What Europe writes about: Russian attack on Kryvyi Rih killed 16, Trump claims Hormuz is American, Canada pays 50% tariffs

• Merz goes to the burnt-out Eifel first after vacation. The Chancellor faces criticism for being absent during fires and heat waves. Taz comments on it as "the chancellor's last summer" FAZ ↗ZDF heute ↗Süddeutsche ↗.
• Germany and four other EU states are negotiating about deportation centers in Rwanda. Talks are to begin next week Welt ↗Spiegel ↗n-tv ↗.
• Weapons cache in a forest near Berlin, suspicion points to Moscow. FAZ writes about it as a "creeping attack" FAZ ↗Tagesschau ↗.
• Russian House in Berlin marked as security risk. It is to be headed by Xenia Fyodorova, former "Putin's face in France" FAZ ↗FAZ o Fjodorovovej ↗.
• Russia issued a search for FAZ correspondent Michael Martens for a question asked to Zelensky Spiegel ↗Welt ↗FAZ ↗.
• CDU considers a turnaround in its stance on sanctions against Israel Die Zeit ↗.
• The Left leads a poll for the first time a month before Berlin state parliament elections, the SPD is written off Welt ↗Tagesspiegel ↗.
• The commissioner for antisemitism demands deportations of "haters of Jews". Welt brings a thesis that whoever is prone to antisemitism has no place in the teaching profession n-tv ↗Welt ↗.
• Justice Minister Hubig wants to amend the Basic Law after an attack on a pride parade to protect queer people. At the same time, she is changing the law on origin for lesbian couples Tagesspiegel ↗n-tv ↗.
• Wagenknecht rejects demonization of AfD leader Siegmund: "He is not a new Hitler." Christian Democrat Amthor called him a "peddler of scented candles" n-tv ↗Welt ↗.
• Cup derby Mannheim–Kaiserslautern escalated: 85 injured, 35 police officers, mounted police on the field Spiegel ↗Welt ↗ZDF heute ↗.
• Over 30,000 heat victims in Europe this summer, most of them in Germany n-tv ↗Spiegel ↗.
• Volkswagen CEO Blume: situation is "more than critical," savings are not enough Welt ↗Handelsblatt ↗.
• Germany faces a historic turnaround toward China: "They are deindustrializing us with unfair measures." Spiegel writes about it as an "enigmatic gentle course" of minister Reiche Welt ↗Spiegel ↗.
• Gas storage is only half full, heating in winter will become more expensive. Handelsblatt claims that the government's energy policy costs consumers billions ZDF heute ↗Handelsblatt ↗.
• Assessment: the building modernization law remains potentially unconstitutional. Social Democrats meanwhile are pushing heat protection into the constitution Spiegel ↗taz ↗.
• Automakers resist restrictions on charging technology for electric vehicles that the economy minister is preparing Handelsblatt ↗.
• Paul Gauselmann died, founder of the gambling group Merkur. He built a billion-dollar conglomerate from a one-man company Handelsblatt ↗Spiegel ↗.
• Network of "fight clubs" in Germany is growing and authorities underestimate the risk ZDF heute ↗.
• Forged Süddeutsche: the newspaper's own guide on how to recognize fake copies of the paper Süddeutsche ↗.

• Government plenipotentiary Mróz-Gorgoń resigned after "Portrait of Poles" report full of errors. MP Arłukowicz says she compromised herself. The President's spokesman took the opportunity to jab at Prime Minister Tusk Gazeta Wyborcza ↗TVN24 ↗Do Rzeczy ↗.
• Fitch confirmed Poland's rating with a negative outlook. According to calculations from the law proposal, public finances after tax changes will gain Rzeczpospolita ↗Rzeczpospolita on taxes ↗.
• Government accelerates legalization of foreign residence. Lawyer from Helsinki Foundation: a pity it's only for the wealthy Gazeta Wyborcza ↗.
• Zakharova hints that Tusk's stance could "come back like a boomerang" against Poland's security Ukrainian Pravda ↗.
• Polish MEP Braun was charged with tearing down a Ukrainian flag Censor.NET ↗.
• Rzeczpospolita: Europe is backing away from climate ambitions, zero emissions are in the crosshairs Rzeczpospolita ↗.
• Romanowski in Transnistria? "Territory of the former Polish-Lithuanian union" — new chapter in the case of the fugitive ex-deputy Do Rzeczy ↗.
• Smugglers charged nine thousand euros per person to move migrants from Ceuta Wirtualna Polska ↗.
• Rzeczpospolita editor-in-chief Chrabota: shameful silence from the European Union after Ben-Gvir's words Rzeczpospolita ↗.
• Storms and torrential rains over Poland: hydrological warnings, torn roof in Podlasie TVN24 ↗Wirtualna Polska ↗hydrological warnings ↗.
• Change in diabetes treatment reimbursement without age limit, insurance will pay up to 60 million zlotys Rzeczpospolita ↗.

• Bertalan Havasi, long-time Orbán spokesman, filed a criminal complaint against Prime Minister Magyara for unpaid severance. It is the first legal dispute from the former government against the new government Telex ↗HVG ↗Népszava ↗Magyar Nemzet ↗.
• "More than half is pure shame": the Tisza party government boasted about fulfilling promises and people calculated it for them. Portfolio reminds that the cabinet launched a separate page to track its measures Magyar Nemzet ↗Portfolio ↗.
• Minister Lázár: one stroke of the pen, minus one hundred billion forints. Former Vitézy's deputy claims that highway M6 would be operated more expensively and worse by the Mészárosovci precisely because of Lázár 444 ↗HVG ↗.
• Turn in school districts: new directors are being sought with tough conditions Index ↗Népszava ↗.
• Hungarians are at the bottom of the European Union in public healthcare — what they complain about most Index ↗.
• Far-right Mi Hazánk files a criminal complaint for suspicious procurement of August 20 celebrations Telex ↗.
• Sunken boats are being pulled from the Danube — a milestone in work at Paks nuclear power plant Index ↗.
• Lye pollution seeping through at red mud tailings in Almásfüzitő HVG ↗.
• Economy moved from dead center, but far from taking off Népszava ↗.
• Support for the start of the school year will arrive on Monday, family allowances were moved forward Portfolio ↗Index ↗HVG ↗.
• In Siófok, a Mercedes driver killed a cyclist, going at least 100 in a forty zone Telex ↗24.hu ↗HVG ↗.

• U.S. Secretary of State Rubio brought Vienna and Athens to negotiations on Iran. Austria returns to the role of mediator Kleine Zeitung ↗.
• Expensive gas pressures Styrian and Carinthian industry: "It causes lasting damage" Kleine Zeitung ↗Kleine Zeitung o Korutánsku ↗.
• Austria gives farmers over 240 million euros for drought Spiegel ↗.
• Interior Minister Karner expects quick agreement on electronic bracelets for dangerous persons Kleine Zeitung ↗.
• Kleine Zeitung: Vučić fears for his power in Serbia — Austrian analysis ahead of October elections Kleine Zeitung ↗.
• Von der Leyen condemned Israeli settlement plans. An Austrian expert on international law adds that for the United States an investigation would be an "affront to sovereignty" ORF ↗Kurier ↗.
• Climate law "without penalties" — compromise that critics call toothless ORF ↗.
• Vice Chancellor Babler on summer tour with a jab at Chancellor Stocker ORF ↗.
• Festival Frequency interrupted and cleared due to a storm, firefighters responded across Austria Die Presse ↗Kleine Zeitung ↗.
• Low water: how will Vienna's port manage when a meter is missing Kurier ↗.
• Why Generation Z is shifting right and what it does to the world of work Kurier ↗.

• Double drone strike on the largest shopping center in Kryvyi Rih: 16 dead, 130 wounded, including 23 children. Nine are missing including two children, second drone targeted rescuers Ukrajinská pravda ↗Interfax Ukraine ↗Kyiv Post ↗.
• Ballistic attack on Kyiv, warehouse burning in Darnytskyy district, reports of dead and wounded Censor.NET ↗Kyiv Independent ↗Interfax Ukraine ↗.
• Foreign Minister Sybiga demands sanctions against Russian military industry and prepares "anti-ballistic sanctions". For winter, at least 350 missiles needed for Patriot system: "We bite each one" Interfax Ukraine ↗Ukrajinská pravda ↗Censor.NET ↗.
• Zelensky appointed 16 judges to the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court to unlock 350 million euros from the European Union Ukrajinská pravda ↗Censor.NET ↗.
• Operation "Forest Gump": anti-corruption court jailed Dubovyk, official from the President's Office, with alternative bail of seven million hryvnias Censor.NET ↗Ukrajinská pravda ↗.
• Anti-corruption bureau received twelve letters from military unit commanders about visits of Presidential Office Chief Yermak within the "Advocate+" program Censor.NET ↗Ukrajinská pravda ↗.
• Former Defense Minister Fedorov considers running for president and claims corruption prevents ending the war from a strong position. MP Kostenko dismissed it as "kindergarten and insults" Kyiv Post ↗Interfax Ukraine ↗Censor.NET ↗.
• Ex-Premier Yatsenyuk: members of the "government of war" should publicly renounce participation in future elections Interfax Ukraine ↗.
• Kyiv will welcome ten foreign leaders on the 35th Independence Day, European Council chief Costa will arrive August 24 for "coalition of the willing" meeting Kyiv Post ↗Ukrajinská pravda ↗Interfax Ukraine ↗.
• Ukrainian drones set fire to refinery in Perm and Samara region and for the first time hit Ozon retail logistics hub Ukrajinská pravda ↗Kyiv Independent ↗Ukrajinská pravda o rafinérii ↗.
• In Lviv, conscription office soldier fatally wounded, attacker shot by police during arrest Ukrajinská pravda ↗Censor.NET ↗Kyiv Independent ↗.
• MP Kostenko on plans of Minister Khmara's team: lower the upper age limit for conscription and eliminate "shameful cases" in conscription offices Censor.NET ↗.
• Slovenian President Pirc Musarova suspected of ties to Russian intelligence, she denies it Censor.NET ↗.
• Finland summoned Russian ambassador for airspace violation Ukrajinská pravda ↗.
• Canadian court ruled that Russian cargo An-124 will remain in Toronto Interfax Ukraine ↗.
• Zelensky imposed sanctions on creators of Masha and the Bear cartoon as a tool of Russian soft power Index ↗Do Rzeczy ↗Tagesschau ↗.
• Over 70 percent of residential buildings are ready for the 2026/27 heating season Kyiv Post ↗Interfax Ukraine ↗.
• Zelensky changed composition of National Security Council — Khmara and Sybiga were added — and replaced security service chiefs in Dnipropetrovsk and Khmelnytsk regions Censor.NET ↗Interfax Ukraine ↗.
• United States will pay United Nations 725 million dollars from billions in arrears Ukrajinská pravda ↗NOS reports 850 million ↗.
• Latvia found another underground tunnel at border with Belarus, detained 28 migrants Censor.NET ↗.

• Canada halted trade negotiations with the United States, 50-percent tariffs are in place. Premier Carney speaks of "unfair" positions from Washington BFM TV ↗France 24 ↗Ouest-France ↗.
• Iranian president calls for an end to war with the United States and claims he is "in a position of strength" Courrier International ↗Ouest-France ↗.
• Kyiv wants to use Starlink to guide drones in Russia — will Musk come to Ukraine's aid? BFM TV ↗BFM TV on Musk ↗.
• BFM: fear of biological warfare waged by the Russian army — and footage of a Ukrainian fighter jet shooting down a Russian drone BFM TV ↗BFM TV on fighter ↗.
• Ouest-France in an editorial: battle for Ukrainian skies Ouest-France ↗.
• Israel-Turkey relations are at rock bottom: warrant, Syria and Netanyahu's personal rivalry with Erdoğan Le Monde ↗20 Minutes ↗RFI ↗.
• Pentagon recalled the leadership of independent military newspaper Stars and Stripes Le Monde ↗Ouest-France ↗.
• Édouard Philippe is hardening ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Mélenchon on his remarks on Mayotte: "Absurd, ridiculous and provocative" BFM TV ↗Mélenchon's response ↗.
• Pension freeze is in the executive's sights and across the National Assembly there is a dispute over the "compromise budget" BFM TV ↗Genet ↗Delaporte ↗.
• Green candidate Tondelier in Grenoble maintains left-wing unity line despite pressure from the radical left Le Monde ↗.
• Authorities warn of hundreds of thousands of defective condoms: "torn", "burst easily" Spiegel ↗444 ↗.
• Prefects can suspend waterfowl hunting, the government reminds after waves of heat and fires BFM TV ↗.
• Syria requests to join an international partnership against impunity for chemical weapons use Le Monde ↗Ouest-France ↗.
• Over 350 people rescued from a pirogue off the Mauritanian coast RFI ↗Tagesschau ↗.
• Hendaye-Paris high-speed train: passengers stuck for twelve hours after lightning strike Le Monde ↗.
• A teenage neo-Nazi who planned an attack on a school was arrested in Montreal 20 Minutes ↗Le Figaro ↗.
• Afghan women excluded from schools and offices turn to entrepreneurship: "My way of fighting is giving women jobs" Le Monde ↗.
• RFI on the tugboat Banglar Joyjatra — the long calvary of a vessel in the heart of conflict in the Persian Gulf RFI ↗.
• Zambia: police summoned opposition leader, Amnesty speaks of arbitrary detention RFI ↗.
• TikTok will pay 400 million dollars for illegal collection of data of American children Le Monde ↗Le Figaro ↗.

• Trump: 'We have complete control over the Strait of Hormuz.' He speaks of an 'economic D-Day' against Iran and alludes to the dispute with China over sanctions Il Sole 24 Ore ↗La Stampa ↗AGI ↗.
• Revolutionary Guards respond to Trump: 'We are prepared for devastating actions' Il Sole 24 Ore ↗.
• Turkey requests arrest warrant for Netanyahu for flotilla to Gaza, Israel called Erdogan antisemite — La Stampa describes it as a clash of 'Sultan and King Bibi' La Repubblica ↗La Stampa ↗Il Manifesto ↗.
• Over one hundred thousand 'Dubliners' rejected in three years — EU Pact sends Italy the bill. Interior Minister Piantedosi downplays it: 'No problem' La Stampa ↗La Repubblica ↗.
• Ireland and the Netherlands too will be moving migrants back, the government opposes the pact. Historian Riccardi asks for the Union to work on integration La Repubblica ↗Riccardi ↗.
• Journalist Annunziata: Europe is falling apart at Schengen and the government is co-responsible La Stampa ↗.
• Battle over the world's oldest bank Monte dei Paschi: Crédit Agricole negotiates with the government office, League claims the merger will only be with Banco BPM and 'the French will not command'. A group of eighty billion euros could be created La Repubblica ↗Repubblica on Agricole ↗La Stampa ↗.
• Salvini stands alone: canceled action with Fugatti, rebels demand answers. La Stampa explains why the prime minister must now save him La Repubblica ↗La Stampa ↗.
• Meloni speaks about Trump for the New York Times. According to Finnish Helsingin Sanomat, she admits that the direct line to Trump is still cut off La Repubblica ↗Helsingin Sanomat ↗.
• Ranucci case: prosecutors suspect the person who planted the bomb knew 'doctor' Lavitola La Repubblica ↗Repubblica on case ↗.
• Femicides: law exists, money is lacking. La Stampa maps the broken chain of the Red Code and women killed after filing a complaint Il Manifesto ↗La Stampa ↗.
• Conte opens fight for primaries on the theme of so-called woke. Former New York mayor De Blasio points out that the middle class crisis and cost of living are underestimated La Repubblica ↗De Blasio ↗.
• Former Ilva steelworks: Italian group of interested parties expanded to include Eusider. Il Manifesto claims sports ceremony conceals unresolved problems La Repubblica ↗Il Manifesto ↗.
• Fuel prices rise, alarm rises around European refineries La Repubblica ↗.
• Environment Minister Pichetto Fratin: climate crisis is not solved by decree, he would want more money La Repubblica ↗.
• Turin-Lyon high-speed rail: French side lags, threat of up to two-year delay La Stampa ↗.
• Record heat: peak tomorrow, red alert in twenty-seven of twenty-seven cities. AGI recalls over thirty thousand heat victims in Europe La Repubblica ↗AGI ↗.
• Arms depot in forest near Berlin: 'Suspicion falls on Moscow intelligence' La Repubblica ↗.
• Chinese control strategy tightens Italian family capitalism around the Made in Italy brand NZZ ↗.
• From villages surrounded by settlers: 'We live behind barbed wire on the land of our ancestors' La Stampa ↗.

• NZZ in commentary: "No half-measures" — Switzerland must want to defend itself seriously, and immediately NZZ ↗.
• Upper chamber postponed debate on electricity agreement with the European Union to winter — too many open questions NZZ ↗.
• NZZ: "obstructionist alliance" of the left and nationalists must show their true colors in a new agreement with China NZZ ↗.
• Defense Minister Pfister is losing more allies for higher military taxes NZZ ↗.
• Cyber attack on a Zurich IT company, trail leads to Russia: "Screens froze, emails were dead" NZZ ↗.
• Suspicion of fraud shakes commodities trading — Swiss network Radiant World exposed NZZ ↗.
• Pharmaceutical lobby has pushed through: lower chamber wants to halt drug discounts Tages-Anzeiger ↗.
• Commission proposes psychotherapy only after a visit to a psychiatrist due to rapidly rising costs SRF ↗.
• Murders are to be non-statute-barred again, parliament will decide on it once more SRF ↗.
• The range of possible costs for a new nuclear block continues to widen SRF ↗.
• NZZ in commentary: "No, the Israeli security minister did not call for arbitrary killing of Palestinians." Alongside this, Tages-Anzeiger on an Amnesty report, according to which Hamas kangaroo courts in Gaza claimed 108 deaths NZZ ↗Tages-Anzeiger ↗.
• Tages-Anzeiger: Israeli bombs in Syria are a warning for Erdogan Tages-Anzeiger ↗.

• Luxemburger Wort: why Europe must decide by the end of 2026 Luxemburger Wort ↗.
• Finance Minister Gilles Roth warns: "You can't just turn on the tap of money" Luxemburger Wort ↗.
• Luxemburger Wort: Trump is on track to become a "lame duck" Luxemburger Wort ↗.
• Medical laboratories terminated their agreement with the health insurance company Luxembourg Times ↗.
• After an attack in the capital, an investigation into attempted murder and rape was opened Luxembourg Times ↗.
• Trick thefts are increasing, perpetrators are impersonating parcel couriers Luxemburger Wort ↗.

• The government is preparing an economic plan to revive Ceuta after the migration crisis. The city has long been marked by exclusion and inequality El País ↗El País on the city ↗.
• "Improvisation and chaos" in redistributing migrants from Ceuta. Women and minors, some of them sick, lie on wet mattresses: "It's a disgrace" ABC ↗El País ↗.
• Morocco wants to take over Ceuta and Melilla, Spain refuses: "They are Spanish." ABC adds that defending them means defending the rule of law Wirtualna Polska ↗CM Jornal ↗ABC ↗.
• Welt: "almost complete inaction" — Spanish migration policy is becoming a problem for all of Europe Welt ↗.
• Smugglers charged nine thousand euros per person to transfer people from Ceuta to the peninsula Ilta-Sanomat ↗.
• Castellón province accounts for 99.4 percent of all burned hectares. After a lightning strike, a town in Valencia was evacuated La Vanguardia ↗Tagesspiegel ↗Protothema ↗.
• ABC: Europe must prepare for more megafires — and maps a strip of Spain that fire has so far bypassed: "It will hold for two to three years" ABC ↗ABC on the strip ↗.
• Spain faces an autumn "energy price nightmare" — electricity, gas, and fuel. The country is also third in the EU for gasoline price increases after tax exemptions were lifted ABC ↗El Español ↗.
• Madrid's premier Ayuso's missteps fuel the opposition months before the 2027 elections: "She should resign" El País ↗.
• Far-right march Save Europe Act in Barcelona, the term "remigration" is no longer taboo El País ↗El Confidencial ↗.
• European Court of Human Rights against independence: at least one main subject must be in Castilian El Confidencial ↗.
• The Ministry of Interior is preparing a major replacement of the Catalan police chief following tensions over infiltrations El País ↗.
• Left-wing Sumar faces three difficult topics: nuclear power, the Sahara, and defense spending El Confidencial ↗.
• Defense is covering up a power outage at the army's only attack helicopter base ABC ↗.
• Penalties for unpaid overtime have tripled, companies are not stopping El País ↗.
• NATO deployed an electronic warfare aircraft near Kaliningrad to counter civilian flight interference El Español ↗.
• July 2026 was the most expensive accommodation month in history, nights exceeded 157 euros El Español ↗.
• Senate: 57 percent of parliamentary group support ends up in party financing ABC ↗.
• El País: China's Arctic Silk Road is now a reality — and the world's most expensive country is approaching Union cost-of-living levels El País ↗El País on cost of living ↗.
• ABC: the price to stop being Russian has increased tenfold ABC ↗.

• De Morgen: the silent advance of mafias from the east — extensive analysis of organized crime in Benelux De Morgen ↗.
• Political scientist Maddens on Prime Minister De Wever: "Is the New Flemish Alliance still a Flemish-nationalist party?" De Morgen ↗.
• The issue of heat waves was the political topic of the summer, but ruling parties remained silent De Morgen ↗.
• War correspondent Luke Harding from The Guardian: "Russia is already at war with Europe" De Morgen ↗.
• Mechelen mayor Somers personally intervened with police for a higher salary for his secretary De Morgen ↗.
• Green subsidies and loans bypass Flemish small and medium enterprises De Morgen ↗.
• The number of empty apartments in Flanders is growing — and nobody knows exactly how many there are De Morgen ↗Het Laatste Nieuws ↗.
• The large forest fire in High Fens has been extinguished after days: "A lot of effort and hard work" de Volkskrant ↗De Telegraaf ↗.
• Rave party was stopped in Wervicq on the French-Belgian border La Libre ↗.
• Prime Minister of the Brussels region is supplementing a language course after criticism of poor Dutch NOS ↗.
• Publisher Take-Two remains silent about the GTA VI game leak and is trying to find the source La Libre ↗.
• Former head of the European Environment Agency Bruyninckx: "The level of climate debate is dismal. We really can't manage it this way" De Morgen ↗.

• Final report on the Glória cable car accident will be in the first quarter of 2027. Sixteen people died in the accident, six recommendations have been issued so far Público ↗RTP ↗Observador ↗.
• Populist Chega demands the dismissal of criminal police director Luís Neves. Público asks what else we need to know for him to leave. Neves has kept his service car so far Observador ↗Público ↗CM Jornal ↗.
• Days of Montenegro's Prime Minister on the beach in Algarve sparked controversy CM Jornal ↗.
• More than 750 American soldiers wounded since the beginning of the war with Iran CM Jornal ↗.
• US public debt exceeded 34 billion euros CM Jornal ↗.
• Observador: "Ceuta — nationalists are always the others" Observador ↗.
• Serbia asked the European Union for help with dozens of forest fires CM Jornal ↗.
• Higher education placements: 6,639 places in the second round, aerospace engineering in Porto has the highest average Observador ↗RTP ↗Expresso ↗.
• Diário de Notícias: Italy's rice problem is a warning for Portugal Diário de Notícias ↗.
• Thirteen people are involved in the murder of a Portuguese man in Albania CM Jornal ↗.
• Observador: over thirty thousand excess deaths in Europe Observador ↗.

• Vigils after M9 motorway tragedy, where a driver traveling against traffic killed five boys. Hundreds attended memorials, three of the five already buried RTÉ ↗The Irish Times ↗Irish Independent ↗.
• Family claims police knew about stolen car from teenager's videos who died in crash. Road Safety Office issued recommendations for meeting with driver traveling against traffic The Journal ↗Irish Independent ↗.
• Pavee Point organization: Traveller community hit with online attacks after crash RTÉ ↗.
• Parliamentary committee again asks TikTok to come explain gang car theft videos. MP Kelly speaks of 'refusing to communicate' The Journal ↗The Irish Times ↗.
• Minister McEntee: Israeli settlement proposal demands 'forceful' response The Irish Times ↗.
• Britain, Australia and Canada criticize Israel for decision to shoot at aid convoy The Irish Times ↗.
• Asylum seekers must leave accommodation center by Monday Irish Examiner ↗.
• Police removed 'functional charges' from house in Dundalk, operation targeted republican INLA activities Irish Independent ↗The Journal ↗.
• Scammers deprived Irish adults of 760 million euros last year The Irish Times ↗.
• New campaign wants to ban smart glasses The Irish Times ↗.
• Ebola spreading rapidly in Congo, death toll exceeded 2,500 The Irish Times ↗.
• Insurance company Laya Healthcare raises prices second time in twelve months The Journal ↗.

• The Hague budget headache: will there be an agreement, or elections? De Telegraaf ↗.
• Vice-Prime Minister Jetten in 'Rutte mode': optimism before budget day, opposition disgruntled AD ↗.
• Mayors call for intervention — highway protests are spiraling out of control and activists escape punishment: 'I'm grinding my teeth' De Telegraaf ↗editorial commentary ↗.
• After unrest in Loosdrecht, liberal VVD mayor hopes for broad asylum pact 'without the radical right' de Volkskrant ↗.
• Uber fined 825 million euros in the Netherlands for violating data protection. Wanted to expose cheating drivers Spiegel ↗Portfolio ↗To Vima ↗.
• Rotterdam general practitioner spreads conspiracy about 'Jews sacrificing children', insurance companies intervene De Telegraaf ↗.
• More than half of forest fires are set intentionally — what drives the arsonist? de Volkskrant ↗.
• Housing cooperatives sound alarm: more than ten thousand apartments in the region may not be built at all AD ↗.
• Fewer and fewer first-graders head to vocational schools: 'Parents think too much about themselves and too little about their child' AD ↗.
• De Volkskrant: American finance minister tries to control state debt interest with tacky trick de Volkskrant ↗.
• De Volkskrant: we sacrifice privacy in fight against dirty money de Volkskrant ↗.

• Canada promises retaliation 'dollar for dollar,' negotiations collapsed and Trump imposed fifty-percent tariffs BBC News ↗Daily Mail ↗.
• Trump insists on controlling Hormuz, Iranian president begs for end to fighting — the smell of burnt flesh still reportedly lingers in Tehran streets Daily Mail ↗.
• Mandelson case investigation threatens to collapse: police fear prosecution won't stand without declassified Epstein files Daily Mail ↗.
• Afghans who served alongside British soldiers hit by another data leak — the fiftieth in five years Daily Mail ↗.
• Burnham's economic advisor O'Neill ruled out government role. Billionaire donor who defected to Labour in 2024 now says only conservatives are electable and Burnham's policy is 'drivel' BBC News ↗Daily Mail ↗.
• Education minister Phillipson called 'stupid' by senior Conservative over claim that racism and sexism were 'normal' in Britain Daily Mail ↗.
• Fury over Labour plans to stop early release of killers, while other murderers go free The Sun ↗.
• Harry and Meghan return and search for a brand that will stick. After losing legal battle with Daily Mail they must pay at least eleven million euros BBC News ↗ZDF heute ↗Daily Mail ↗.
• Six-month Daily Mail investigation: hundreds of Albanian cannabis farms, mostly in residential homes Daily Mail ↗.
• Drivers in wrong-way traffic cause accidents for social media likes and police can't pursue them Daily Mail ↗.
• Prostate cancer: 100,000 more men diagnosed since 2020, one every eight minutes Daily Mail ↗Sky News ↗.
• Sky News: 'We've never seen a summer like this' — fire risk in Britain rising dramatically Sky News ↗.
• More students plan to live at home due to 'crazy' living costs BBC News ↗.
• Extent of illegal 'family voting' in Birmingham exposed, electoral watchdog to act Daily Mail ↗.
• GTA 6 leaks — nightmare or just an episode? BBC News ↗.
• BBC: bookstores where Chinese readers could ask questions about their country are closing BBC News ↗.
• Six-year-old girl dies three days after Shoreham incident that killed her parents and sister The Guardian ↗.
• Historian Lownie: the question is no longer how the monarchy will deal with rotten apples, but whether it will survive them Daily Mail ↗.
• Modi, after years building a strong image, is making videos for Gen Z — why now? BBC News ↗.
• Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan back in prison after hospital stay The Irish Times ↗.

• Vučić fears for his power, early elections await Serbia in second half of October Kleine Zeitung ↗.
• Serbia, after criticism for turning to Russia first, accepted European Union help with forest fires. Russian Il-76 meanwhile fought fires in Deliblato Sands 24 Chasa ↗Vijesti ↗Politika ↗.
• Politika: Trump claims Democrats would impeach him if Republicans lose congressional majority Politika ↗.
• Politika: founder of world's largest investment fund predicts debt crisis in United States Politika ↗.
• Politika: Canada urges its companies not to trade with Israeli settlements Politika ↗.
• Russian embassy on weapons depot near Berlin: 'Don't look for a black cat in a dark room' Politika ↗.
• Kurir: Russians launched serial production of Garpiya drone with 1,000 km range and are targeting foreign buyers Kurir ↗.
• Ukrainians sent for training in Saxony deserted. Bundeswehr is not pursuing them. If they return home, long imprisonment awaits them Kurir ↗Politika ↗.
• Politika: shifting from military option to strategy of economic 'choking' of Iran Politika ↗.
• Elon Musk's father to Politika: 'Putin is a modest guy' Politika ↗.
• Danas: Kosovo police extradites Albanian suspect in migrant smuggling Danas ↗.
• N1: 3.5 million Cubans face water supply problems due to deepening oil crisis N1 Serbia ↗.

• Constitutional Court and "Fritz Amendment": three judges objected to the retroactivity of the law. Progressive USR speaks of justification "worthy of a dictatorial regime", former judge Dănileț complains it is "written in a duck-like manner" Pro TV ↗G4Media ↗Adevărul ↗.
• Turkey demands international warrant for Netanyahu, he accuses Erdogan of antisemitism Adevărul ↗.
• What is the probability of an Iranian attack in Romania — Middle East expert reads the signal from Tehran Adevărul ↗.
• Digi24: why China believes it will withstand Trump's economic threats regarding Iran Digi24 ↗.
• Digi24: what motivates Icelanders to look toward Europe — the impact of Trump's statements and the stakes of a referendum on EU membership Digi24 ↗.
• Romanians stop wanting to work abroad — historical decline in the number of applications Digi24 ↗.
• Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers allegedly deserted during training in Germany, Bundeswehr speaks of "isolated incidents" Pro TV ↗.
• Romania sent two fighter jets for another drone at the border with Ukraine 24 Chasa ↗.
• Fire at Fundeni Institute, thirty-seven patients evacuated Digi24 ↗.
• European Center for Disease Prevention warns: invasive mosquitoes are spreading and transmitted diseases are harder to control Digi24 ↗.
• Tate brothers reported to British counter-terrorism police for alleged "Russian propaganda" video Digi24 ↗.
• CIA is overwhelmed by record number of retirements, former agents wait months for first payment Digi24 ↗.

• Republican People's Party CHP reminds its mayors: "Either stay or go" Milliyet ↗.
• New party YENİ presented its principles to Cumhuriyet: "We are the party of those tired of losing." In a week it gained three hundred thousand members Cumhuriyet ↗Dnevnik ↗.
• Good Party İYİ brakes coalition plans: "Don't give power trump cards, don't show your plan to the opponent" Cumhuriyet ↗.
• Hürriyet: Israeli bomb at the border is a trap for Turkey's F-35 fighter jets Hürriyet ↗.
• Ankara and Damascus maintain restraint, two power spaces emerging in Syria Milliyet ↗Cumhuriyet ↗.
• Cumhuriyet asks whether right-wing influence in the country is pushing Israel and Turkey into collision Cumhuriyet ↗.
• Arrest of retired Admiral Türker Ertürk resonates as a political case Cumhuriyet ↗.
• Religious order Menzil: rivalry of brothers, Mübarek raised rent for Rotterdam followers by 1.6 million lira Cumhuriyet ↗.
• Miners continue resistance in Ankara: owner promised, workers wait. Veterans moved their protest to Kurtuluş park Cumhuriyet ↗Cumhuriyet on veterans ↗.
• Gas discovery in the Black Sea is six years old, first target is twenty million cubic meters. July brought a record in solar electricity production Milliyet ↗Milliyet ↗.

• Payment agency for agricultural subsidies: "missing" cows and numbers that don't add up. Bosnian Klix summed it up as "how Greek farmers milked EU funds on fictitious cows" To Vima ↗Klix.ba ↗.
• Over thirty migrants found on a boat near the island of Gavdos. A ship sank off the Tunisian coast, with at least thirteen missing Protothema ↗Protothema o Tunisku ↗.
• Von der Leyen condemns Israeli plan to build settlements on occupied West Bank Protothema ↗.
• Brent crude above $94, up 6.4 percent for the week, with Trump's threats to Iran at the center Protothema ↗.
• To Vima: massive fine for Uber — why Europe "punishes" algorithms that lay off workers To Vima ↗.
• New Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon, two within five minutes Protothema ↗.
• Turkey on Netanyahu: "petty politics for electoral purposes" Naftemporiki ↗.
• Naftemporiki: "seal skin diplomacy" — American trick for Arctic drilling Naftemporiki ↗.
• Drones attempted to smuggle phones, chargers and SIM cards into prisons in Larissa To Vima ↗.
• Fire near a beach on the island of Limnos, sixty people evacuated by sea. Over 350 detained in Greece for fires 24 Chasa ↗Tagesschau ↗.
• Naftemporiki: "theater of productivity" — how to survive an employer's algorithm that monitors you Naftemporiki ↗.

• Negotiations between the United States and Canada failed, fifty-percent tariffs took effect Helsingin Sanomat ↗Yle ↗.
• Wall Street Journal: trouble in American military command, Secretary of the Army leaves Helsingin Sanomat ↗Yle ↗.
• Helsingin Sanomat: Meloni admits to New York Times that connection with Trump remains broken Helsingin Sanomat ↗.
• Von der Leyen condemns Israeli plans to expand settlements Yle ↗.
• Prime Minister Orpo is fed up with "outbursts" within his own ranks: "Really frustrating" Ilta-Sanomat ↗.
• Social insurance company filed a report to child protection while mother waited over a month for benefit decision Yle ↗.
• Record number of patient injury reports following error in routine surgery Yle ↗.
• CNN: U.S. Navy could name an aircraft carrier after Trump — replacing the name of a Black war hero Ilta-Sanomat ↗.
• Ilta-Sanomat in editorial: Alternative for Germany continues to grow and far-right could come to power Ilta-Sanomat ↗.
• Helsingin Sanomat: mastering the language is key to integration in Finland Helsingin Sanomat ↗.

• Sword attack at secondary school in Fagersta: one dead, two boys seriously injured, eighteen-year-old former student detained. According to Aftonbladet, he was dressed like the Trollhättan attacker Dagens Nyheter ↗Expressen ↗Aftonbladet ↗.
• King Carl XVI Gustaf: "We are shocked and sad" Ilta-Sanomat ↗RÚV ↗.
• Dagens Nyheter in editorial: "This is a tragedy — now we must take care of each other". Svenska Dagbladet claims school attacks are a form of terrorism Dagens Nyheter ↗Svenska Dagbladet ↗.
• Aftonbladet: forest find points to Putin — "great threat" Aftonbladet ↗.
• Expressen: chaos in Pentagon continues, another minister leaves Expressen ↗.
• Expressen: Putin leaves luxury palace after Ukrainian drone threat Expressen ↗.
• Dagens Nyheter: measles epidemic at Urkult festival reveals something chilling. More cases have appeared in Åland and collective immunity is unclear Dagens Nyheter ↗Svenska Dagbladet ↗.
• Major fire in Landskrona, kindergarten burning SVT ↗Aftonbladet ↗.

• Central bank governor on euro: "The technical transition is over, the real test still lies ahead" Dnevnik ↗.
• Grain exports from Russia and Ukraine through the Black Sea have practically stopped Dnevnik ↗.
• Political scientist Todorov: not cruelty, but consistency toward groups with neo-Nazi leanings Dnevnik ↗.
• Defense Minister Stojanov discussed possible delivery of used F-16 fighters with Americans 24 Chasa ↗.
• Brussels tackles tobacco regulation; at home they ask whether they shouldn't also care about fighting drugs 24 Chasa ↗.
• Two detained for fire in Medvena that burned two thousand hectares 24 Chasa ↗.
• University in Varna abolished remote exams due to "help" from artificial intelligence Dnevnik ↗.
• 24 Chasa: heat makes us sick both physically and financially 24 Chasa ↗.

• Delo: Netanyahu may fall because he lost wars, not because he started them Delo ↗.
• Delo: general, apologist for fascism, who calls on Giorgia Meloni Delo ↗.
• Delo: government wants to normalize private healthcare parasitism on public Delo ↗.
• Delo: Constitutional Court needs judges who think differently. Former MP Brejc adds that Stevanović doesn't understand the Slovenian constitution Delo ↗Delo o Brejcovi ↗.
• Delo: Krivolucka affair. Alleged arsonist considers pleading guilty Delo ↗.
• Delo: there is not a single report on how many animals died in fires Delo ↗.
• Delo: summer drought in fields, autumn drought in wallets — ministry promises faster payouts and more long-term prevention funding Delo ↗Delo o výplatách ↗.
• Delo: most homes are overly humid, moldy, and have too much carbon dioxide Delo ↗.
• Delo: gas in the new energy era and an essay on the fight for peace and a new European security architecture Delo ↗Delo o bezpečnosti ↗.

• Indictment against former Croatian Air Force pilot and Serbian citizen for espionage — he passed secret information to a woman from Serbia who distributed it further N1 Croatia ↗HRT ↗Novi list ↗.
• Three Canadians are in custody for fire near Drniš, two are on the run 24sata ↗Novi list ↗.
• Wreckage of a missing aircraft and two bodies found on Velebit HRT ↗Index.hr ↗.
• Initiative of Gospić residents: on September fifth we expect people from all over Croatia in Zagreb Index.hr ↗.
• Večernji list: every village and every city in Croatia has its own eco-bomb Večernji list ↗.
• Woman involved in brutal murder near Karlovci disappeared, she has been missing for four days 24sata ↗Index.hr ↗.
• German employers wrote to Chancellor Merz and demand swift reforms Index.hr ↗.
• Energy expert: there will be enough gas, the key problem is elsewhere N1 Croatia ↗.
• N1: there are so few inhabitants that it became a "ghost town" — they found salvation in migrants N1 Croatia ↗.
• Austrian woman, who already killed her eight-month-old son, attempted to kill her thirteen-year-old daughter. Bus passengers saved her Večernji list ↗.

• Slovenian president in the spotlight denies ties to Russian intelligence LRT ↗15min ↗.
• NATO organized unannounced exercises near Kaliningrad: "Much more intense than before" LRT ↗Lietuvos Rytas ↗.
• A protest against racism and hatred toward migrants is being prepared in Vilnius 15min ↗.
• Couriers, drivers, builders: foreigners are taking over unattractive work LRT ↗.
• Climatologist: Europe is burning — what fires await Lithuania and whether there will be anywhere to vacation LRT ↗.
• Sybiha on finding Patriot missiles: "We are fighting for every one" 15min ↗.
• Farmers' party discusses approaching municipal elections on agenda LRT ↗.
• App with air raid forecast: "You get the data and understand — there will be a massive strike" LRT ↗.
• LRT: Iran tested the Persian Gulf and the United States must reassess its security role LRT ↗.
• Scientists warn against selling mummies on the internet: deadly fungi are found in them LRT ↗.
• Vilnius residents surprised by posters and flags hung on Lazdynai Bridge 15min ↗.

• Klix: alarm in Europe — tens of thousands of defective condoms sold, counterfeit brands seized also in Serbia Klix.ba ↗.
• Sarajevo Film Festival ended: Solomon's concert filled Tito Street and the film No Man's Land after twenty-five years again reaped applause Klix.ba ↗Radio Sarajevo ↗.
• Klix: in Great Britain, luxury cars were set on fire with incendiary bombs in front of a wedding venue Klix.ba ↗.
• Klix: he lent money at interest and then collected the debt — prosecutor seeks detention for a Banjaluka man Klix.ba ↗.
• Klix: details of sword attack in Sweden — former student with helmet and sword stormed into school Klix.ba ↗.

• EU Commissioner for Enlargement in Iceland: "We consider your country a natural part of the European family" — a week before the referendum on August 29 Vísir ↗.
• Morgunblaðið: accession negotiations would put Iceland into complete waiting mode Morgunblaðið ↗.
• Leaders of the "coalition of the willing" will meet in Kyiv on Monday RÚV ↗.
• Pilots' union accuses Icelandair of undermining collective bargaining. The form of operation allegedly relies on circumventing contracts RÚV ↗Vísir ↗.
• RÚV: one case of harassment every five days RÚV ↗.
• Morgunblaðið: thirty-three thousand deaths connected with heat waves in Europe Morgunblaðið ↗.

• Aftenposten: Iran thought it closed the strait — millions of barrels of oil flow through it in the middle of the night Aftenposten ↗.
• Aftenposten: company withdrew climate claim and admitted it was wrong Aftenposten ↗.
• Aftenposten sounds the alarm over new Russian nuclear power plant: workers bring alcohol to work Aftenposten ↗.
• Aftenposten: Trump, racing against the courts, builds dance hall "twenty hours a day, seven days a week" Aftenposten ↗.
• Air traffic control strike cancels Saturday flights NRK ↗.
• VG: presidential mansion the public wasn't supposed to see — "I'm shocked" VG ↗.
• In China, 4.3 million electric vehicles recalled for door handles VG ↗de Volkskrant ↗.

• MKD.mk: Will Luxembourg cut off the head of Serbian democracy? MKD.mk ↗.
• German weekly Zeit via MKD.mk: around eighty Ukrainian soldiers deserted during training in Germany MKD.mk ↗.
• Makfax: Iran says that America doesn't understand the language of diplomacy. MKD.mk cites the AP agency — Trump threatens "economic D-Day", but Tehran knows sanctions well Makfax ↗MKD.mk ↗.
• Opposition VMRO-DPMNE: Filipche is afraid of elections and still protects Limani because of water in Gostivar Makfax ↗.
• Nezavisen: technology summit on artificial intelligence again brings global leaders to Skopje Nezavisen ↗.
• Libertas: giant vultures are landing on overcrowded Greek beaches Libertas ↗.

• Weapons cache found in Germany is linked to assassination attempts planned by Russian secret services LSM ↗.
• Estonian law does not allow publishing exporters to Russia and Belarus LSM ↗.
• Cyberattack on the transport authority penetrated via an application under its management LSM ↗.
• Deputy Kulbergs would conceptually support freezing government salaries for next year Diena ↗.
• Turkish fighter jets guarding the Baltic airspace landed at the Lielvārde base Diena ↗.
• A security expert is skeptical about plans to ban anonymous access to officials' asset declarations LSM ↗.

• Postimees: Russia has no navy in the Mediterranean for the first time in ten years Postimees ↗.
• Delivery company Wolt asks Estonian authorities for permission for a new line of business Äripäev ↗.
• Äripäev: the American cat-and-mouse game with Iran is driving up oil prices Äripäev ↗.
• Postimees in an editorial: irresponsible festival Postimees ↗.
• Äripäev: why bitcoin is suddenly surging again Äripäev ↗.
• Former culture minister Indrek Saar has become a full-time forester: "In the forest, you only annoy yourself" Äripäev ↗.

• Politiken: new battlefield developments make winter dangerous for Ukraine Politiken ↗.
• Politiken: it is considered treason, but Israelis are leaving the country in droves Politiken ↗.
• Berlingske: charging network Clever is under fire from all sides, accused of inflated prices Berlingske ↗.
• Turkey wants Interpol to issue an arrest warrant for Netanyahu DR ↗.
• Liberal Venstre wants to tighten citizenship rules — affecting zero people Politiken ↗.
• Politiken: scientists spent five years growing a mini-brain that is indistinguishable from infant brain tissue Politiken ↗.

• Property declaration of PM Vasile Tofan: over $900,000 in salaries and bonuses for 2025, seven apartments, millions in bank accounts Ziarul de Gardă ↗Newsmaker ↗BANI.md ↗.
• Tofan announced grain import licenses: "We are protecting wheat, but risk having to import bread" BANI.md ↗Ziarul de Gardă ↗.
• Interior Ministry strengthened security on the Moldova-Ukraine border against drone attacks — protective sites and medical supply replenishment Ziarul de Gardă ↗Newsmaker ↗.
• Nearly six million lei for Independence Day — contract negotiated without public announcement, work began before tender deadline Ziarul de Gardă ↗.
• Protest at the energy regulator against a 41 percent gas price hike: "What are we paying for?" Newsmaker ↗.
• The Vulcănești–Chișinău line, scheduled to open on August 27, is not yet complete Newsmaker ↗.
• Parliament to increase the minimum share of television broadcasting in Romanian Ziarul de Gardă ↗.

• Army Secretary leaves end of year after tensions with Defense Secretary Hegseth The Hill ↗.
• Pentagon fired editor-in-chief, publisher and reporter of military newspaper Stars and Stripes The Hill ↗.
• Supreme Court temporarily allowed construction of Trump's dance hall to continue NPR ↗.
• Data center opposition shakes up 2026 races The Hill ↗.
• Trump spends "a lot" from his committee funds on congressional races. In South Carolina he told a crowd: "Imagine if I were on the ballot" The Hill ↗The Hill ↗.
• Interior Department outlined short-term plan for water cuts in California, Arizona and Nevada The Hill ↗.
• CBS: why Dubai could be key to American economic war against Iran — and Iran prepares harsher penalties for contact with foreign media CBS News ↗CBS News ↗.

• Eighty-third protest against government ended with call for Prime Minister Rama's resignation: "New Albania, your end has come" Balkanweb ↗Gazeta Shqiptare ↗.
• "The Albanian Files": 212 architects broke silence — author's prestige won't replace legality Balkanweb ↗.
• Gent Progni announced corruption scheme with driver's licenses, case will go to special prosecutor Gazeta Shqiptare ↗.
• Twenty-second protest in Divjaka against merger with Lushnja. Court kept in detention the perpetrator of Portuguese tourist's murder and five others Balkanweb ↗Gazeta Shqiptare ↗.

• Yorgen Fenech took the witness stand in trial for murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia Lovin Malta ↗.
• Fenech claims he gave intermediary Theum 50,000 euros to stop the murder, and that recordings of former Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Schembri still exist Lovin Malta ↗Lovin Malta ↗.
• Opposition Nationalist Party seeks financial information on state airline Newsbook ↗.
• Nearly 1,800 unresolved applications for social housing Newsbook ↗.
• In Aħrax tal-Mellieħa, a rock formation collapsed, public advised to avoid the area Newsbook ↗.

🔁 Cross-country Topics

• Double Russian drone strike on shopping center in Kryvyi Rih — 🇺🇦 UA · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇱🇻 LV · 🇱🇹 LT · 🇷🇸 RS · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇲🇰 MK · 🇲🇪 ME · 🇦🇱 AL · 🇩🇰 DK · 🇺🇸 US · 🇧🇬 BG (20 countries)
• Sword attack at school in Swedish Fagersta — 🇸🇪 SE · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇮🇪 IE · 🇫🇮 FI · 🇮🇸 IS · 🇱🇻 LV · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇧🇦 BA · 🇷🇸 RS · 🇲🇪 ME · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇱🇺 LU · 🇳🇴 NO (17 countries)
• Trump claims Hormuz and threatens Iran with "economic D-Day" — 🇺🇸 US · 🇬🇧 UK · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇷🇸 RS · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇱🇹 LT · 🇳🇴 NO · 🇪🇪 EE · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇲🇰 MK · 🇹🇷 TR (15 countries)
• Supreme Court allowed construction of Trump's dance hall — 🇺🇸 US · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇸🇪 SE · 🇮🇸 IS · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇲🇰 MK · 🇧🇦 BA · 🇪🇪 EE · 🇳🇴 NO (13 countries)
• TikTok will pay 400 million dollars for children's privacy protection — 🇺🇸 US · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇮🇪 IE · 🇫🇮 FI · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇮🇸 IS · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇹🇷 TR · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇩🇰 DK · 🇬🇧 UK (12 countries)
• Return of Harry and Meghan and bill for lost lawsuit with Daily Mail — 🇬🇧 UK · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇫🇮 FI · 🇮🇪 IE · 🇱🇹 LT · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇲🇰 MK · 🇧🇬 BG · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇩🇰 DK (11 countries)
• Canada halted trade talks, United States imposed 50% tariffs — 🇺🇸 US · 🇬🇧 UK · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇫🇮 FI · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇩🇰 DK · 🇳🇴 NO · 🇱🇹 LT (10 countries)
• Turkey seeks arrest warrant for Netanyahu, Erdogan–Netanyahu escalation — 🇹🇷 TR · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇱🇻 LV · 🇩🇰 DK (10 countries)
• Fires across Europe: Valencia and Castellón, Serbia, Montenegro, Limnos, High Fens — 🇪🇸 ES · 🇷🇸 RS · 🇲🇪 ME · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇧🇬 BG · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇱🇺 LU · 🇦🇹 AT (10 countries)
• Condemnation of Israeli plans for settlement expansion — 🇦🇹 AT · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇫🇮 FI · 🇮🇪 IE · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇷🇸 RS · 🇲🇰 MK · 🇭🇷 HR (9 countries)
• Migration crisis in Ceuta and Moroccan claims on Ceuta and Melilla — 🇪🇸 ES · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇫🇮 FI · 🇱🇹 LT · 🇲🇪 ME · 🇩🇪 DE (8 countries)
• Over 30,000 heat wave victims in Europe this summer — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇮🇸 IS · 🇧🇬 BG · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇧🇪 BE (7 countries)
• Ebola in Congo spreading exponentially, over 2,500 victims — 🇮🇪 IE · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇷🇸 RS · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇬🇧 UK (7 countries)
• Cup derby Mannheim–Kaiserslautern escalated — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇱🇺 LU (6 countries)
• Ukraine banned Masha and the Bear as tool of Russian soft power — 🇺🇦 UA · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇲🇰 MK · 🇭🇺 HU (6 countries)
• American debt 40 trillion dollars and bond market nervousness — 🇺🇸 US · 🇬🇧 UK · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇷🇸 RS (6 countries)
• Weapons cache near Berlin and suspicion of Russian secret services — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇱🇻 LV · 🇷🇸 RS · 🇸🇪 SE (5 countries)
• Uber fined 825 million euros in Netherlands — 🇳🇱 NL · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇵🇱 PL (5 countries)
• Hundreds of thousands of defective condoms, counterfeits seized also in Serbia — 🇫🇷 FR · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇧🇦 BA · 🇲🇰 MK (5 countries)
• Election of Guterres' successor: diplomat from Guyana leads after trial vote — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇫🇮 FI (4 countries)
• Ukrainian soldiers deserted during training in Germany — 🇷🇸 RS · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇲🇰 MK · 🇺🇦 UA (4 countries)

🔎 What you won't find in Slovak media

• Greek subsidies for non-existent cows. Greece's payment agency for agricultural subsidies registers cows that no one has seen, and numbers that don't add up. This is money from the common agricultural policy, so also ours To Vima ↗Klix.ba ↗.
• Ukrainian soldiers deserting during training in Germany. Germany's defense ministry confirmed the desertions but calls them "isolated cases". Macedonian media citing Zeit report around eighty soldiers, Romanian media hundreds. The Bundeswehr is not pursuing them — yet they face long prison sentences at home MKD.mk ↗Pro TV ↗Censor.NET ↗.
• Fenech in the witness stand in the trial of the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia. The defendant claims he gave intermediary Theuma fifty thousand euros to stop the murder, and that recordings of the former prime minister's chief of staff Schembri still exist Lovin Malta ↗Lovin Malta ↗.

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