DE🇩🇪German Media
- At Leipzig airport, a drone with explosives was found near a Ukrainian cargo aircraft; that same night a DHL aircraft collided with another object — operations were paralyzed by three incidents, the Ukrainian ambassador expressed suspicion of Russian sabotage taz ↗ZDF heute ↗
- FAZ: Germany lacks effective defense against drones — MP Kiesewetter (CDU) demands NATO consultations and speaks of "testing by Russia" FAZ ↗
- Russian disinformation campaign before state elections: fake videos and fabricated scandals target regional politicians taz ↗
- Government rejected civil service as an alternative to military service — taz calls it an evasive move, Spiegel models what a new civil service would look like taz ↗
- SPD disagrees on abolishing retirement at 63, coalition remains without agreement — n-tv proposes the Austrian model of heavy labor as a way out Tagesschau ↗
- "Historic" drought devastates crops, potato harvest will also be weaker ZDF heute ↗
- CDU MP Bareiß announced a break after a car accident under the influence of drugs, young party members demand his resignation Handelsblatt ↗
- Long sentences for neo-Nazi group "Letzte Verteidigungswelle" ZDF heute ↗
- Lithuanian border guard found unfinished tunnel for migrants under fence on Belarus border Spiegel ↗
- Billion-euro revenues from frozen Russian assets go to Ukraine Spiegel ↗
- Turkey advances peace agreement with PKK, release of convicted fighters on the table n-tv ↗
- Economists: AfD program for Saxony-Anhalt has a billion-euro hole and is not financeable Tagesspiegel ↗
- Infineon is on record track thanks to demand for AI chips, DAX closed in negative territory after new high FAZ ↗
- CSU wants to overhaul electric vehicle subsidies in favor of German manufacturers Tagesschau ↗
- Playmobil again reported a three-figure million-euro loss Spiegel ↗
- Head of AI division at Alphabet leaves post, stock weakens significantly Handelsblatt ↗
- Federal Center for Political Education returns to anti-communist roots taz ↗
- Artificial intelligence from Anthropic sent people phishing emails on its own initiative Tagesschau ↗
- Nadezhdín was Putin's fig leaf, now he too is fleeing n-tv ↗
- Berlin–Hamburg line will be closed at night again, dispute over higher rail tolls could make Deutschlandticket more expensive Spiegel ↗
PL🇵🇱Polish Media
- Court rejected appeal of the Law and Justice party — PiS will not receive six million zloty subsidy, finance minister calls it a crushing ruling TVN24 ↗
- Prosecution stopped investigation into "diplomatic treason" related to Smolensk 2010 Do Rzeczy ↗
- Year of Karol Nawrocki's presidency: polls show clear polarization of assessments Rzeczpospolita ↗
- Tusk signed first advisor nominations — "Nawrocki failed to fulfill constitutional duty" Gazeta Wyborcza ↗
- Major operation by services around Polish Olympic Committee chairman, searches ordered by prosecution Do Rzeczy ↗
- Russians within striking distance of Kramatorsk, forced evacuation begins of the last major defending city in Donetsk region Do Rzeczy ↗
- "The enemy attacks everything without exception" — Onet analyzes new phase of war in Ukraine Onet ↗
- Poland competes with Ukraine for Patriot systems, admits deputy minister; according to Reuters, negotiations on Ukrainian Patriot production are ongoing Do Rzeczy ↗
- Trump rejected Zelensky's request for interceptor supply, according to Polish media Do Rzeczy ↗
- August temperature record tied — 39 °C in Radom, break comes Thursday through pressure low Justyna Onet ↗
- Pope Leo XIV will visit Poland, first details of trip are known Onet ↗
- Number of Type A hepatitis infections rising Gazeta Wyborcza ↗
HU🇭🇺Hungarian Media
- Chief news editor of public M1 fired a day after appointment — Gábor Hajdú, former spokesman for the Mészáros group, speaks of virtual lynching and claims he was fired with the same reasoning he was hired 444 ↗
- State lottery Szerencsejáték Zrt. terminated contract with Gyula Balasy's firm and is overhauling its agency model Index ↗
- Energy crisis: last Paks turbine holds, but according to Portfolio complete shutdown of Paks hangs by a thread — Magyar Nemzet meanwhile attacks that a member of Tisza government would shut down the plant permanently Portfolio ↗
- Magyar Péter announced adoption of comprehensive energy development plan 24.hu ↗
- Budakalász recorded 41.4 °C, nationwide temperatures exceeded 40 degrees and heat caused multi-hour power outage in parts of Budapest HVG ↗
- A half-ton bomb was found in the open Danube riverbed near Kisoroszi HVG ↗
- Danube decline threatens canal system and irrigation in Vojvodina, eleven hotel boats stranded in Hungary Népszava ↗
- Danube flow also fell to historic low on Romanian section HVG ↗
- Von der Leyen: Ukraine will receive 1.4 billion euros from revenues of frozen Russian assets Magyar Nemzet ↗
- Magyar Nemzet claims jihadists among migrants in Ceuta Magyar Nemzet ↗
- Bálint Ruff initiated extraordinary session, parliament will reconvene next week 444 ↗
- Carcinogenic poison flows into Danube, opposite on Hajógyári island sunbeds are laid out 444 ↗
- Most famous Roma actress humiliated at SZFE drama school entrance exams, school launched investigation 444 ↗
- Travel agency Robinson Tours announced insolvency Népszava ↗
- Bertalan Havasi responded to news about election of republic president with the word "unnecessary" Index ↗
- Balázs Hankó spent over hundred million forints on a film Telex can't explain Telex ↗
- Police deleted their own video in which death with scythe hunted scooter riders HVG ↗
- Mészáros group distributes twenty trucks of mineral water during heat wave Magyar Nemzet ↗
- Vitézy: 42 new 120-meter trains will be purchased, Szentendre, Csepel and Ráckeve lines will be restored 444 ↗
- One of the big banks questioned whether housing purchase support should be done this way Index ↗
AT🇦🇹Austrian media
- For the second day in a row, Austria's absolute temperature record fell — 41.2 °C was measured Kleine Zeitung ↗
- After the so-called tank scandal, a raid followed ORF ↗
- Die Presse: war with Iran exposes the breaking lines of the global economy — and in another article, that it has depleted part of the American weapons arsenal Die Presse ↗
- Iran and Oman are on the verge of an agreement on a new route through the Strait of Hormuz Die Presse ↗
- Kim Jong-un delivers Putin additional fire support: North Korean missiles against Ukraine Die Presse ↗
- According to Die Presse, Russia attempted to deliberately destabilize presidential candidates Die Presse ↗
- Hungarian journalists documented ten years of manipulation and censorship Die Presse ↗
- Drought hits farmers hard — Carinthian livestock farmers send cattle prematurely to slaughter and Alpine pastures are draining the last water reserves Kleine Zeitung ↗
- "The bill will come": drought will hit Austrians in the wallet Kleine Zeitung ↗
- Die Presse: the state should save the locality, not individual factories Die Presse ↗
- Who will replace Christine Lagarde? Die Presse names favorites for the head of the European Central Bank Die Presse ↗
- Left-wing candidate El-Sayed won the Democratic primary in Michigan and could be the first Muslim U.S. senator ORF ↗
- Voest is moving commodity flows entirely from water to rail Kleine Zeitung ↗
- New investigation: "Children were brought to Austria and sexually abused" Kurier ↗
- Die Presse: Infantino as FIFA chief is long untenable — Kleine Zeitung reports new accusations and an emergency meeting called Die Presse ↗
- China overpays Taiwanese experts, Taipei responds with raids ORF ↗
- Israeli army attacks Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon ORF ↗
- Government wants to ease the adoption of measures, debate opens about Sunday sales ORF ↗
- Greek stored his father's body and cashed his pension Kleine Zeitung ↗
- Slovenian president was injured in a car accident, was not wearing a seatbelt Kleine Zeitung ↗
- The world's largest outdoor laboratory for drones is in Klagenfurt Die Presse ↗
UA🇺🇦Ukrainian media
- A Russian ballistic strike on Kyiv and its surroundings claimed at least 17 dead and 34 wounded, eight people died at a railway station in Brovary district where they missed the last train Censor.NET ↗
- Deliveries of missiles for Ukrainian air defense have fallen by two-thirds and new Russian tactics are deepening the problem Kyiv Independent ↗
- Presidential advisor warns of hundreds of ballistic missiles monthly and advises companies to rebuild logistics Interfax Ukraine ↗
- Russia destroyed one of the largest Class A logistics complexes near Kyiv — warehouses of Rozetka, Epicenter and PUMA branded goods, damage runs into billions of hryvnias Censor.NET ↗
- Bloomberg: former diplomats of Britain, France, Germany and Russia held informal talks about the war in Vienna Censor.NET ↗
- Putin replaced key commanders for Ukraine as Russian offensive in Donbas slowed Kyiv Post ↗
- 525 children are subject to forced evacuation from Kramatorsk Interfax Ukraine ↗
- Ukrainian intelligence: Russia plans to deploy six launch facilities and 120 missiles from North Korea in the Voronezh region Interfax Ukraine ↗
- In Moscow, the son-in-law of the commander of Russian air and space forces died in an explosion Kyiv Post ↗
- Former Ukrainian ambassador to the USA Stefanishyna received new suspicion in a corruption case Kyiv Post ↗
- The European Union will send Ukraine another 1.4 billion euros from the proceeds of frozen Russian assets, it is the fifth transfer Ukrainian Truth ↗
- Independent economists worsened the forecast for Ukraine's economic growth this year from 2.4 to 1.1 percent Interfax Ukraine ↗
- After the closure of the sea corridor, Ukraine could lose up to 40 percent of iron ore production Censor.NET ↗
- Ukrzaliznytsia is looking for new routes for grain exports after port closures Censor.NET ↗
- Zelensky to ambassadors: weapons are needed in Ukraine, not in warehouses Kyiv Post ↗
- Kyiv Post balances a 40-day oil campaign — what it achieved and what it didn't Kyiv Post ↗
- An 18-year-old agent of the Russian Federation who was collecting data on a Kyiv drone enterprise was detained Censor.NET ↗
- The cabinet has raised over 2.3 trillion hryvnias from bond sales since the beginning of the full invasion Censor.NET ↗
- According to a poll, 44 percent of Ukrainians think that presidential elections should be held as soon as possible Censor.NET ↗
- Vilnius city hall will stop accepting written submissions in Russian Censor.NET ↗
- Ukrainian drones again hit Wildberries warehouses in the Tula region Kyiv Independent ↗
FR🇫🇷French media
- Verdict in the Pormanov case: two streamers received suspended sentences and "digital banishment," the first punishment of its kind RFI ↗
- Russian services have French presidential elections "in their sights," warns Courrier International Courrier International ↗
- Glucksmann is the target of a Russian disinformation campaign on X and TikTok networks, calling to "not have a shaking hand toward Musk and the Chinese Communist Party" BFM TV ↗
- Quai d'Orsay withdrew a racist video published by the French embassy in Congo Libération ↗
- "Primaries for fifteen euros" divide socialists even more Mediapart ↗
- Drought affects livestock farming: "We will produce less milk," says a farmer — Courrier International maps European rivers under pressure from the Danube to the Loire BFM TV ↗
- The drying Danube threatens Central Europe's economy BFM TV ↗
- Libération on Ceuta: "A wave of misinformation really took place" — and the Union changes its tone after political exploitation of the crisis Libération ↗
- Chef Jean Imbert faces accusations of physical and psychological violence BFM TV ↗
- The investigation revealed ambiguous conversations with minors, banalization of racism and sexism, and toxic management Libération ↗
- The United States has already returned one hundred billion dollars collected in tariffs Le Figaro ↗
- Le Monde profiles Aleksandra Čeferina, the official who broke Infantino Le Monde ↗
- Paris stock exchange breaks records despite crises, France 24 explains why France 24 ↗
- Explosion in demand for electricity for artificial intelligence is pulling Siemens Energy results Le Figaro ↗
- Taiwan launched annual maneuvers, for the first time also with internet outages, and is investigating 17 companies funded by Beijing for poaching tech talent BFM TV ↗
- According to a study, people prefer stories generated by artificial intelligence BFM TV ↗
- Bitcoin movements not seen since the FTX exchange collapse in 2022 BFM TV ↗
- Portugal hunts "narcolanchas," fast boats favored by drug traffickers Courrier International ↗
- Paris city hall wants to reduce housing prices by twenty percent Le Figaro ↗
- Writer Didier Decoin, winner of the Goncourt Prize in 1977, died BFM TV ↗
- A cargo ship sank in the Red Sea after an attack by a booby-trapped boat Le Figaro ↗
IT🇮🇹Italian Media
- Member of Vannacci's Ziello group showed a noose in parliament as a protest against the SAFE defense mechanism Open ↗
- Center-right opens the door to the SAFE program and sets 0.9 percent of GDP for defense, rejection of rearmament divides the Democratic Party Open ↗
- Vannacci targets the disillusioned from the Five Star Movement, his research center writes to Beppe Grillo La Repubblica ↗
- Vote on Delmastro's squads is heading for public scrutiny, the rapporteur of the majority has backed away Il Fatto Quotidiano ↗
- Parliamentary committee Copasir warns that mafia clans are using increasingly complex technologies ANSA ↗
- Chamber approved with 181 votes the majority resolution regarding minister Giorgetti's statement ANSA ↗
- Extended discount on consumption tax — 17 cents on diesel, "we're cutting at the ministries" La Repubblica ↗
- In Morocco, 25 people were accused of organizing human trafficking to Ceuta Il Fatto Quotidiano ↗
- Financial Times: Trump's administration paid a hundred billion in refunds from tariffs Il Fatto Quotidiano ↗
- Trump attacked the Democratic primaries in Michigan as "rigged elections" ANSA ↗
- Trump's helicopter and transport aircraft were too close together, Washington air traffic controllers are under scrutiny La Repubblica ↗
- Government is trying again Rome's candidacy for the 2029 athletics world championships Il Fatto Quotidiano ↗
- Former Rainews journalist claims he was fired because he is pro-Russian Open ↗
- Prosecutor in Rome is seeking to drop the asbestos case at the headquarters of public broadcaster RAI AGI ↗
- White House is tightening the reins on the most powerful artificial intelligence models AGI ↗
- Near the island of Panarea, new hydrothermal vents and a large underwater crater were discovered ANSA ↗
- Investigation into Mattio's death is being conducted for negligent homicide, in another case the ex-partner was arrested for the July murder of Daniela ANSA ↗
- Tomorrow heatwaves peak, red alert applies in 27 out of 27 cities La Repubblica ↗
- Solar eclipse August 12: where and how to safely observe it Open ↗
- Satellite images show how the Danube changed in a single year La Stampa ↗
CH🇨🇭Swiss Media
- Minister Rösti cuts funding for climate-resilient forests: "This will take its revenge later" Tages-Anzeiger ↗
- NZZ: this is what it sounds like when Russia interferes in the campaign before the neutrality vote NZZ ↗
- Politics responds to hot summer: air conditioning for all SRF ↗
- Climatologist: "We must handle water more carefully" — association helps farmers with short-term measures against grass shortage SRF ↗
- Satellite images show dried-up and brown Switzerland on five extreme examples Tages-Anzeiger ↗
- Legionella in Basel's Manor shopping center: criminal proceedings opened for negligent homicide Tages-Anzeiger ↗
- Leipzig airport narrowly escaped disaster, police seized a drone with explosives near a Ukrainian aircraft Tages-Anzeiger ↗
- Tehran reports progress toward an agreement with Oman SRF ↗
- France expelled "Putin's propagandist" Xenia Fedorova on the grounds that she "spreads disinformation and destabilizes" Tages-Anzeiger ↗
- Consequence of disinformation: violence against Ukrainian refugees is rising in Poland SRF ↗
- NZZ in commentary says Germany must radically overhaul its business model NZZ ↗
- Katherina Reiche for NZZ: "Germany's exit from nuclear power was a difficult wrong decision" NZZ ↗
- NZZ: The United States is rightfully nervous, confidence in American government debt has fallen NZZ ↗
- NZZ: God's warriors in the White House — how Christian rhetoric incites war with Iran NZZ ↗
- Researchers are surprised: artificial intelligence manipulated people with false identities and sent phishing on its own SRF ↗
- Taiwan drills resistance to Chinese attack NZZ ↗
- Record-breaking stock market rush has accelerated further NZZ ↗
- SpaceX doubled revenue and cut losses in half Tages-Anzeiger ↗
- Bulgarian neo-Nazis allegedly threatened Jewish youths from Italy Tages-Anzeiger ↗
- Entrepreneurs are resisting a "second Platzspitz" in Zurich's drug scene SRF ↗
LU🇱🇺Luxembourg Media
- Minister: Schengen must not be hostage to the migration issue Luxembourg Times ↗
- Agreement with Israel raises questions about Hamas disarmament Luxemburger Wort ↗
- Drone with payload at Leipzig airport was defused, Ukrainian ambassador expressed suspicion Luxemburger Wort ↗
- Luxair will not add flights to Porto, even though Portuguese TAP is canceling the route Luxembourg Times ↗
- Police in Los Angeles arrested an armed man before Trump's appearance Luxemburger Wort ↗
- Inmate hit prison employee with porcelain plate Luxemburger Wort ↗
- After the fire, the sports hall in Lultzhausen must come down Luxemburger Wort ↗
- What are actually the odds that something will kill you during a hike in a Luxembourg forest Luxembourg Times ↗
- Phil Collins: "My organs simply stopped working" Luxemburger Wort ↗
ES🇪🇸Spanish Media
- Interior Minister Marlaska raised the number of migrants who came to Ceuta to 72,000, most have already returned La Vanguardia ↗
- El País: the term "migration crisis" explains nothing about what is happening in Ceuta El País ↗
- Extremadura will appeal "on land, sea and air" against the distribution of migrant minors and filed five lawsuits eldiario.es ↗
- The People's Party accuses the socialists of coming "late and poorly" with measures against the asbestos operation in Albacete ABC ↗
- Ayuso defends the attic purchased by the Madrid Community: "It was not for personal use" — they paid 6.3 million euros for it eldiario.es ↗
- Controversy around Navarrese priest Javier Aizpun, who demands to "bomb Rabat" and start the "reconquest" El Español ↗
- State will support the green steel mill Hydnum Steel in Puertollane with 150 million ABC ↗
- British authorities raised alert after revealing dangerous behavior of Anthropic and OpenAI models: "It is the first fraud targeting a real person" El País ↗
- According to El Español, China is appropriating American artificial intelligence models to improve military systems El Español ↗
- The worst drought in forty years dried up the Danube and Rhine — nuclear power plants shut down and shipping halted El País ↗
- Taiwanese drills against Chinese invasion include internet outages for the first time ABC ↗
- ABC: China is gaining troubling military insights from Russia ABC ↗
- A sixty-two-year-old man killed a twenty-year-old in a Valencia operation and confessed to police El Español ↗
- Three people were identified for beating a sixteen-year-old boy in Bilbao who was celebrating world championships El Español ↗
- Barcelona's transit authority is checking the ceilings of all metro tunnels after the fire at Glòries La Vanguardia ↗
- Apple removed Telegram from the App Store, the platform's founder explains why La Vanguardia ↗
- After the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, several athletes went missing La Vanguardia ↗
- A new eruption of Fuego volcano in Guatemala affected about 29,000 people La Vanguardia ↗
- Flamenco guitarist Pepe Habichuela died El Español ↗
BE🇧🇪Belgian media
- Drone with eight hundred grams of explosives near Ukrainian cargo plane in Leipzig, then DHL aircraft hit another object and had to emergency land — three incidents grounded the airport De Morgen ↗VRT NWS ↗
- "Even a small amount of Semtex can completely destroy an aircraft" — Het Laatste Nieuws reconstructs minute by minute how an attentive airport employee averted catastrophe Het Laatste Nieuws ↗
- Ukraine increasingly fails to protect civilians from Russian missile attacks, "Russia has found their Achilles heel" De Standaard ↗
- "Russia must pay": EU allocated 1.4 billion euros from frozen Russian assets for Ukraine La Libre ↗
- Drought: in more than eighty percent of Flemish groundwater, the level is low or very low La Libre ↗
- Forest fire makes the abstract crime "ecocide" very concrete De Morgen ↗
- De Standaard mapped where forest fires are raging most fiercely in Europe De Standaard ↗
- Number of registered unemployed in Brussels fell forty percent in July La Libre ↗
- Anthropic's Mythos 5 model created false identities during British testing, OpenAI and Anthropic models again exceeded testing limits La Libre ↗
- La Libre: American AI regulation should target only OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic La Libre ↗
- Representative Crucke wants debate on young drivers' access to the most powerful vehicles La Libre ↗
- Japan seeks "backup capital" in case of major catastrophe in Tokyo VRT NWS ↗
- Lula emphasized to Putin the importance of Russian fertilizers and oil for Brazil La Libre ↗
- FIFA crisis continues, Infantino called emergency meeting La Libre ↗
- Canada approved clinical trials of Moderna's Ebola vaccine La Libre ↗
- Former Carrefour chain chief Daniel Bernard died at age eighty La Libre ↗
- Classic pickpocket trick returns to Spain, victims mostly elderly and intoxicated tourists Het Laatste Nieuws ↗
- Neighborhood speculates about violent death of late-night store operator Jaswinder Het Laatste Nieuws ↗
- West Flemish fish managing the prolonged drought so far VRT NWS ↗
PT🇵🇹Portuguese media
- Unemployment rate fell to 5.3 percent in the second quarter Observador ↗
- Public broadcaster RTP leadership suspended bonuses after finance ministry audit CM Jornal ↗
- Five largest banks reduced staff by 283 employees in first half RTP ↗
- Criminal police seized two tons of cocaine in container ship in Sines RTP ↗
- Ventura insists on dismissal of Luís Nogueiro: "If decisions are not made, degradation will be complete" CM Jornal ↗
- Health inspection postponed case of pregnant woman who lost child in 2025 RTP ↗
- United States spent large part of rocket reserves in war, according to Observador Observador ↗
- El-Sayed, Israel critic, won primary in Michigan Observador ↗
- British Prime Minister Burnham will not investigate Epstein's activities in United Kingdom Observador ↗
- Armed man who was staking out golf course before Trump's visit arrested Diário de Notícias ↗
- Four-ton section of SpaceX rocket crashed into Moon Diário de Notícias ↗
- Eclipse viewing glasses given away for free sold out RTP ↗
- Foreign ministry condemned Russian attacks on Ukraine and confirmed solidarity with Kyiv CM Jornal ↗
- NGO documented 104 human rights violations in Mexico during world championships CM Jornal ↗
- Casa Marques Gonçalves, owner of Paladin brand, bought food brand Diese for 300 thousand euros Expresso ↗
- Europe wants electric car but let someone else get their hands dirty, writes Observador Observador ↗
- On TikTok almost everyone recommends sunscreen, but misinformation prevails Público ↗
- United States declared state of emergency for uncontrolled fires in northwest RTP ↗
- Gaza buried 112 bodies in mass funeral of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks CM Jornal ↗
- After 236 years treasures of English factory discovered Observador ↗
IE🇮🇪Irish media
- Prime Minister Burnham first considered then rejected public investigation of Epstein's activities in Britain but will meet with victims RTÉ ↗
- Meteorological Institute: July was third hottest month in measurement history, also among driest and sunniest The Irish Times ↗
- Limiting climate law being considered to prevent "paralysis" of infrastructure, says Minister Chambers The Irish Times ↗
- Former Supreme Court judge Hugh O'Flaherty died at age eighty-eight The Irish Times ↗
- Flutter betting group chief Peter Jackson leaves next month The Irish Times ↗
- Israel resumed strikes in Lebanon while talks underway in Rome RTÉ ↗
- Artificial intelligence from Anthropic used false identities to target people in United Kingdom RTÉ ↗
- Sixteen-year-old girl died after collapse during match in Wexford RTÉ ↗
- Daniel Kinahan rejects five-million-euro reward for information as "nonsense" and claims he's happy to fly economy class Irish Independent ↗
- New Mexico sues US government for access to Epstein files The Irish Times ↗
NL🇳🇱Dutch Media
- Netanyahu rejected proposal to disarm Hamas and withdraw Israel from Gaza, confirmed Israel is not cooperating on Trump's plan de Volkskrant ↗
- Cyber attack on partner firm of bol.com and Bijenkorf stores, customer data may be exposed NU.nl ↗
- Large fire in dunes near Wassenaar, hotel evacuated as precaution and beach guests fled NU.nl ↗
- Drone found at Leipzig airport contained explosives: "very serious security incident" AD ↗
- Anthropic AI agent sought to deceive people with fake accounts in British test NU.nl ↗
- SpaceX rocket stage ended up on the Moon, experts warn space is becoming a junkyard AD ↗
- Prisoner set fire to own cell in Scheveningen prison AD ↗
- Housing thirty asylum holders in Haarlem hotel costs one million euros per year De Telegraaf ↗
- Growers in Boskoop can continue irrigating with ditch water AD ↗
- South Korean police raided Starbucks chain headquarters after failed operation NOS ↗
- Russian disinformation campaign ahead of state elections in Germany NOS ↗
- Poll: "Every image created by artificial intelligence should be labeled" NU.nl ↗
- COC organization received International Pride Award, "recognition for eighty years of work" NOS ↗
- After seven years, Sterrenburg shooter faces court AD ↗
- Scottish police search for missing athletes from Uganda and Pakistan after Commonwealth Games AD ↗
- Drama off Callantsoog coast: one dead, search for missing person De Telegraaf ↗
- PSV and Ajax got off to a good start in pursuit of Champions League group stage NOS ↗
- Chad le Clos not celebrating Commonwealth Games record, lost home and 93-year-old neighbor in fire De Telegraaf ↗
GB🇬🇧British Media
- PM Burnham does not plan public inquiry into Epstein's activities in Britain, but will meet with victims The Mirror ↗
- Dropped disciplinary proceedings against police officer who shot Chris Kaba BBC News ↗
- BBC profiles serial candidates running against Farage in Clacton by-election BBC News ↗
- Readers divided over Burnham's early prisoner release program: "We are dependent on imprisonment" The Independent ↗
- "Alarming" rise in catarrhal fever in sheep in British herds The Guardian ↗
- Five million Britons harmed by incorrect AI advice including financial losses The Mirror ↗
- Robotaxis could carry passengers on London streets as early as this summer The Mirror ↗
- Trafficker earned 173 thousand pounds by loading 173 people onto boat that then caught fire Daily Mail ↗
- Disgraced reality TV star Stephen Bear admitted breaching sex offender register The Independent ↗
- "Worst European plastic pellets spill" sparked mass volunteer response on British river The Mirror ↗
- Man who stabbed ex-partner twelve times in front of child on busy street going to prison The Mirror ↗
- Concerns grow over 84-year-old Mitch McConnell after 47 missed votes Daily Mail ↗
- Radical insurgent candidate humbled Democratic party leaders in Michigan Daily Mail ↗
- Mystery philanthropist to lead new search mission for MH370 plane The Sun ↗
- Ethical pitfalls of gene therapy Financial Times ↗
- Released camera footage: man allegedly stalked teenage girl on bus and subway then sexually assaulted her Daily Mail ↗
- Search for teenager who went missing while swimming off East Yorkshire coast Sky News ↗
- Is another heat wave approaching Britain? Sky News ↗
- The Mummy film posters will be banned in places where children can see them The Independent ↗
🌍 Other countries
🇷🇴 Romanian media- The Danube reached a new historic low two days earlier than expected, river freight transport collapses Pro TV Stirile ↗
- New integrity law passed parliament, dispute erupted over partners' assets Digi24 ↗
- Former presidential advisor is suspect in a child pornography case Digi24 ↗
- Analyst on decarbonization law with five-million stake: "Initiative is a dangerous adventure" Adevărul ↗
- Adevărul: Europe has a rare window to push Putin to the wall, but risks squandering it again Adevărul ↗
- Social Democrats refuse to vote for biodiversity law unless it changes Pro TV Stirile ↗
- Remains of a drone found in water near Mamaia Libertatea ↗
- Relatives buried grandmother behind the house to collect her pension for over a year Libertatea ↗
- Number of defunct companies rose nearly thirteen percent in the first half-year Digi24 ↗
- Trump faces allegation that for a fee he offers Wall Street firms early access to his market-moving posts Pro TV Stirile ↗
🇷🇸 Serbian media
- Vučić's "final" speech on the anniversary of Operation Storm and uncomfortable aporia that daily Danas found in it Danas ↗
- Message from the Metropolia to Vučić: unwanted meddling of politicians in church affairs benefits neither the state nor the church N1 Serbia ↗
- Russian spokesperson Zakharova claims that "Macron orders Kyiv to carry out terrorist attacks" Politika ↗
- Major fire in Deliblato Sands, Minister Dačić deployed helicopters Kurir ↗
- Delta Hospitality company, which manages the Crowne Plaza hotel, acquired a contract for the EXPO village Nova ↗
- Streetcars worth 2.2 million euros sit in the depot N1 Serbia ↗
- Activist Simišić, after being detained at the border for a "sound cannon," wrote an open letter to the European Parliament Danas ↗
- Satellite images reveal the scale of catastrophe on the Danube Kurir ↗
🇭🇷 Croatian media
- Krško Nuclear Power Plant reduces reactor output to eighty percent due to high Sava temperature and drought, last did so in 2003 N1 Croatia ↗24sata ↗
- Power company HEP: if Krško shuts down, we will secure electricity from our own production and purchases HRT ↗
- The Danube is almost unnavigable, pleasure and cargo boats await higher water levels, and all of Croatia is under red alert HRT ↗
- As the Danube dries up, German warships and mammoth bones surface N1 Croatia ↗
- Defense Minister Anušić: "The human is the key to defense, Rafale without a pilot is just a piece of steel" Index.hr ↗
- Bloomberg revealed details: Europeans and Russians secretly negotiated about peace in Ukraine Index.hr ↗
- Turudić's message to Vučić: "We really don't care about that" N1 Croatia ↗
- Croatia commemorated Operation Storm, hundred photographs from Knin Večernji list ↗
🇹🇷 Turkish media
- Law "Turkey Without Terrorism" is in parliament — the pro-Kurdish party DEM also signed the draft framework law on PKK dissolution and disarmament, Erdogan claims it will "strengthen our national unity" Milliyet ↗
- Opposition İYİ Party rejected the proposal: "Is PKK supposedly a legal organization so it can dissolve itself?" Cumhuriyet ↗
- Trade union against new process: "One does not negotiate with terrorism" Cumhuriyet ↗
- United States lifted sanctions against an organization linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards Cumhuriyet ↗
- Minister Fidan: if Israeli expansionism is not stopped, the crisis will globalize TRT Haber ↗
- A four-story building collapsed in Bahçelievler Cumhuriyet ↗
- Deputy mayor of Etimesgut tested positive for drugs TRT Haber ↗
- Chinese offensive on the global auto market: BYD, Geely, and Chery brands entered the top ten Cumhuriyet ↗
🇱🇹 Lithuanian media
- Die Zeit: Germany foiled an assassination attempt prepared by Russian special services Lietuvos Rytas ↗
- Lithuanian citizen sentenced in Kaliningrad for espionage LRT ↗
- Candidates in French presidential elections became targets of Russian disinformation LRT ↗
- Police trained the public on how to recognize "red signals" in recruitment 15min ↗
- Lithuania joins the International Fund for Ukrainian Cultural Heritage LRT ↗
- Beijing compiled a blacklist of American companies, China and the United States continue exchanging sanctions Lietuvos Rytas ↗
🇱🇻 Latvian media
- Polish fortifications on the border with Russia and Belarus are visible on Google Maps LSM ↗
- Defense Minister: Latvia will need its own anti-ballistic missiles Diena ↗
- President Rinkēvičs urges to urgently find additional funding for cancer and diabetic patients Diena ↗
- Police arrested a group of phone scammers based in Moscow, they are Latvian citizens LSM ↗
- On Tuesday, seven attempts by migrants to illegally cross the border from Belarus were thwarted Diena ↗
- Representatives of NGOs after talks with the Prime Minister: "It was not a constructive dialogue" LSM ↗
🇪🇪 Estonian media
- American weapons delayed by the Iranian conflict are set to arrive in Estonia in several weeks ERR ↗
- New Swedish strategy for mineral resources aims to reduce Chinese influence, but concerns the Sámi Postimees ↗
- Editorial on security risk for Swedish prisoners Postimees ↗
- Tõnis Palts on bankrupt Levikom firm: "In difficult times, all investors discontinued talks" Äripäev ↗
- Air Baltic cancels part of winter flights Äripäev ↗
🇫🇮 Finnish media
- Editorial: Orpo and Purra's government is making a "poor man's pre-election budget" and deferring additional cuts to the next government Ilta-Sanomat ↗
- Lindtman and Purra demand realism in defense spending Helsingin Sanomat ↗
- United States lifted part of sanctions against Iran Ilta-Sanomat ↗
- Over-a-century-old bicycle manufacturer Tunturi enters bankruptcy due to financial problems of parent company Helsingin Sanomat ↗
- Sweden expels Finnish climate activist Yle ↗
- Yle has information that secret letters were left lying in an abandoned medical facility Yle ↗
- The probable cause of the explosion in Vaasa has been clarified Ilta-Sanomat ↗
🇸🇪 Swedish media
- Commentary: Jomsof's words are just the beginning of Kristersson's problems Dagens Nyheter ↗
- No Russian missile was shot down: "Unpleasant situation" Aftonbladet ↗
- Inflation decline expected: "Very low" Svenska Dagbladet ↗
- Iran agreed with Oman on a route through Hormuz Dagens Nyheter ↗
- Teenagers threw Molotov cocktail at barbershop in Norrköping SVT ↗
- Baby cribs recalled, risk of strangulation Aftonbladet ↗
🇩🇰 Danish media
- Parliament hastily called on August 12 due to migration flow DR ↗
- Politicians warn of migrants as a weapon: "Hostile forces" have already used it to pressure Europe Berlingske ↗
- New British Prime Minister to meet with British Epstein victims Politiken ↗
- Novo Nordisk trapped in clash between Danish foundation capitalism and American stock market culture Berlingske ↗
- Progressive candidate defeats seasoned opponent in tight Michigan primaries DR ↗
- Students left to fend for themselves when using artificial intelligence Berlingske ↗
🇳🇴 Norwegian media
- FIFA denies that Infantino promised Morocco World Cup final in exchange for support Aftenposten ↗
- Slovenian nuclear power plant reduces output due to low water level Aftenposten ↗
- Chinese man detained in bunker in Bodø and expelled from Norway for five years NRK ↗
- Reuters: United States lifts several sanctions against Iran; UN concerned about executions in Iran NRK ↗
- Fire at space center near Moscow NRK ↗
- Data breach at Ryde affects all customer accounts Aftenposten ↗
🇬🇷 Greek media
- Israeli TV Channel 12: Iran and Oman close to agreement, could be signed tonight Naftemporiki ↗
- Maritime organization UKMTO reports strong explosion near tanker 95 miles southeast of Yemeni Aden Naftemporiki ↗
- Protothema: three lessons from migration crisis in Ceuta and Erdogan's "blackmail" on Evros river in 2020 Protothema ↗
- Signed agreement with French company Meridiam on electrical interconnection of Greece and Cyprus To Vima ↗
- German court sentences eight teenagers for attacks on refugees and activists Protothema ↗
- 64 percent of western Attica burned in ten years To Vima ↗
- Firefighters detained seven people for open fire work, burning and grilling Protothema ↗
🇧🇬 Bulgarian media
- Russia intensifies disinformation campaigns before German elections Dnevnik ↗
- Turkey revokes citizenship from over six thousand people who obtained it illegally 24 Chasa ↗
- German warship discovered near Greek Preveza 83 years after sinking 24 Chasa ↗
- Seven tons of illegal olive oil without manufacturer found in operation near Sofia 24 Chasa ↗
- 23 kindergartens to be built and 1,800 places opened in Sofia 24 Chasa ↗
🇸🇮 Slovenian media
- Number of seriously injured rising due to record-long heat wave 24ur ↗
- Israeli embassy in Ljubljana to begin operations in September Siol ↗
- Warsaw and Washington negotiate establishment of permanent American bases in Poland RTV Slovenija ↗
- Subsidies for electric vehicle purchases ending RTV Slovenija ↗
- Delo from Ceuta directly: "Do you think they will return us to Morocco?" Delo ↗
🇧🇦 Bosnian-Herzegovinian media
- Without agreement: over two thousand miners to take to streets Friday, agony of Zenica iron works continues and eighteen miners still in Raspotočje pit N1 Bosna ↗
- SDA party electoral lists known, Zahiragić leads fight for Bosnia and Herzegovina parliament Klix.ba ↗
- German sources: Russia intensifies disinformation campaigns before elections, goal is societal polarization N1 Bosna ↗
- Mark Pieth: "Infantino has overstepped every line, attempting what never even occurred to Blatter" N1 Bosna ↗
- Wind and difficult terrain hamper firefighting, Trebinje firefighters protected houses from fire Klix.ba ↗
- Over 800 thousand displaced Lebanese returning home, UN records first signs of stabilization N1 Bosna ↗
🇲🇩 Moldovan media
- President Sandu: "Elections in Gagauzia can take place by end of year" Newsmaker ↗
- Fiscal revolution: government lowers taxes on work and raises them on tobacco, alcohol and gambling BANI.md ↗
- Kazakhstan bypasses Russia and shifts oil exports through Georgia, China finances new bond issuance BANI.md ↗
- Air defense systems deliveries to Ukraine fell by two-thirds Ziarul de Gardă ↗
- Scandal at AIPA agency: department head suspected of "selling" influence for 130 thousand lei BANI.md ↗
- Government gives green light to photovoltaic power plant in Vadul lui Vodă with 30 megawatt capacity BANI.md ↗
🇦🇱 Albanian media
- Sixty-seventh day of protests against government: demonstrators march to prime minister's office, activists demand anti-corruption SPAK arrest Rama Balkanweb ↗
- "Croatia and Romania jailed corrupt prime ministers" — citizen urges SPAK to follow their example Balkanweb ↗
- Activist from London: last diaspora return to make Rama leave Gazeta Shqiptare ↗
- Contrast of Rama from opposition and in government: "I don't have thieves in my vision for Albania" Gazeta Shqiptare ↗
- Kosovo: parties LVV and LDK still without agreement, Kurti claims he has votes to form both parliament and government Gazeta Shqiptare ↗
- Fourteen fire sites started in ten hours, seven still active Balkanweb ↗
🇲🇰 Macedonian media
- Work at forty degrees: trade union warns of collapsing workers Libertas ↗
- Drinking water analysis in Gostivar to be published by August 20 Nezavisen ↗
- Gaza like Srebrenica: mass grave of victims of Israeli attack from 2023 Nezavisen ↗
- Suspect police officer collected towing fines in cash and damaged budget by 85,500 denars Libertas ↗
- Of fourteen fire sites, eleven extinguished, active one remains near Grešnica MKD.mk ↗
🇮🇸 Icelandic media
- Death investigation, uncontrolled campaign contributions and honored Ómar Vísir ↗
- Central bank interest rates were too low in past decades Heimildin ↗
- Sólhestar association accuses MAST office of unfair conduct RÚV ↗
- Israel attacks Lebanon in shadow of negotiations RÚV ↗
🇲🇹 Maltese media
- Health authorities investigating hepatitis A outbreak linked to food establishment in Qormi Lovin Malta ↗
- ERA agency urged to reject permit for removal of hundreds of trees from Comino island Newsbook ↗
- Seized over 2,100 pieces of illegal steroids and peptides, four people arrested Lovin Malta ↗
- Over thirty thousand passports issued in Malta in first half of year Lovin Malta ↗
- Heat wave warning, feels-like temperature to reach 41 degrees Lovin Malta ↗
🇲🇪 Montenegrin media
- Fifth day of fighting fire near Velestovo in Cetinje, fire spreading, another burning in Crmnica Vijesti ↗
- Over seventy professors demand direct election of rector of University of Montenegro Vijesti ↗
- Anniversary of Operation Storm and question of who will speak worse of Montenegro Vijesti ↗
🇺🇸 American Media
- Democrats quickly rally around El-Sayed after victory in Michigan, who is already targeting Rogers The Hill ↗
- Trump says deal on Hormuz could fall today CBS News ↗
- Senator pushes Defense Department to release investigation into Iranian attack that killed six American soldiers CBS News ↗
- History washed ashore: Danube dries up due to drought CBS News ↗
- Video shows drone attacking street vendor in Ukraine CBS News ↗
- Nicotine pouches can be sold as "less risky" than cigarettes. Is it dangerous? NPR ↗
🔁 What resonated across countries
- Drone with explosives near Ukrainian aircraft at Leipzig airport and two other incidents on the same night — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇱🇺 LU · 🇱🇻 LV · 🇲🇩 MD · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇫🇷 FR (11 countries)
- Historic drought: Danube and Rhine at minimums, Krško reduced output, Paks hanging by a thread, navigation halted — 🇭🇷 HR · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇷🇸 RS · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇳🇴 NO · 🇺🇸 US (12 countries)
- Russian ballistic strike on Kyiv: seventeen dead, destroyed logistics centers, exhausted air defense — 🇺🇦 UA · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇬🇧 UK · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇲🇩 MD
- Russian disinformation campaigns before German elections and against French candidates, Paris expelled RT France's chief — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇧🇬 BG · 🇧🇦 BA · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇱🇹 LT · 🇺🇦 UA (9 countries)
- El-Sayed won Democratic primaries in Michigan, test of American left's direction — 🇺🇸 US · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇩🇰 DK · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇧🇦 BA · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇪🇪 EE · 🇬🇧 UK (10 countries)
- Iran and Oman ahead of agreement on new route through Hormuz, United States lifting part of sanctions — 🇬🇷 GR · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇸🇪 SE · 🇳🇴 NO · 🇫🇮 FI · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇹🇷 TR · 🇺🇸 US · 🇧🇦 BA
- Union sends Ukraine fifth transfer of 1.4 billion euros from proceeds of frozen Russian assets — 🇺🇦 UA · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇱🇻 LV · 🇲🇰 MK · 🇲🇩 MD · 🇩🇪 DE
- Crisis at FIFA: emergency meeting, report on promised World Cup final in Morocco — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇳🇴 NO · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇧🇦 BA · 🇱🇹 LT
- Artificial intelligence models exceeded boundaries in British test: fake identities and phishing targeting real people — 🇬🇧 UK · 🇮🇪 IE · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇫🇮 FI
- Ceuta: Morocco accused 25 smugglers, Marlaska reports 72 thousand arrivals, Union changes tone, Denmark calls parliament — 🇪🇸 ES · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇩🇰 DK · 🇱🇺 LU · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇸🇮 SI · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇩🇪 DE
- Taiwan practices defense against Chinese attack, for the first time also with internet outages — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇧🇪 BE
- Turkey filed law on dissolution and disarmament of PKK — 🇹🇷 TR · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇳🇴 NO
- Bloomberg: former diplomats of Britain, France, Germany and Russia secretly negotiated in Vienna over Ukraine — 🇺🇦 UA · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇷🇸 RS
- Lithuania found incomplete tunnel for migrants under border fence with Belarus — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇱🇹 LT
🔍 Topics that do not appear in Slovak media
Secret Vienna negotiations. According to Bloomberg agency, former diplomats of Britain, France and Germany met with an unnamed Kremlin veteran in Vienna and informally negotiated over the war in Ukraine. What is interesting is not just the meeting itself, but how differently different newsrooms read it: Polish Do Rzeczy asks whether Europe is negotiating with Russia behind Ukraine's back, Serbian Kurir writes that Russia surprised Europe again, Croatian Index reports matter-of-factly and Ukrainian media emphasize that the negotiations were unofficial and without mandate. One event, four political readings. (Kyiv Post ↗)The price of Turkish peace with Kurds. The ruling party filed a framework law in parliament on the dissolution and disarmament of the Kurdish Workers' Party and it was also signed by the pro-Kurdish DEM. Erdogan says the law will strengthen national unity, however, opposition İYİ Parti asks whether PKK is "allegedly a legal organization so it can dissolve itself," and trade unionists reject negotiations with terrorism. Part of the package is the release of convicted fighters — and that is the point where the domestic debate breaks. (Milliyet ↗)
When drought shuts down both energy and transport at once. Slovenian Krško went to eighty percent power, Croatian HEP prepared emergency supply plan, Hungarian Paks holding on its last turbine, Romanian section of Danube fell to historic minimum and eleven hotel barges got stuck. Spanish El País summarized it most sharply: the worst drought in forty years left the Danube and Rhine without water, shut down nuclear power plants and canceled navigation. We also devote attention to the topic in a separate article Record-low Danube shuts down nuclear reactor in Romania. (N1 Croatia ↗)
