap? CM Jornal ↗
- Company fired employee on sick leave after heart attack; in illegal nursing home, dog barking masked client complaints CM Jornal ↗CM Jornal ↗
- Two sisters ran network that earned two million euros through sham marriages CM Jornal ↗
- Eight dead at holiday camp in Russia CM Jornal ↗
- Flávio Bolsonaro officially announced candidacy for Brazilian president RTP ↗
IE🇮🇪Ireland
- State secretary for nature claims that response to climate crisis must change — fires are a "breaking point" Irish Independent ↗
- Battle to save Mount Slievenamon from fires: "It was advancing at a furious pace, you could hear it roaring" Irish Independent ↗
- Aughinish Alumina offers "third-party verification" for exports to Russia when state investigation is unconvincing Irish Independent ↗
- Lawyers strike for legal aid reform and courts halt: "Come back in December" Irish Independent ↗Irish Independent ↗
- Landlords accused of "constructive eviction" to return rents to market level Irish Independent ↗
- Senior civil servant Robert Watt: "Parts of Dublin are shameful today" Irish Independent ↗
- Aer Lingus defends itself while Trump administration keeps on the table the threat of measures to limit passengers at Dublin airport Irish Independent ↗
- Prosecution to appeal against leniency of fourteen-year sentence for Lorcan Murphy's killer Irish Independent ↗
- Commentary by Sam McBride: Simon Harris and Mary Lou McDonald surprisingly have something in common — neither takes island unification seriously Irish Independent ↗
- Irish Times: One company, two prices — unusual stock gap at SK Hynix raises questions about the artificial intelligence bubble The Irish Times ↗
- New planning regime could make Ireland a "gold standard" for critical infrastructure Irish Independent ↗
NL🇳🇱Netherlands
- Axios: Trump did not want new attacks on Iran — war is on pause again, but Tehran denies "serious" talks with Washington Trouw ↗AD ↗
- Trump claims that frozen Iranian assets will compensate for shipping damage Trouw ↗
- Dutch firefighting team worked late into the night in Spain while fires near Bordeaux reignited and required another 55,000 evacuations Trouw ↗AD ↗
- Bombings down from last year, working group sees success in new approach de Volkskrant ↗
- Banknotes to get new look — these birds and personalities will be on them NU.nl ↗
- E-shops like Bol.com full of embarrassing artificial intelligence blunders: "This is simply shameful" De Telegraaf ↗
- Experts on the manosphere: we focus too much on Andrew Tate and it distracts attention AD ↗
- Will new The Hague city leadership build more or fewer affordable housing units? AD ↗
- Mayors in turbulent times: "I choose this office, but sometimes it's simply pointless" AD ↗
- Number of Ebola cases in Congo risen above 3,000, vaccine still in testing phase Trouw ↗
GB🇬🇧United Kingdom
- British newspapers write about "Burnham's big shopping move" and Streeting's efforts to win back Trump BBC News ↗
- Wes Streeting, following Miliband, rebuilds bridges with Trump administration after previous attacks Daily Mail ↗
- Intelligence sources warn: Putin will directly test Burnham within months and look for cracks in the Alliance while Trump is preoccupied with Iran Daily Mail ↗
- Regulatory body called to check "suspicious" bets at 140:1 odds on shocking appointment of John Healey as finance minister Daily Mail ↗
- Blackout fears: according to insiders, national transmission system is "out of control" and on brink of collapse Daily Mail ↗
- Miliband urged to order investigation into removed international prosecutor Daily Mail ↗
- Financial Times: "Divide and conquer" — China exploits divisions in European Union on trade Financial Times ↗
- Financial Times: arms giants record funding for military startups while China pours money into green energy because Iran war depresses oil demand Financial Times ↗Financial Times ↗
- Financial Times: investors use cryptocurrency exchanges to circumvent Beijing restrictions on artificial intelligence company stocks Financial Times ↗
- British police hunt migrants in small boats after man's murder on French beach Daily Mail ↗
- Country faces another wave of heat — in some places up to 39 degrees The Mirror ↗BBC News ↗
RO🇷🇴Romania
- Search continues for drone fragments in Danube Delta that was shot down by Romanian F-16 pilot Pro TV Stirile ↗
- HotNews commentary: Simion and Georgescu, two "sovereigntists" who don't attack those who violate Romania's territorial sovereignty HotNews ↗
- Fury in Tehran after Ukrainian attack on ship, Zelenskyy accuses Russia of helping Iran with satellite data HotNews ↗Digi24 ↗
- Digi24: Germany changes how it makes weapons after decades of caution Digi24 ↗
- Digi24: Shiite trap in Lebanon — why Israel is stuck in war against Hezbollah Digi24 ↗
- Digi24: Another Ukrainian weapon combines swarms of FPV drones to cover military divers Digi24 ↗
- Record interest in medicine: 6,916 applicants for 1,947 places at Bucharest's Carol Davila University G4Media ↗
- Refugee woman accused of massive COVID fund fraud detained by FBI in Jamaica G4Media ↗
- Diesel continues to get more expensive on Sunday — price overview in Bucharest, Iași, Cluj, Timișoara and Constanța Libertatea ↗
- HotNews on the "boom" in sick leave: in neighboring country last year, one in three employees took sick leave HotNews ↗
TR🇹🇷Turkey
- Known is the "showcase" of the new party: Özgür Özel came with his team to Atatürk's mausoleum Milliyet ↗
- Turkish intelligence service MİT published for the first time a document kept secret for 91 years Hürriyet ↗
- Plans for water security for all 81 provinces are being prepared Milliyet ↗
- A minimum consumption tax will be introduced Milliyet ↗
- Milliyet on the new front in Yemen and on the UN returning to Syria after seventeen years Milliyet ↗Milliyet ↗
- Hürriyet report: "Life stopped in the shadow of war — Iranians are unhappy, tired and frightened" Hürriyet ↗
- Recalculations for the year 2028 have already begun in the United States Hürriyet ↗
- Turkey is shrouded in smoke, torrential rains paralyzed life and lightning killed a person Hürriyet ↗Milliyet ↗
- The new designs of euro banknotes were not very popular with Europeans Hürriyet ↗
RS🇷🇸Serbia
- Politika: Zelenskyy claims Russia is photographing American bases in the Persian Gulf and sending data to Iran Politika ↗
- Politika: Fires in Madrid and Ávila are not under control, approximately 90 thousand people evacuated Politika ↗
- Politika: Parts of a rocket fell on a high-rise building during a night ballistic attack on Kyiv Politika ↗
- Politika: Over 1,400 British veterans must return tens of thousands of euros to the state Politika ↗
- Kurir: Orbán revealed what he reproaches Magyar with — "he should have done it, exactly as I always did" Kurir ↗
- N1 recalls that on July 26 a devastating earthquake destroyed Skopje N1 Serbia ↗
HR🇭🇷Croatia
- Večernji list: "Historical split shakes Poland's largest right-wing party" Večernji list ↗
- Berlin: Islamist extremist drove a car into a crowd at Pride, one dead and many seriously injured Večernji list ↗HRT ↗
- Director of the liquefied gas terminal on the island of Krk: "We do not expect supply problems, we will increase capacity next year" Novi list ↗
- Zelenskyy: Russia wants to bring another 30 thousand North Korean soldiers into the war Index.hr ↗HRT ↗
- 24sata: Look at Putin's face when he heard the proposal to end the war in Ukraine 24sata ↗
- Meteorological Institute issued an orange warning for three regions — storms, hail and heavy rain expected Večernji list ↗
GR🇬🇷Greece
- United States stopped attacks on Iran, Houthis open new front in the Red Sea Protothema ↗
- Greek Patriot systems shot down two Houthi rockets and another drone over Saudi Arabia To Vima ↗Protothema ↗
- Saudi defense minister called Dendias and thanked Greece for the interceptions Protothema ↗
- Arab coalition announced military strike against Houthis Protothema ↗
- Iran claims it sold oil for 18 billion dollars despite the war Protothema ↗
- Court blocked Trump's executive order on mail-in voting in twenty-three states Protothema ↗
- Vietnamese cargo ship sank in the South China Sea: 23 missing, 39 rescued Protothema ↗
- Naftemporiki: From satellites to mega-infrastructures in space Naftemporiki ↗
- Naftemporiki: The body that terrified the regime — the dark posthumous odyssey of Evita Perón Naftemporiki ↗
- To Vima recalls the story of dictator Ioannis Metaxas To Vima ↗
SE🇸🇪Sweden
- Aron Lund in Dagens Nyheter: "Dictatorships will soon rule the world — we must learn to understand how they think" Dagens Nyheter ↗
- Editorial Dagens Nyheter: The European Union is following its plan on how to get rich — the Swedish plan was forgotten Dagens Nyheter ↗
- Crisis-torn UN looks for a new secretary-general Svenska Dagbladet ↗
- General's warning: we've run out of missiles Expressen ↗
- Svenska Dagbladet: "Forest policy is increasingly harmful to the environment" Svenska Dagbladet ↗
- Personnel repercussions after chaos in social democracy: "Replaces Platner" Aftonbladet ↗
FI🇫🇮Finland
- Finnish public broadcaster: police investigate Berlin act as Islamist terrorism Yle ↗
- Low-income households will receive huge support to buy an electric car — range anxiety may slow it down Yle ↗
- On Mallorca they demonstrated against overtourism Yle ↗
- Ilta-Sanomat warns of "electric winter": concerning signals in the energy market Ilta-Sanomat ↗
- Measles spreading in the United States the most in thirty-five years Helsingin Sanomat ↗
- Column by Jussi Eronen: artificial intelligence will not destroy cybersecurity, but we need to hurry with protection against criminals Yle ↗
SI🇸🇮Slovenia
- Delo: American giants still dominate — but only because we allow it Delo ↗
- Delo: On the way to more appropriate housing policy Delo ↗
- Žurnal24 reveals new problems in Dobrunje prison — this time camera systems failed Žurnal24 ↗
- Žurnal24: Slovenia is also seeing more "victims of Google Maps" Žurnal24 ↗
- Urška Žigartová stood at the start of the Tour race a good month after a terrifying fall Delo ↗
BG🇧🇬Bulgaria
- Seven injured sailors and two missing after drone attack on ship near Odesa 24 Chasa ↗
- In Athens arrested a man with a hand grenade who planned to blow up a judge 24 Chasa ↗
- Russia will extend the ban on gasoline exports until the end of 2026 24 Chasa ↗
- Comment: Will Iran become another "permanent war" of the United States? 24 Chasa ↗
- Minister Ivan Šiškov promises Hemus highway to Veliko Tarnovo by the end of his term 24 Chasa ↗
- Dnevnik: How Varna has been implementing the project of a new stadium for twenty years Dnevnik ↗
LT🇱🇹Lithuania
- Resolution of Lithuanian democrats: priority is demography, with emphasis on the role of the European Union in the security of the continent LRT ↗
- In Rokiškis district they buried the remains of fifteen partisans murdered by the Soviets and their relatives 15min ↗
- According to Lithuanian media, Trump unexpectedly warned Ukraine 15min ↗
- Entrepreneurs in Palanga propose to charge an entrance fee to the spa town LRT ↗
- After brutal attack on teenager, message from her lawyer and red flag for social media Lietuvos Rytas ↗
🌍 Other countries
- 🇱🇻 Latvia will assess the possibility of introducing immigration quotas and Ukraine hopes to deploy its own ballistic missiles against targets in Russia in the coming months LSM ↗LSM ↗
- 🇧🇦 American intelligence claims that Mujtaba Khamenei is more open to nuclear weapons development; Venezuela deposited billions in gold in London eighteen years ago and now cannot access it Klix.ba ↗Klix.ba ↗
- 🇧🇦 In Tel Aviv, protesters demonstrated against violence on the West Bank, protesters accused Israel of apartheid and arrests followed Klix.ba ↗
- 🇲🇰 Slobodenpečat: Israel opens a new front in the United States — million-dollar campaigns via influencers and artificial intelligence Slobodenpečat ↗
- 🇲🇰 The European Union approved 140.5 million euros in financial aid for Bosnia and Herzegovina; after the theft of railway energy infrastructure, Minister Nikoloski assures that the city train will depart on September 1 MKD.mk ↗MKD.mk ↗
- 🇦🇱 In Albania, the fifty-sixth day of protests against Prime Minister Rama took place — resignation is a non-negotiable demand for protesters and citizens have "occupied" the third police station Balkanweb ↗Gazeta Shqiptare ↗
- 🇲🇪 Vijesti asks whether Andrijevica will be next in line to "surrender" Kosovo; DW analyzes Montenegrin visas and passports Vijesti ↗Vijesti ↗
- 🇲🇩 Corruption case at the top of Moldovan air traffic control: two detained go to thirty days in prison, a third to house arrest Ziarul de Gardă ↗BANI.md ↗
- 🇲🇩 The Moldovan parliament approved in first reading a law on the cryptocurrency market and Igor Dodon's brother remains on the security service list as Igor Chaika's associate Ziarul de Gardă ↗Ziarul de Gardă ↗
- 🇮🇸 Iran's revenues from oil sales are on track this year; Icelandic Morgunblaðið warns that "a sleep-deprived prime minister raises concerns" RÚV ↗Morgunblaðið ↗
- 🇩🇰 Politiken: "Dana Jørgensen's bomb will create a billion-euro hole in the state treasury"; Berlingske recalls that Germany has already experienced several deadly car-ramming attacks on crowds Politiken ↗Berlingske ↗
- 🇪🇪 Postimees: Dark clouds over airBaltic airlines and burning logistics centers in Russia; Russia expects new reinforcements from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Postimees ↗Postimees ↗
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian public broadcaster: German police search for the named perpetrator NRK ↗
- 🇲🇹 Malta granted 143 presidential pardons to people who fraudulently obtained disability benefits; opposition PN demands a plan for the island's sustainable capacity after power outages affecting tourists Newsbook ↗Lovin Malta ↗
- 🇺🇸 Brazil denied visas to American officials before elections, Hawaii's vice governor was charged in a corruption scheme and Trump's tariffs alarm Republicans before elections CBS News ↗The Hill ↗The Hill ↗
🔁 Cross-country themes
- Car attack on Berlin's Christopher Street Day, suspect from Islamist scene at large — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇸🇪 SE · 🇫🇮 FI · 🇩🇰 DK · 🇱🇹 LT · 🇮🇸 IS · 🇳🇴 NO · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇧🇬 BG · 🇺🇦 UA · 🇺🇸 US (more than 20 countries)
- Fires in France and Spain: over 250,000 evacuated, Bordeaux and Madrid under pressure — 🇫🇷 FR · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇱🇺 LU · 🇷🇸 RS · 🇱🇹 LT · 🇺🇦 UA · 🇺🇸 US
- Trump halted strikes on Iran to give diplomacy a chance; New York Times adds risk of Patriot missile stockpile depletion — 🇳🇱 NL · 🇺🇦 UA · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇧🇪 BE
- Ukraine struck an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea; Russia conducts satellite reconnaissance of American bases for Iran, according to Kyiv — 🇺🇦 UA · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇷🇸 RS · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇭🇺 HU
- Zelensky: Russia wants another 30,000 troops from North Korea and is preparing to expand mobilization — 🇺🇦 UA · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇧🇬 BG · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇪🇪 EE
- Kazakh President Tokayev called on Putin to freeze the war, the Kremlin refused — 🇺🇦 UA · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇲🇰 MK · 🇪🇪 EE · 🇮🇸 IS · 🇭🇷 HR
- Houthis struck refineries in Riyadh, the Red Sea opens as a second front; Iran reports 18 billion dollars from oil sales — 🇮🇹 IT · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇹🇷 TR · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇮🇸 IS · 🇵🇱 PL
- Rift in the Law and Justice party became a European theme — 🇵🇱 PL · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇩🇪 DE
- The removal of Karim Khan from the helm of the International Criminal Court has a sequel — 🇨🇭 CH · 🇬🇧 UK · 🇧🇦 BA · 🇪🇸 ES
- Ebola epidemic in Congo exceeded three thousand infected and 1,300 dead — 🇧🇪 BE · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇩🇰 DK · 🇸🇪 SE · 🇳🇴 NO · 🇫🇮 FI · 🇬🇷 GR
- Indian "locust" movement: education minister resigned after student protests — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇮🇪 IE · 🇮🇸 IS
🌍 Hidden processes: what gets lost in the overview
The war in Ukraine and the war in Iran have merged into one theater. Until now, these were two separate conflicts. Over the past twenty-four hours, a two-way link has emerged: Ukraine struck an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea, Tehran blamed it for the attack, and Zelensky subsequently declared that Russia is photographing American military facilities in the Persian Gulf for Iran. If Ukrainian strikes become part of the Middle Eastern war, it also changes Washington's calculation — the New York Times already writes that Trump postponed escalation against Iran partly due to the risk of Patriot missile stockpile depletion. Yet Kyiv is requesting those very same systems.Europe is fighting record fires with a shrinking air fleet. Behind the hectares and evacuations, a structural layer is being lost. The Spanish newspaper El Español calculated that the country lost half of its active large-capacity firefighting aircraft fleet over eight years, and ABC recalls that the anti-fire "kit" announced by Sánchez for this summer has not yet been purchased by the state. In France, Le Monde published an open criticism that speaks of "the failure of a policy that was supposed to ensure the availability of Canadair aircraft". The first deployment of the military transport aircraft A400M for firefighting is in this light an admission that the civilian fleet is not sufficient.
Italy has two contradictory stories about police in one week. At the high-speed rail construction site in Chiomonte, sixty police officers were injured and four service vehicles caught fire; the government is using this as a weapon against the opposition. A few days later, the same country debates whether the new criminal shield for police applies in the case of a man who died during a police operation — and a judge publicly says that "agents made a mistake". In the meantime, President Mattarella expressed solidarity with the police. It's the same dispute about the limits of state violence, just from two opposite sides.
