What Europe writes: Trump threatens Oman bombardment, 600 drones over Moscow, hackers disable Berlin authorities

• 18.08.The Kremlin wages war on German territory as well. n-tv tallies Russian operations — drones, explosives, suspected murders — and on the same day a verdict fell: The Higher Regional Court in Stuttgart sentenced one of three accused Ukrainians to one year and three months, acquitted the other two. n-tv ↗Tagesschau ↗ZDF ↗
• 18.08.Dobrindt opened an anti-drone defense center in Cochstedt and is already talking about "an arms race." Tagesspiegel immediately questions this with a headline suggesting the show protects no airport and competency chaos over shooting down continues. Tagesspiegel ↗taz ↗Spiegel ↗
• 18.08.The minister links the explosive drone at Leipzig airport to further assassination plots. Tagesspiegel ↗
• 18.08.AfD remains strongest in polls and Merz fails to rise from the bottom. RTL/n-tv Trendbarometer; L'Obs in parallel writes that the party is at the gates of power in two federal states. n-tv ↗L'Obs ↗
• 18.08.Open warfare breaks out in Wagenknecht's party. She wants to break up the anti-AfD coalition in Thuringia; Voigt responds that "we will not be torn apart." Welt ↗Der Standard ↗
• 18.08.Ben-Gvir's call to kill Palestinians daily has stirred Germany. The Central Council of Jews called it "deeply shameful," Klingbeil demands consequences. taz ↗ZDF ↗Tagesspiegel ↗
• 18.08.Harvest has been the worst in years — down seven percent, for apples eighteen. Yet farmers point out that the problem is not just weather. FAZ ↗n-tv ↗Welt ↗
• 18.08.Low water slows growth only temporarily, the forecast claims — and the ZEW barometer surprisingly jumped to its highest level since February. Volksbanks doubled their forecast for German economic growth to one percent. Tagesschau ↗Handelsblatt ↗n-tv ↗
• 18.08.Head of network agency prepares gas customers for higher bills. Tagesspiegel ↗
• 18.08.Companies are failing at the highest rate in nearly twenty years. Spiegel ↗
• 18.08.The world's largest hydrogen experiment has failed — and in Antwerp, an American company the same day scrapped a hydrogen plant on a former Opel site. Welt ↗VRT NWS ↗
• 18.08.Moscow threatens London with retaliation for supplying drones to Ukraine: "The price will only be higher." Welt ↗Süddeutsche Zeitung ↗
• 18.08.A German was arrested in St. Petersburg for sending nine euros to a foundation. Welt ↗
• 18.08.Digital ministry opened an office right next to the Russian House. "How can one be so stupid," goes the commentary. Welt ↗
• 18.08.Cyberattack paralyzed Berlin administration and Brandenburg monuments — they are shifting to emergency mode and have refused to pay ransom. Tagesspiegel ↗Tagesspiegel ↗
• 18.08.Chinese electric car suspected of containing spy software. Welt ↗
• 18.08.Kanye West is planning concerts in Russia and hopes for a meeting with Putin. Die Zeit ↗
• 18.08.Russia, according to Berlin, refers to foreign mercenaries as "inventory numbers." Tagesspiegel ↗
• 18.08.The continuous creation of new anti-Russia sanctions resembles a "bazaar of exceptions." Tagesspiegel ↗
• 18.08.After thirty-two years, an 81-year-old confessed to the murder of American student Amy Lopez. Tagesschau ↗Spiegel ↗

• Hacker attack paralyzed Berlin city authorities. The Berlin Senate — that is, the government of the city-state — was left without email and internet and set up a crisis team: "We are practically unable to work." Welt ↗Tagesspiegel ↗n-tv ↗
• Thuringia's "black" coalition is crumbling. Two BSW MPs will no longer support Voigt's government, the faction has called an extraordinary congress — against Sarah Wagenknecht's will. Welt ↗Süddeutsche Zeitung ↗ZDF heute ↗
• Prominent figures launch campaign against AfD solo government in Saxony-Anhalt. n-tv asks whether it's soon the end for Merz: "In Saxony-Anhalt, a catastrophe will occur." Welt ↗Tagesspiegel ↗n-tv ↗
• Drought has devoured the harvest and the question is whether it is entirely lost. The farmers' president will go after the green ministry, vegetables will become more expensive and Germany's top rating will slip. Die Zeit ↗Spiegel ↗Welt ↗taz ↗
• Verdi warning strike stopped maritime ports. Tagesschau ↗n-tv ↗
• Ukrainian drones over Moscow, Moscow threatens London. Russia reacted "indignantly" to reports of British drone deployment, Berlin said it cannot be intimidated. FAZ ↗Spiegel ↗Tagesspiegel ↗
• Trump threatens bombing of Oman, USA do not want to extend ceasefire with Iran. Tagesspiegel ↗Süddeutsche Zeitung ↗Handelsblatt ↗
• "Trump dismantles another alliance." FAZ on limitation of exercises with South Korea; Trump meanwhile confirmed contacts with Kim Jong-un. FAZ ↗Spiegel ↗n-tv ↗taz ↗
• Trump's approval fell to the lowest level of his term. Only a third of Americans are satisfied, a poll shows great fears of a long war with Iran. Welt ↗Spiegel ↗n-tv ↗
• A verdict is expected against alleged Russian agents, who were supposed to send incendiary parcels through the mail. Tagesspiegel ↗
• Home searches following informant affair — constitutional protection reportedly acted on vague suspicion. taz ↗
• Leader of the Green faction in Mecklenburg Oehlrich resigned following accusations of abuse of power. Tagesschau ↗n-tv ↗
• Schwesig ruled out candidacy for SPD leader, Klingbeil faces growing criticism from his own party and the employee wing insists on early retirement without deductions. Spiegel ↗Tagesspiegel ↗
• Forest fire in Hohes Venn remains "unpredictable", firefighters await strong wind. Forester Peter Wohlleben calls for consequences and Tagesspiegel asks how to make the forest more resilient to fire. FAZ ↗Süddeutsche Zeitung ↗Tagesspiegel ↗Tagesspiegel ↗
• Google bought data from bankrupt Spirit Airlines for AI training — one hundred million emails. FAZ ↗Handelsblatt ↗ZDF heute ↗
• Nvidia will invest up to one hundred billion in a data center for OpenAI in Ohio. Handelsblatt ↗
• Flood of submissions: artificial intelligence models burden courts and authorities. Tagesspiegel ↗
• Eleven years in prison for opposition figure Shlossberg for criticism of war; anti-war Yabloko remains outside elections. Tagesschau ↗ZDF heute ↗
• Greece called Turkish marine protected areas "illegal". "That is not good neighborliness," sounds from Athens. n-tv ↗
• What did the Slovenian president want so often in Russia? FAZ on criticism of her trips. FAZ ↗
• The coming winter could hit the eurozone harder than drought and heat, writes FAZ's economic report. FAZ ↗
• Munich airport escaped disaster by a hair. "It was really tight," says an expert about the emergency landing. Handelsblatt ↗Tagesschau ↗
• Every tenth young person neither studies nor works. FAZ ↗

• 18.08.Tusk now speaking concretely: Romanowski is "ninety-nine percent" in Transnistria. Dworczyk calls it indefensible and the prosecutor had to explain a contradiction in its own statements. TVN24 ↗TVN24 ↗HVG ↗
• 18.08.Romanowski's lawyer wants to question the prime minister. Onet ↗
• 18.08.Russian opposition figure found dead in Warsaw apartment. Onet ↗TVN24 ↗
• 18.08.Court ordered a month of detention for the driver of Polish bus from Hungarian highway, victims are identified and bodies have not yet returned home. Rzeczpospolita ↗TVN24 ↗Onet ↗
• 18.08.Police detained two people after attack on Ukrainian children in Bydgoszcz, Tusk called on attackers to surrender. Onet ↗Ukrajinska Pravda ↗
• 18.08.Ukraine struck the heart of Putin's strategic project and Australian general speaks of new phase of war. Onet ↗
• 18.08.Russia strengthens Iranian arsenal with deliveries via Caspian Sea. Do Rzeczy ↗
• 18.08.Trump "annexed" Hormuz — published a map with "new U.S. territory". Rzeczpospolita ↗TVN24 ↗
• 18.08.Why Putin traveled to the Kurils: behind it are Russian elections, Japanese protest and fear. Onet ↗
• 18.08.Ministry of Justice abolishes remnants of so-called muzzle law. Rzeczpospolita ↗
• 18.08.Government approved law intended to protect farmers from lawsuits for "rural smell". Rzeczpospolita ↗
• 18.08.Brussels greenlit takeover of InPost. TVN24 ↗
• 18.08.Air traffic control warns: "In ten days we could announce bankruptcy". Do Rzeczy ↗
• 18.08.Azerbaijan issued international warrant for three Putin propagandists. Onet ↗
• 18.08.Allied air activity over Poland increased, military operations spokesman explains. TVN24 ↗

• Constitutional Court fight escalates. Berek heads to Constitutional Court and Wielowieyska asks: "Why break principles we professed?" Żukowska lashed out at Tusk — "We should have been different from PiS" — and Czarnek replied that "it can be cured". Gazeta Wyborcza ↗Wirtualna Polska ↗Do Rzeczy ↗Do Rzeczy ↗
• Judges instead of judging end up at ministry. Number of delegations growing, people disappearing from courtrooms. Onet ↗Wirtualna Polska ↗Rzeczpospolita ↗
• PiS MEPs establish new delegation in European Parliament. Wirtualna Polska ↗
• Vice Prime Minister Gawkowski demands urgent explanation from Meta after false ads exploiting Rafał Brzostek. TVN24 ↗Do Rzeczy ↗
• Former PM warns of rating downgrade this week. Do Rzeczy ↗
• Where is Marcin Romanowski? Siemoniak speaks of serious clues. TVN24 ↗
• Germany revealed state of its army — most soldiers in thirteen years. Wirtualna Polska ↗
• War over grain in Black Sea: retaliation for retaliation. Rzeczpospolita ↗
• Automobile industry begins to arm — time for dual-use has come. Rzeczpospolita ↗
• Washington distanced itself without explanation from key Arctic report. Rzeczpospolita ↗
• Who really writes laws? Rzeczpospolita asks about lobbying limits; Development Ministry sounds alarm over illegal lobbying in cooperatives law. Rzeczpospolita ↗Rzeczpospolita ↗
• Mine in anti-SLAPP law, and Article 212 of criminal code must go into history. Rzeczpospolita ↗Rzeczpospolita ↗
• Migrants in Ceuta began hunger strike. They demand protection and "better life". TVN24 ↗Do Rzeczy ↗
• Detentions in Moscow, opposition fights for participation in elections. Wirtualna Polska ↗
• Reform UK promises to abolish benefits for non-Brits including EU citizens. "British welfare not for Poles?" asks Do Rzeczy. Do Rzeczy ↗
• Sharp rises in river levels, IMGW warns five voivodeships. Wirtualna Polska ↗

• 18.08.Magyar Péter gave "pseudo-civil" organizations an ultimatum to return subsidies that same day. According to 24.hu, six foundations close to the ruling system received half of all support allocated to the civil sector. 24.hu ↗24.hu ↗444 ↗
• 18.08.Tisza promises a complete review of relations between 4iG and the state, shares swung after the announcement. Portfolio ↗Portfolio ↗
• 18.08.Leaked document: Orbán declared victory and simultaneously accelerated payments from public money. HVG writes that the ruling party prepared in advance for the scenario of electoral defeat. Index ↗24.hu ↗
• 18.08.The government suspended more housing projects than it handed over in total last year — the fate of seventeen thousand apartments is uncertain in the Otthon Start program. Telex ↗Index ↗
• 18.08.Bond investors rebel and the forint falls. Portfolio ↗
• 18.08.The driver of the Polish bus that overturned on highway M3 is going to jail — faces up to eight years. Index ↗HVG ↗
• 18.08.An investigation has begun into how the former head of the public media agency could leave with twenty-eight million forints. Népszava ↗
• 18.08.Havasi Bertalan, long-time Orbán's spokesman, threatened legal action if he is not paid severance. Telex ↗
• 18.08.Iran insists that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until Washington meets Tehran's conditions. Index ↗
• 18.08.Trump showed a "crazy map" by which he annexes the Strait of Hormuz to America — oil moved up after his threats. Portfolio ↗HVG ↗
• 18.08.A Russian missile hit the center of a Ukrainian village just as people were leaving for work — ten dead. HVG ↗
• 18.08.Portfolio writes that war threatens a nuclear catastrophe: "They are sounding the alarm." Portfolio ↗
• 18.08.Nearly a thousand complaints: the work atmosphere in the European Commission has become toxic — humiliation, overload and retaliation. Népszava ↗
• 18.08.China ordered to delete Windows 10 from state computers. HVG ↗
• 18.08.They found an almost intact Roman statue in the Danube — the water level is so low. Magyar Nemzet ↗

• "There is no reasonable explanation for such an inventor's fee." Patent representative György Pintz for HVG about Antal Rogán's patent which brings in billions. HVG ↗
• Duna Aszfalt is returning to the state almost sixty billion forints in advance for the Mohács bridge across the Danube and switches to monthly settlement. Dávid Vitézy: "We got back 59 billion!" 444 ↗HVG ↗Portfolio ↗24.hu ↗
• Investigation of corruption in tens of billions for the state artificial insemination program. Népszava ↗
• Public media paid departing officials following the elections over two hundred million; Dániel Papp received net 28.1 million forints. Portfolio ↗Telex ↗444 ↗
• Constitutional Court dismissed Fidesz's motion against the Tisza government, will investigate company 4iG. Portfolio ↗
• "Let's end this melodrama!" Magyar Nemzet attacks Péter Magyar for his Paks action; 444 instead asks why the dikes were crippled at Surány, similar to the one being built at Paks. Magyar Nemzet ↗444 ↗
• Ukraine wants to get Rosatom, the general contractor of Paks 2, on the EU sanctions list. Népszava ↗
• The Tisza government allegedly forgot to secure natural gas for Hungarians for 2027, says pro-government Magyar Nemzet. Magyar Nemzet ↗
• The water level of Lake Maconka fell to critical level — drinking water supply is threatened for fifteen thousand people. Telex ↗
• End of heat waves, drought remains. Another rainfall reversal is coming. Index ↗
• E. coli in Kecskemét baths, an opposition MP blamed the mayor for it. Index ↗
• Orbán's festival friend still has a live contract — his elite guards continue to protect Hungarian embassies. Telex meanwhile writes about the careers of relatives and friends of the NER at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 24.hu ↗Telex ↗
• Requirements for appointing school district directors are being lowered. HVG ↗
• The Kremlin secretly built drone bases reaching European metropolises, satellite images revealed it. Magyar Nemzet asks whether Putin's new weapons will also reach Warsaw. Portfolio ↗Magyar Nemzet ↗
• Ukraine may have completely run out of Patriot air defense missiles. Telex ↗
• Over six hundred combat drones at Moscow — the largest strike in two years. Fires broke out in several places. 24.hu ↗Index ↗Portfolio ↗
• A Russian banker told Putin that they will lose the war of attrition — immediately fired him. Index ↗
• Financing of government debt of developed economies is at its highest level since the 2008 crisis. Telex ↗
• Dramatic intervention of a passing ship in a key strait, also a victim is reported. Portfolio ↗
• At the Sziget festival, police took away several dozen people. Index ↗
• A mother found her dead husband and daughter in Gyomaendrőd. 24.hu ↗Telex ↗
• Five teenagers died in a collision, the BMW was going the wrong way. Index ↗

• 18.08.Der Standard maps who in the coalition is working on its dissolution. Der Standard ↗
• 18.08.Number of asylum requests falling and interior ministry betting on premiums for voluntary return of Syrians. Die Presse ↗Kleine Zeitung ↗
• 18.08.Iran threatens invasion of Gulf states and "strategic surprises". Die Presse ↗
• 18.08.Syria reports Israeli attack on military airbase and speaks of "dangerous escalation". Die Presse ↗
• 18.08.Israeli soldiers labeled detained Palestinians with numbers. ORF ↗
• 18.08.Ukraine acquired new drone with long range via China — Der Standard reconstructs how it bypassed embargo. Der Standard ↗
• 18.08.Die Presse summarized five consequences of heat waves and drought that will burden European economy the most. Die Presse ↗
• 18.08.First fine under new crypto rules: Bitpanda pays seventy thousand euros. Der Standard ↗
• 18.08.Booking.com will have to disclose data of private landlords. Kleine Zeitung ↗
• 18.08.ABC television sues American media regulator over license revocation. ORF ↗
• 18.08.Much remains open in Slovakia's "reform dividend" in the budget. ORF ↗
• 18.08.Elderly residents in Vienna care home given wrong medication and question arises where oversight failed. Der Standard ↗

• First asylum requests at decade-long minimum. Kleine Zeitung ↗
• Trump threatens Oman: "If you stand in our way, we will level you with the ground." Die Presse ↗
• Kushner sees progress in plan for Gaza within thirty days. ORF ↗
• Ukraine was to use British drones, Russia responds with threat. Der Standard ↗Die Presse ↗
• Extremist and security minister: Ben-Gvir doesn't care about Israel's reputation. Die Presse ↗
• Households or artificial intelligence — when power isn't enough for everyone. Die Presse ↗
• Voluntary rules to make electricity market fairer, corporations refuse. Der Standard ↗
• OMV mega project: politicians demand gas from Neptune for Austria. Kurier ↗
• Tens of thousands of ignored reports: murder of eleven-year-old triggers justice scandal in France. Die Presse ↗
• Suspicious stock trades of Donald Trump under scrutiny of Democrats. Die Presse ↗Kleine Zeitung ↗
• Record minimum in American reservoirs threatens supply of millions. Der Standard ↗
• As many forest fires as never before in Tyrol, and Europe reports significant increase in UV radiation. Kleine Zeitung ↗Kleine Zeitung ↗
• Road traffic on southern motorway down thanks to Koralmbahn railway. Die Presse ↗Kleine Zeitung ↗
• For Kim Jong-un, war came as a gift from heaven. Kurier ↗
• Shein pushes ultra-fast fashion to the stock exchange. Kurier ↗
• Vienna high-altitude water will soon become more expensive. Kurier ↗
• Billions for agriculture — and Austria is not a paradise for farmers despite that. Der Standard ↗
• "Death by Design": how bad policy kills. Der Standard ↗
• Risky maneuver saved Voyager 2 probe. Der Standard ↗
• Deportation of family in Semriach failed at the last minute. Kleine Zeitung ↗
• Former minister Blümel on artificial intelligence revolution: "We will be paid for activities we can't imagine today." Die Presse ↗Der Standard ↗
• Vaccination in pharmacies: possible start in 2027, in phases. Kurier ↗

• 18.08.Zelensky submitted proposals for two ministers at once to parliament — Khmara for defense and Sybiga for diplomacy. Ukrainska Pravda analyzes what procedure should be followed to place the general in a civilian post after Fedorov. Ukrajinska Pravda ↗Interfax Ukraine ↗Ukrajinska Pravda ↗
• 18.08.Russian strike on Pecheniky killed ten people, Zelensky promises response and Estonian foreign minister demands increased pressure on Moscow. Censor.NET ↗Naftemporiki ↗
• 18.08.According to Financial Times, Trump's representative conducted secret talks with the Kremlin to break the stalemate in the war. Censor.NET ↗
• 18.08.Belgium is ready to hand over frozen Russian assets to Ukraine — if there are joint EU guarantees. Sybiga at the same time calls for returning to active debate on their use. Censor.NET ↗Ukrajinska Pravda ↗
• 18.08.EU defense projects to protect the eastern border run into tens of billions of euros and Ukraine is among the participants. Interfax Ukraine ↗
• 18.08.SBU detained an agent who registered twenty-seven Starlink terminals for Russian forces. Kyiv Independent ↗
• 18.08.Interceptor STING shot down a Russian reconnaissance drone at a record altitude of over seven kilometers, another brigade reports twenty hits out of twenty attempts. Censor.NET ↗Censor.NET ↗
• 18.08.New York Times: satellite imagery significantly accelerated Ukrainian target acquisition. Censor.NET ↗
• 18.08.Russia punishes people for complaints about fuel shortage, crisis deepens. Kyiv Post ↗Onet ↗
• 18.08.A proposal appeared in Russia to introduce internet access only with an ID card. Censor.NET ↗
• 18.08.In three regions, the dead, captured, and serving soldiers were recorded among the 'mobilized' — 446 cases were uncovered. Censor.NET ↗
• 18.08.Investigators are checking police officers who violently pulled a taxi driver from his car during mobilization. Interfax Ukraine ↗
• 18.08.Ghana urged Russia to stop illegally recruiting its citizens into the war. Ukrajinska Pravda ↗
• 18.08.British prime minister rejected Russian threats: support for Kyiv will be 'one hundred percent'. Censor.NET ↗Ukrajinska Pravda ↗
• 18.08.Moscow threatened 'countermeasures' to Japan for support to Ukraine and the Kuril dispute. Censor.NET ↗

• Massive drone attack on Moscow. Mayor Sobyanin reports over 180 drones shot down, the city claims 620 were launched. A Wildberries warehouse was hit, which lost forty percent of its area. Censor.NET ↗Censor.NET ↗Kyiv Independent ↗
• Russia threatens Britain over British drones in deep strikes: "London will pay a price." Kyiv Post ↗Kyiv Post ↗
• CNN: Patriot batteries stand empty for weeks, air defense missiles are running out. Censor.NET ↗
• Fedorov: Ukraine will be able to strike Russia with its own ballistic missiles in three to six months. Censor.NET ↗
• Neptune missiles hit the Kamenskij Kombinat plant in Rostov region. Censor.NET ↗
• Greek tanker Skiros was attacked in the Black Sea after it loaded Russian oil in Novorossiysk. Ukrajinská pravda ↗Censor.NET ↗
• Sandu: some drones fly into Moldova deliberately. Russian Banderol missile violated Moldovan airspace and exploded near a village. Ukrajinská pravda ↗Kyiv Independent ↗Kyiv Post ↗
• Zelensky replaced the commander of Logistics Forces, Karpenko was replaced by Yuriy Pohribnyy. Ukrajinská pravda ↗Kyiv Post ↗
• FSB extorted a volunteer over his eighteen-year-old son. He flew to Moscow to save him: "They'll simply kill him." Ukrajinská pravda ↗Kyiv Independent ↗
• Russian Supreme Court confirmed the ban on Yabloko, the chairman received eleven years. Kyiv Post ↗Kyiv Independent ↗
• Latvian President Rinkēvičs: Russia's hybrid war against Europe has already begun. Censor.NET ↗
• USA concluded a contract with Raytheon for 22.9 billion dollars to increase Tomahawk production. Interfax Ukraine ↗
• Russia summoned the Japanese ambassador after Tokyo's protest against Putin's visit to the Kurils. Kyiv Post ↗
• Xi Jinping will skip the UN General Assembly, will limit his US visit to a meeting with Trump. Ukrajinská pravda ↗Censor.NET ↗
• Trump called on Iran to raise the 'white flag' of surrender. Ukrajinská pravda ↗Censor.NET ↗
• Kushner: Hamas will disarm within sixty to ninety days, otherwise Israel will receive much greater support. Ukrajinská pravda ↗Interfax Ukraine ↗
• Police uncovered a scheme with military commissions in Kyiv region — they demanded five thousand dollars for rear service. Censor.NET ↗
• Poroshenko: we are entering the most difficult autumn. Klitschko at the same time admitted that Kyiv completed less than half of the winter work. Censor.NET ↗Censor.NET ↗
• Government expects at least 800 megawatts of gas generation in 2026. Interfax Ukraine ↗
• Zaporizhzhia is building underground energy facilities — shelters have already withstood Shahed strikes. Censor.NET ↗
• Analysis: Russia is doubling its efforts and laying the groundwork for 'total war'. Kyiv Independent ↗
• Ukraine condemned the inclusion of a controversial Russian film at the Venice festival. Kyiv Independent ↗
• A judge from Odesa region was sentenced to seven years for a bribe of fifty thousand hryvnias. Censor.NET ↗

• 18.08.The Paris prosecutor's office opened an investigation into Russian interference in the campaign against Attal and Philippe. 20 Minutes ↗Ouest-France ↗To Vima ↗
• 18.08.The data breach from the tax office has a continuation: the same group claims to have accessed the education ministry's systems. Data of millions of students, teachers and employees are at risk. BFM TV ↗Le Figaro ↗
• 18.08.Iran's chief negotiator confirmed that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until Washington meets Tehran's demands. Le Figaro ↗
• 18.08.Trump published a map of Hormuz as "American territory" and claims that mines have been removed and shipping "is functioning". Le Figaro ↗BFM TV ↗
• 18.08.Former diplomat Éric Danon: "Stuck on Iran, Trump threatens, but will not bomb Oman." Le Figaro ↗
• 18.08.Kyiv fired over six hundred drones at Moscow in a single night. BFM TV ↗
• 18.08.Sophie Adenot became the first French woman to venture into space. BFM TV ↗France 24 ↗
• 18.08.Yvette Roudy, the first minister for women's rights who secured reimbursement for abortion, has died. Le Monde ↗Libération ↗
• 18.08.On Corsica, mafia groups are multiplying arson attacks to control the local economy. Le Monde ↗
• 18.08.Meta continues to refuse to pay for neighboring rights in France. Libération ↗
• 18.08.Trump silenced a CNN journalist with a question about his colleague, the White House later attacked her in posts as well. Libération ↗Berlingske ↗
• 18.08.ABC Television, owned by Disney, is suing Trump's administration over freedom of speech. Libération ↗Financial Times ↗
• 18.08.Trump claims he "gets along well" with Kim Jong-un and will significantly reduce exercises with South Korea. BFM TV ↗
• 18.08.Agricultural crisis: "The bill will be very heavy," warns the minister — and distributors will tolerate smaller and less attractive fruit. Le Figaro ↗BFM TV ↗
• 18.08.Why the drought of 2026 is truly historic — the second part of the RFI series. RFI ↗
• 18.08.Turkish companies are fleeing Russia: "That market didn't fulfill its promises." Courrier International ↗
• 18.08.In Canada, they are investigating an intern accused of espionage for NATO. Courrier International ↗
• 18.08.Nvidia and OpenAI agreed on building the world's largest data center. Courrier International ↗
• 18.08.In Mali, harsh sentences were handed down for a commentator and influencer critical of the junta. Libération ↗
• 18.08.La Tribune on the hidden climate debt threatening European budgets. La Tribune ↗

• After the tax authority hack, Lecornu demands an in-depth audit. BFM TV ↗
• 700,000 chickens died in the heat wave, egg shortage threatens. BFM TV ↗
• The drying Rhine in Alsace: "Everything that could be moved to rail or road has already been moved." Ships sail lighter or remain in port. BFM TV ↗
• Macron promises towns in Var the same aid as in Gironde, Lecornu announced measures amid fanfare. Le Monde ↗RFI ↗
• For the first time since July 29, not a single department is on orange heat wave alert. BFM TV ↗
• Darmanin announces transition to Édouard Philippe for 2027, heading toward partial pension freeze. BFM TV ↗BFM TV ↗
• A ship in the Strait of Hormuz hit by unknown projectile, one casualty reported. Le Figaro ↗
• Tehran declares sixty-day negotiation deadline void, Trump threatens Oman bombing in stalemate. France 24 ↗Courrier International ↗
• Trump mistreats South Korea and reconsiders dialogue with Pyongyang; Seoul reassures northern neighbor over exercises. Le Monde ↗France 24 ↗
• "Complainants are absolutely terrified": is Patrick Bruel's fame a safe passage? Marianne ↗
• Eleven French detained in Thailand for drugs, recruited via social media. BFM TV ↗
• Sophie Adenot will be the first French woman to walk in space. France 24 ↗L'Obs ↗
• What Meta really faces, accused of making minors addicted. Le Figaro ↗
• Paramount demands $1.9 billion bail from twelve states blocking merger with Warner Bros. Le Monde ↗Le Figaro ↗
• Eleven years in labor camp for Lev Shlosberg of anti-war party Yabloko. RFI ↗
• Venezuela earthquake death toll rises to 6,438. Le Figaro ↗
• In a +1.5°C world, 22% of people over sixty will face "uncompensable" heat. Libération ↗Ouest-France ↗
• A couple terrorized for two years by homophobic anonymous. Village mayor: "Until they catch him, no response will be sufficient." Ouest-France ↗Ouest-France ↗
• Kyiv produces new drone with 2000-kilometer range; Putin has secret drone bases near NATO borders. BFM TV ↗BFM TV ↗
• Paris priest accused of multiple rapes of a minor. BFM TV ↗
• Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing met his protector Putin in Moscow. RFI ↗
• Trump administration suspended border barrier project in Texas. France 24 ↗Le Monde ↗
• Lula hails oil discovery near Amazon as "ticket to the future". Le Monde ↗France 24 ↗
• Iraq to investigate drone attack on Kurdistan prime minister's office. France 24 ↗

• 18.08.The head of parliament sends disk with Delmastro's chats back to the prosecutor — the majority doesn't want them read. Il Fatto Quotidiano ↗
• 18.08.Pressure on interior ministry to reduce protection for journalist Ranucci: "backup is no longer needed." Il Fatto Quotidiano ↗
• 18.08.Trump confirmed that no talks with Iran are taking place nor planned — and posted a map of Hormuz as "new US territory". ANSA ↗
• 18.08.Lula: "Brazilian oil can supply the world if Hormuz closes." ANSA ↗
• 18.08.Switzerland follows Germany and from the end of August will start returning asylum seekers to Italy. Il Sole 24 Ore ↗ANSA ↗
• 18.08.Story of a twenty-two-year-old Somali woman who hid in an evangelical church before returning from Germany. Open ↗
• 18.08.Drought and heat waves cost agriculture over three billion euros. Il Sole 24 Ore ↗
• 18.08.Tomorrow peak heat — red level in all twenty-seven monitored cities. La Repubblica ↗
• 18.08.Three fatal workplace accidents in twenty-four hours. Il Fatto Quotidiano ↗
• 18.08.Stellantis falls further: lower margins, uncertainty in the USA and South America and speculative funds. Il Fatto Quotidiano ↗
• 18.08.A Palestinian-American returned from the USA and raised the American flag on a house besieged by settlers. Il Fatto Quotidiano ↗
• 18.08.Mega-trial against Meta has begun: twenty-nine states demand up to 1.4 trillion for damages to minors. Corriere della Sera ↗
• 18.08.In Sardinia thirty people attacked one man in a homophobic attack. Il Fatto Quotidiano ↗
• 18.08.A drone caught the arsonist, carabinieri arrested a farmer. Il Fatto Quotidiano ↗
• 18.08.Russia proposes to strip voting rights from "traitors to the homeland". AGI ↗

• Record-breaking heat: tomorrow peak, red alert in all twenty-seven monitored cities. La Repubblica ↗
• Migration dispute splits European socialists. Rome calls Berlin "Let's meet", Danish PM is under fire and PD says: "Serious is the Meloni axis." La Stampa ↗La Repubblica ↗La Repubblica ↗
• Seven dead off Libya, wave of rescue operations at sea continues. La Repubblica ↗
• Salvini is at his lowest point — squeezed within his own party and pushed by the rise of far-right Vannacci. Rebels aim at Pontida: "Salvini must change, or there will be a collapse." La Repubblica ↗
• Six candidates for center-left leadership, primary question remains. AGI ↗
• Electoral reform and security: challenges for the center-right after summer. AGI ↗
• Berlin openly: "We can sell our stake in Commerzbank to Unicredit" — if strategies are shared. La Stampa ↗La Repubblica ↗
• Ex Ilva: soon comes the Italian industry plan. Il Sole 24 Ore ↗
• Philip Lane from ECB: defense spending pressures GDP, need greater autonomy from both USA and China. La Stampa ↗
• Inflation brakes consumption, in August Italian purchase intentions decline. La Repubblica ↗
• Early retirement schemes are collapsing, women and civil servants are paying the price. La Repubblica ↗
• Climate plan for Italy remains in a drawer despite heat waves, drought and floods. La Repubblica ↗
• Pentagon signed contract with RTX for Tomahawks for 22.9 billion; Trump threatens bombing of Oman too and Tehran prepares escalation. Il Sole 24 Ore ↗Il Sole 24 Ore ↗
• From Ukraine rain of drones on Moscow — 1500 in twenty-four hours. Telegraph writes that Russia is building dozens of launch bases. Corriere della Sera ↗ANSA ↗
• "Worse than in Kyiv, this is how you lose" — Putin fired the chief economist. La Repubblica ↗
• Moscow rejected Yabloko's appeal, anti-war party is out of elections. La Repubblica ↗
• Half Lupin, half hoodlums: art thieves and business worth seven billion. La Repubblica ↗
• Musk won in Sweden, Tesla assembly workers say: "Strike has ended." La Stampa ↗
• Record heat accelerated grape harvest in Champagne; mountaineer Kilian Jornet says heat is changing mountaineering. AGI ↗AGI ↗
• Which EU countries most support Ukraine's entry? Sky TG24 ↗
• Cambridge rector accuses: "Racism killed Ardaya." La Repubblica ↗
• Stricter EU rules on energy spending: "Only for structural interventions." La Repubblica ↗

• 18.08.Switzerland is sending asylum seekers to Italy for the first time again since the end of August — direct consequence of the EU migration pact. Tages-Anzeiger ↗
• 18.08."Trump barks because he cannot bite" — Tages-Anzeiger on the threat to Oman. Tages-Anzeiger ↗
• 18.08.SRF: "Superpower is ousted by regional power." SRF ↗
• 18.08.NZZ: why Israel must suddenly fight for America with America. Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
• 18.08.Moscow's top economist speaks of Russia's defeat against Ukraine — and is dismissed. Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
• 18.08."Trump is just robbing the world's biggest gas station" — analysis of Venezuela under American control. Tages-Anzeiger ↗
• 18.08.Swiss pressure worked: EU tightens rules for freight cars. Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
• 18.08.Sweden significantly tightened its migration policy: "If you don't behave, you're out." Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
• 18.08.Parmelin lobbies Larry Fink to keep the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
• 18.08.A rocky massif with a volume of twenty million cubic meters threatens to bury a mountain village — thawing permafrost is to blame. Het Laatste Nieuws ↗Postimees ↗
• 18.08.Cases of legionella are increasing in Wetzikon, the cause is still unknown. Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
• 18.08.After a data breach in Uster, the city council is filing a criminal complaint. Tages-Anzeiger ↗

• September 11th shapes America to this day — that's why Trump can't win a war with Iran. Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
• Trump threw South Korea out of step, but Beijing has nothing to celebrate. Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
• Abandoning the Copernicus program is "a stab in the heart" — climatologists criticize the Federal Council's cost-cutting course. Tages-Anzeiger ↗
• Switzerland is flying back its first asylum seekers to Italy starting at the end of the month. "Flights are booked." SRF ↗
• Switzerland does a lot right in forest fires — and has some luck too. SRF ↗
• Billion-franc project for the third correction of the Rhône: the association must push more. SRF ↗
• Companies paid the state two billion more in taxes than expected. Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
• French Constitutional Court struck down ban on social media for minors — opposition came from the left. Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
• Can Özgür Özel threaten Erdoğan with his new Yeni party? Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
• Power struggle around Infantino: football's ruler lacks a culture of dispute. Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
• Trump's war against alleged drug traffickers in South America has claimed at least 221 deaths — and new dangers threaten. Tages-Anzeiger ↗
• Google bought a hundred million emails from bankrupt Spirit for AI training. Tages-Anzeiger ↗
• Protection from heat waves is important, but doesn't belong in the constitution. Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
• Four artificial intelligence models built a voting aid for Saxony-Anhalt — all agreed on one party. Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
• GLP chair in Zollikofen steps down because of neutrality initiative. Tages-Anzeiger ↗
• How Yabloko became a magnet for the discontented in Russia. SRF ↗
• Flight to Ceuta: why so many young Moroccans want to leave. Tages-Anzeiger ↗
• Indian motorcyclists revolt against E20 biofuel — they fear engine damage and reduced range. Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
• Volker Türk calls for an end to fighting in Yemen. SRF ↗
• Zhu Rongji's mixed legacy: the late premier bears responsibility for some of China's biggest problems. Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
• Scientists discovered a particle made only of force — matter without quarks. Neue Zürcher Zeitung ↗
• Rain helps agriculture only to a limited extent, and mountain areas are reporting more domestic tourists in the hot summer. SRF ↗SRF ↗

• 18.08.The wind over Hohes Venn turned and relieved Luxembourg from smoke, but measures remain in place and the fire is still "unpredictable". Luxemburger Wort ↗Luxemburger Wort ↗
• 18.08.Luxembourg sent a firefighting robot to Saarland. Luxemburger Wort ↗
• 18.08.Luxembourg Air Rescue is frustrated that it had to refuse Belgium's request for help. Luxembourg Times ↗
• 18.08.Israeli minister wants to kill "thirty to forty Palestinians a night". Luxemburger Wort ↗
• 18.08.Erdoğan calls on Trump for diplomacy in the Iran war, Tehran claims that opening the Strait of Hormuz depends on Washington. Luxemburger Wort ↗Luxemburger Wort ↗
• 18.08.Why Sahra Wagenknecht pacts with the far right. Luxemburger Wort ↗

• Prison for Samir H., who threatened Xavier Bettel with a bomb attack over the phone. Luxemburger Wort ↗
• Over fifty Luxembourg companies received a warning for not disclosing their annual accounts. Luxembourg Times ↗
• "Very frustrating": Air Rescue had to refuse a call for help from Belgium. Luxemburger Wort ↗
• What health effects can a smoke cloud have from a fire beyond the border. Luxemburger Wort ↗
• Rare meeting in Cairo: Washington is looking for a path to peace in Gaza. Luxemburger Wort ↗
• Indians in Luxembourg doubt education reform after Generation Z protests. Luxembourg Times ↗
• Triple no for the controversial warehouse in Gilsdorf. Luxemburger Wort ↗
• MSH President Monique Reiff: "We lack a vision for ten, twenty years." Luxemburger Wort ↗

• 18.08.Brussels approved the return of unaccompanied minors from Ceuta to Morocco — and is pressing Madrid that this "is covered by EU law". ABC ↗El Mundo ↗NRK ↗
• 18.08.Robles is already the third minister in six days to skip the Senate in explaining Ceuta. ABC ↗La Vanguardia ↗
• 18.08.Former Moroccan Islamist prime minister demands explanation from Muhammad VI for the attack on Ceuta. ABC ↗
• 18.08.How police deployed in Ceuta live: a room for seven, one bathroom for seventy people, no air conditioning. ABC ↗
• 18.08.The Judicial Council strengthened emergency services and the court for violence against women in Ceuta for the "extraordinary" situation. El Mundo ↗
• 18.08.A series of earthquakes in Granada continues — seventh with magnitude 4.7, three slightly injured and the Alhambra closed. ABC ↗Gazeta Wyborcza ↗La Vanguardia ↗
• 18.08."Neither precursor to a major earthquake nor weakening aftershocks" — why no one knows what will come after Granada's domino effect. El Confidencial ↗El País ↗
• 18.08.The Meteorological Service declared red alert for extreme heat in Valencia, temperatures up to forty-four degrees. ABC ↗El País ↗
• 18.08.West Nile virus cases in Andalusia rose to forty-six, Seville deploys traps for three hundred mosquitoes a day. eldiario.es ↗ABC ↗
• 18.08.The Supreme Court ruled that sex change in the registry has no retroactive effect and does not annul previous gender-based violence sentences. El País ↗eldiario.es ↗
• 18.08.Dismantled illegal immigration network that arranged marriages of convenience. El País ↗
• 18.08.Spanish-French operation dismantled migrant smuggler network. El País ↗
• 18.08.Public debt rose 4.2 percent to a new record of 1.76 trillion euros. El Español ↗
• 18.08.Trade deficit jumped thirty percent, China is the main supplier. La Vanguardia ↗
• 18.08.The San Juan de la Peña monastery withstood the fire, but flames left a mark on the rock. eldiario.es ↗
• 18.08.Netanyahu put Mamdani on a huge campaign poster next to leaders of Iran and Hezbollah. eldiario.es ↗Courrier International ↗

• PSOE implodes in Ceuta — lawmakers critical of Sánchez prepare a new party. El Español ↗
• Moncloa and Ceuta agreed on spaces to manage the humanitarian crisis amid major political tension. El País ↗
• Settlement on El Trampolín beach grows: cardboard mosque, self-management of tasks, tournaments — and growing tension. El País ↗
• Ceuta fears that "temporary" tents for at least 1500 people will become permanent. Doctors meanwhile consider 1500 places insufficient and warn of endless health crisis. El Español ↗El Español ↗
• New EU migration pact from June allows Spain to expel asylum applicants from Ceuta. El Español ↗
• Vivas clashes with the government, Ceuta's president threatens Sánchez with court and dozens of migrants meanwhile reached the peninsula. El País ↗ABC ↗
• Iran is using sixty days of ceasefire from the US memorandum for rearmament and escalation of offensive. El Español ↗
• Hegseth expanded the list of targets for American military presence in Latin America from drug trafficking to FARC and ELN. El Español ↗
• The world watches more expensive debt: bonds at peaks for over two decades. El País ↗
• Finance admits it may have to return 1200 million to autonomous communities for reducing VAT on electricity, gas and food. ABC ↗
• Gas threatens to exceed 60 euros per megawatt-hour and push inflation above four percent, electricity price may exceed one hundred euros for the first time since 2022. El Español ↗ABC ↗
• "We have weapons from World War II": drug trafficking overwhelmed Guardia Civil capacity. Mafia impunity bursts into extreme violence in Andalusian neighborhoods. El Mundo ↗ABC ↗
• Gang war on Isla Cristina has five dead. It started with murder of brother-in-law: "They demanded 50,000 euros for 'Babu's' head." El Español ↗El Confidencial ↗
• Fine print of regional financing: government cemented permanent status quo and opens door to extra VAT — and reduces weight of healthcare and education, though they make up 76% of spending. El Mundo ↗El Español ↗
• Amancio Ortega exits Portuguese REN, holds another 3,560 million in strategic sectors. El País ↗
• CNMC shines light on Cellnex's complete dominance over terrestrial digital broadcasting. El País ↗
• New energy war in the eastern Mediterranean — and why Egypt and Turkey have the upper hand. El País ↗
• The Palestinian question doesn't determine Israeli elections, Ben-Gvir's "puppies" do. El Confidencial ↗
• Berrocal saved himself from flames for the fifth time. Twelve neighbors took shelter to defend the village: "The fire stayed fifty meters from us." El País ↗
• Thirty-nine degrees and yellow alert in Madrid, thirteen autonomous communities are on alert. eldiario.es ↗eldiario.es ↗
• Sareb: property transfer to the state created a hole of over twenty billion euros. ABC ↗
• Spy at night, caregiver by day: the double life of África de las Heras, USSR agent. El Español ↗
• "Morocco is measuring wrongly and could push us into war," warns commentary. El Español ↗

• 18.08.The fire in Hoge Venen is inaccessible on the eastern flank: "Where we don't fight it, it will ignite again." Five hundred rescuers are digging up soil to contain the fire. De Standaard ↗De Morgen ↗RTP ↗
• 18.08."All brakes on violence are failing" — VRT examines why Ben-Gvir deliberately does not describe Gaza's population as human. VRT NWS ↗
• 18.08.An American Nvidia chip appeared in a new Russian rocket despite sanctions. VRT NWS ↗
• 18.08."Business trip," "cargo 500," "meat": code language used by Russian soldiers to talk about the horror at the front. De Morgen ↗
• 18.08.Lev Shlosberg received eleven years in prison for condemning the war: "I pity you, Your Honor!" La Libre ↗
• 18.08.Belgian media notice Trump's "strange map" of Hormuz and ask whether the naval blockade still holds. La Libre ↗La Libre ↗
• 18.08."We are at a dead end" — is this heading toward endless fighting between Washington and Tehran? 7sur7 ↗
• 18.08.Rapper Ye will perform as the first Western pop star in Russia — and it's causing a stir there too. De Morgen ↗
• 18.08.Refugees in Britain will have to return up to 11,600 euros for their accommodation. Het Laatste Nieuws ↗
• 18.08.Amazon's new gas-fired power plant could become "the largest source of pollution in the US". La Libre ↗
• 18.08.The tax authority is demanding more than nineteen million from Marc Coucke — improper VAT deductions and "fictitious invoices". Het Laatste Nieuws ↗
• 18.08.The Pukkelpop festival, after dry weeks, cancels fireworks and introduces dust prevention measures. De Standaard ↗
• 18.08.A hypoallergenic lab dog raises ethical questions: "This crosses a new line." De Morgen ↗
• 18.08.A Belgian journalist on the Colombian earthquake: damage has risen to eight billion, European countries are sending aid. De Morgen ↗VRT NWS ↗

• Defense Minister Theo Francken is preparing a "military anti-fire action plan". HLN knows first what it contains. Het Laatste Nieuws ↗
• "Where is the political response after the severe fire in Hohes Venn?" De Morgen reminds us: "It is not climate change that lights the fire." De Morgen ↗
• The fire is not under control, but it has not advanced — rain is expected in Fagnes. 7sur7 ↗
• Major European rivers are drying up and the continent will pay the price. De Morgen ↗
• Asbestos drama: "Concerns about public health and human rights are from this century." De Morgen ↗
• Schools will receive only 29 euros per student instead of last year's 77. 7sur7 ↗
• Fines up to 400,000 euros for companies that ignore inspection deadlines. Het Laatste Nieuws ↗
• The USA and Canada have twenty-four hours for a trade deal — why it's stalling and what if the deadline expires. VRT NWS ↗
• Fifteen years after the storm at Pukkelpop: how festivals are arming themselves against extreme weather. VRT NWS ↗
• One in five diabetics drives with an invalid license — the regulation stays under the radar. VRT NWS ↗Het Laatste Nieuws ↗
• Refugees in the United Kingdom will have to return up to 11,600 euros for their accommodation. Het Laatste Nieuws ↗
• Luigi Mangione's lawyers want to stop the state trial after his confession. De Standaard ↗VRT NWS ↗
• Kushner is trying to unlock the stalled peace process in Gaza. De Morgen ↗
• Less American protection for South Korea: "The intent Trump expresses with that is unsettling." De Morgen ↗
• Charity will not save big artificial intelligence. De Morgen ↗
• BlackBerry returns "to a market about to explode". De Morgen ↗
• Seven weeks after the earthquakes in Venezuela, the death toll is rising toward 6,500. VRT NWS ↗La Libre ↗
• Moscow warns London after alleged use of British drones by Ukraine. La Libre ↗
• New centers for long Covid: breakthrough or band-aid solution? De Morgen ↗
• Changing climate demands a resilient state — and De Morgen asks why deniers still get a platform. De Morgen ↗De Morgen ↗
• Organizers of the Four-Day March at the Yser warn against fires despite rain: "Don't throw cigarette butts." VRT NWS ↗
• "The question is not whether children can work. The question is why we once decided they shouldn't." An essay from De Morgen. De Morgen ↗

• 18.08.Three fires mobilized over nine hundred firefighters, heat waves and dry air complicate operations and over nine hundred hectares burned in Santo Tirso. RTP ↗RTP ↗RTP ↗
• 18.08.Villages in Vila Flor remained closed overnight. RTP ↗
• 18.08.Brussels promises a proposal to strengthen climate resilience after an extreme summer. Jornal de Negócios ↗
• 18.08.Social Security is in deficit and the working group proposes automatic occupational pension plans with the option to opt out. RTP ↗RTP ↗
• 18.08.The director of the emergency department in São José demands dignified conditions for patients and threatens to resign. Expresso ↗
• 18.08.Children from Gaza are receiving medical treatment in Portugal. RTP ↗
• 18.08.Indictment of twelve in the 'White Elephant' case: over five hundred women were abused over six years. CM Jornal ↗
• 18.08.Ebola in Congo is 'far from being under control'. Observador ↗

• Today a report on social security reform is presented. RTP ↗
• What is the government's plan for returning to REN? Chinese companies have already made hundreds of millions of euros from REN. Observador ↗CM Jornal ↗
• Over a thousand firefighters dealing with four major fires, around five hundred at Moncorve and Vila Flor; the fire forced the closure of residents in Seixo de Manhose. RTP ↗RTP ↗RTP ↗
• The government is preparing measures against shell companies. CM Jornal ↗
• Wages are rising, but at a slower pace. CM Jornal ↗
• The elite PSP unit strengthens the fight against crime in Lisbon's Baixa, and protects gold worth one hundred million in Viana do Castelo. CM Jornal ↗CM Jornal ↗
• An Israeli minister proposed killing thirty to forty people per night in Gaza: 'Palestinians don't deserve to live there.' CM Jornal ↗
• Meta faces a fine of 173 billion euros for 'habituation' of minors. CM Jornal ↗
• Macron signed a law allowing a 36 billion euro investment in defense. RTP ↗
• Turkish leader asks Trump to continue negotiations with Iran. RTP ↗
• The USA has detained over sixty ships since resuming the blockade of Iranian ports. RTP ↗
• Guterres urges Washington and Tehran to resume negotiations. RTP ↗
• Two Iranian designers have been detained since July 19 after meeting with diplomats. RTP ↗
• Oil discovered in the Amazon is a 'gateway to the future'. RTP ↗
• Colombia's Institute of Forensic Medicine received 304 victims' bodies. RTP ↗
• Spain's health minister called the situation in Ceuta an 'absolutely exceptional humanitarian crisis'. CM Jornal ↗
• South African leader calls for regional unity after march against immigration. RTP ↗

• 18.08.The number of Catholic baptisms fell by thirty percent over a decade — declining birth rates and secularization. RTÉ ↗The Irish Times ↗
• 18.08.Exports to the USA plummeted compared to last year, and the explanation is Trump's tariffs. The Journal ↗The Irish Times ↗
• 18.08.Prime Minister Burnham claims he is not ashamed of communications with a fake Trump adviser. The Journal ↗RTÉ ↗
• 18.08.A war of words between Russia and Britain over Ukraine escalates. Irish Independent ↗
• 18.08.Media regulator asks TikTok for a 'full account' of how it addresses the trend of dangerous driving videos. The Journal ↗
• 18.08.Online shoppers will pay a new two-euro fee. The Irish Times ↗
• 18.08.Mike Ashley's Frasers increased its stake in Hugo Boss to forty-eight percent — just below the threshold that would trigger a mandatory offer. The Irish Times ↗Tagesschau ↗
• 18.08.Nearly three thousand Irish entities were removed from the register for failing to submit documents. The Irish Times ↗
• 18.08.Insect infestation and faulty fire alarms in emergency housing for the homeless in Dublin. The Journal ↗
• 18.08.The World Health Organization says the Ebola outbreak can be contained within three months. RTÉ ↗

• Trump's support fell to 33%, the lowest during his presidency. The Irish Times ↗
• Thousands of people at a London vigil for Jason Arday — "it was a public execution". The Irish Times ↗RTÉ ↗
• DUP MP Jim Shannon was accused of assaulting a woman. Irish Independent ↗
• Garda seeks public opinion on the use of live cameras from third parties. The Irish Times ↗RTÉ ↗
• 'Get me famous': TikTok accounts gather thousands of views for stolen cars and police chases. The more dangerous the driving, the more likes. The Journal ↗The Irish Times ↗
• Garda investigates the background of five teenagers who died in a head-on collision on the highway. A black BMW traveled in the wrong direction on the M9 up to three times. Irish Examiner ↗The Journal ↗
• Childcare workers rejected offers for new minimum wages. The Irish Times ↗
• Andy Burnham corresponded with a scammer posing as the head of Trump's cabinet. Irish Independent ↗
• Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it stands in the way of an Iran deal. The Journal ↗The Irish Times ↗
• The latest Ebola epidemic became the deadliest in DRC history. The Irish Times ↗
• Iran threatens a new offensive against the USA. RTÉ ↗

• 18.08.Drone explosion at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant kills and injures — operator says it's "the worst incident the plant has experienced." Russia simultaneously claims it shot down 790 Ukrainian drones over Energodar. De Telegraaf ↗DR ↗ABC ↗
• 18.08.NATO keeps shooting down drones with expensive fighters: "We need faster innovation." NOS ↗
• 18.08.Iran threatens total attack: "From defensive to full offensive." De Telegraaf ↗
• 18.08.Israeli attacks on Syrian airbase, Washington calls for de-escalation. NOS ↗
• 18.08."Go woke, go broke?" Companies that didn't bend to Trump's threats are performing just as well on the stock market. Trouw ↗
• 18.08.Thirty US states demand one trillion dollars from Meta and end to stories and filters. AD ↗
• 18.08.Ye will be the first major Western star to perform in Russia since the invasion. NRC ↗
• 18.08.Belgian fire is barely spreading anymore, but still not under control. de Volkskrant ↗
• 18.08.Police and prosecution will self-evaluate intervention against farmer protests: "Draw lessons." NOS ↗
• 18.08.Fewer bombings than last year, task force sees success of new approach. de Volkskrant ↗
• 18.08.Dutch people are taking on more debt due to rapidly rising prices. De Telegraaf ↗
• 18.08.Indonesia finally demands back diamond from Banjarmasin — the question is who to return it to. NRC ↗

• Organize demonstrations with neonazis? For Forum voor Democratie that's no longer an obstacle. NRC ↗
• Fewer bombings than last year, working group sees success of new approach. de Volkskrant ↗
• Finally rain after months of drought — how much will it actually help? Additional measures are not ruled out. NOS ↗NU.nl ↗
• De Telegraaf editorial: with growing Russian threat, dangerous escalation looms. De Telegraaf ↗
• Why Putin actually doesn't want Kadyrov's army. Chechen leader claims he supplies 80,000 fighters — contribution falls far short of expectations. AD ↗AD ↗
• Russia threatens United Kingdom: "London is choosing escalation, that will have consequences." AD ↗Trouw ↗
• Urgent call for housing market funding: adjust tax box 3, i.e., wealth taxation, to bring investors back to building. Woonalliantie urges cabinet to withdraw brake rules. De Telegraaf ↗AD ↗
• Plant-based products are increasingly cheaper than animal alternatives in supermarkets, inflation and private labels save the vegetarian products market. de Volkskrant ↗De Telegraaf ↗
• How long will large technology companies remain allies of the polder? de Volkskrant ↗
• Eyewitness report from Congo: why ebola is so hard to defeat. NRC ↗
• Chinese electric vehicles are extremely popular, but repairs are a big problem — with minor damage, the car is often written off. De Telegraaf ↗
• Construction of part of border wall with Mexico in Texas national park halted after sharp criticism. NOS ↗Trouw ↗
• Trial of Luigi Mangione postponed after confession. De Telegraaf ↗de Volkskrant ↗
• Disappointment in Zandvoort at end of Grand Prix: "Motorsport fans are not football hooligans." De Telegraaf ↗NU.nl ↗
• One proposal suddenly allows eight struck locations for wind turbines in Green Heart again. AD ↗
• Residents are not afraid despite knee-deep cracks in weak dike Prinsendijk. AD ↗
• After abuse of her son, Mandy Megens fights for greater safety in court room. de Volkskrant ↗
• After a summer without attacks, talk of the wolf on Utrecht Ridge finally stopped. AD ↗
• Damage from earthquake in Colombia is at least eight billion euros, Shakira promises support. NOS ↗De Telegraaf ↗
• Discord disabled livestream feature in Brazil after suicide. NOS ↗
• Desperate singles stand in line for hours at photo booth in New York to meet a "kindred spirit." AD ↗

• 18.08.Guardian analyses what lies behind Russian threat of "consequences" for British drones for Ukraine. The Guardian ↗
• 18.08.Britain could run out of gas by the 2030s, ministers warn. The Guardian ↗
• 18.08.Expected heavy rain won't reverse widespread drought. The Guardian ↗
• 18.08.One dead and over two hundred ill in salmonella outbreak. The Guardian ↗The Independent ↗
• 18.08.Labour calls for gambling regulator to investigate firms linked to Reform UK donors. The Guardian ↗
• 18.08.Disney sues Trump administration over "retaliatory" review of ABC licence. Financial Times ↗
• 18.08.Two serving officers arrested in major fraud investigation by Police Federation. The Independent ↗
• 18.08.Nearly one hundred migrants rescued in English Channel after engine failure, another two hundred fifty arrived. The Independent ↗Daily Mail ↗
• 18.08.Revealed: free speech group raised over sixty thousand pounds for case handled by lawyer for free. The Guardian ↗
• 18.08.British ice cube factory producing six billion cubes a year can't keep up with demand during heatwaves. The Independent ↗
• 18.08.Jeff Bezos consortium bought nearly forty percent of Liverpool. BBC News ↗
• 18.08.Trump's navy in crisis: another ship broke down and sailors went four days without food, water, or toilets. Daily Mail ↗
• 18.08.Princess Diana's brother publishes book about her life. BBC News ↗

• Trump's cuts in South Korean exercises raise doubts about US commitment in Asia. Financial Times ↗
• "Artificial intelligence didn't go out of control. It's worse." Financial Times ↗
• The hard truth about Jason Arday. Financial Times ↗
• Leading economists urge Burnham to sign British accession to UN initiative on global inequality. The Guardian ↗
• Global private equity didn't do a single deal in China: "It's not worth the effort." Financial Times ↗
• Chris Hohn's hedge fund bet on Italian luxury hotels. Financial Times ↗
• Airlines in deadlock over price cuts as fuel costs fall. Financial Times ↗
• BHP copper profits exceed iron ore for the first time. Financial Times ↗
• Russia warns United Kingdom against supplying drones to Ukraine. BBC News ↗
• Disabled people in England to get round-the-clock free bus travel. BBC News ↗
• Former staff describe "chaotic atmosphere" at new £400 million prison. BBC News ↗
• Young adults taking prescription drugs instead of alcohol — and experts are divided. BBC News ↗
• Heavy showers and storms bring risk of flash floods. BBC News ↗
• Kushner admits talks of peace with Iran are in a dire state and Trump will have to be "very patient". Daily Mail ↗
• Trial of Tupac's killer: prosecution claims Keffe D put the gun in the shooter's hands out of revenge. BBC News ↗Daily Mail ↗
• David Attenborough's cameraman sues BBC over "work injury". Daily Mail ↗

• 18.08.Sociologist Konstantinos Tsoukalas died, the Athens Academy lowered the flag to half-mast for three days. Protothema ↗Naftemporiki ↗
• 18.08.Following the helicopter crash on Sifnos, where a couple on their honeymoon and the pilot died, emergency inspections were ordered for all Bell 206 aircraft. To Vima ↗Naftemporiki ↗
• 18.08.New fires in Thebes, western Attica and Kilkis, three firefighting aircraft were sent airborne. To Vima ↗Naftemporiki ↗24 Chasa ↗
• 18.08.Tehran responds to Trump on Hormuz: "We will correct his illusions, Washington is asking us for negotiations." Protothema ↗
• 18.08.Trump "declared" the Strait of Hormuz as American territory with a map on his social network. Naftemporiki ↗
• 18.08.Tom Barrack accused Israel of attacking a Syrian airfield: "Unnecessary escalation." Protothema ↗
• 18.08.World Health Organization on Ebola in Congo: "The epidemic remains out of control," concerns about international spread. Protothema ↗Naftemporiki ↗
• 18.08.New earthquake with magnitude 4.8 in Granada — three slightly injured and building damage. Protothema ↗
• 18.08.Six injured after a tourist boat hit concrete blocks on Zakynthos, captain detained. Protothema ↗

• Iran warns that after stalemate in negotiations it is moving to "full offense." Protothema ↗
• Turkey and Iran are negotiating to open the Strait of Hormuz. Naftemporiki ↗
• The US and Israel have agreed: an American general will oversee Hamas's disarmament. Kushner's ultimatum is sixty to ninety days, otherwise Israel will "finish the job". Protothema ↗Protothema ↗
• Drought in Europe: the Rhine is drying up, costs are rising, damage exceeds fifty billion. To Vima ↗
• Yellow fire alert for Attica, Central Greece, northern Peloponnese and Evros; today thirty-seven degrees, another rise from Thursday. To Vima ↗Protothema ↗
• Authorities are looking for answers in the final seconds before the helicopter crash on Sifnos, the video recording is key. Protothema ↗
• A crypto firm connected to Trump is cooperating with Chinese companies that his own administration considers dangerous. Naftemporiki ↗
• Beijing's long arm: how China binds multinational corporations to break Western sanctions. Naftemporiki ↗
• Trump's popularity is at its lowest level — only 33% approve of him, the burden is the war with Iran. To Vima ↗Protothema ↗
• Revelations about five teenagers who died in Ireland: "Driving the wrong way for likes." Protothema ↗
• Tax office sells properties from a thousand euros, "choice properties" are on Mykonos, in Maroussi, Chania and Halkidiki. Protothema ↗
• Employers are turning to meal vouchers and bonuses instead of raising wages. Protothema ↗

• 18.08.The Constitutional Court rejected President Nicușor Dan's petition regarding the integrity law — the Liberal Party's general secretary warns: "Today it's Fritz, tomorrow any mayor or deputy." Digi24 ↗G4Media ↗
• 18.08.The Constitutional Court's chief explains why publishing asset declarations of officials is unconstitutional. HotNews ↗
• 18.08.The court rejected the proposal of the Bucharest transport company for insolvency — the file is incomplete. Digi24 ↗Pro TV Stirile ↗
• 18.08.The Competition Council is investigating fuel price increases after the price rise cancels out the reduction in consumption tax. Libertatea ↗
• 18.08.Trump's envoy for Syria and Iraq accused Israel of "unnecessary escalation". G4Media ↗
• 18.08.Economists at the European Central Bank warn that artificial intelligence could cause an impending market correction. G4Media ↗
• 18.08.The Rompetrol refinery will shut down a key operation on August 22 to help the power system. Adevărul ↗
• 18.08.Over five hundred complaints in twenty-four hours in Bucharest: "It stinks of garbage and gas." Digi24 ↗

• Maia Sandu on Russia's "second goal": "The Kremlin wants to control Moldova to use it against Ukraine. Even though we have economically separated from Russia, we are still in its information space." G4Media ↗
• Sandu warns following incidents with Russian drones — some are sent deliberately into Moldovan airspace. Pro TV Stirile ↗
• Gas in Moldova could increase by 41%. Sandu: "Let's prepare for the worst-case scenario." Pro TV Stirile ↗
• Russia is building a new network of drone bases, thereby changing NATO's defense conditions. G4Media ↗
• Investigation: the cyberattack that blocked the Romanian real estate market for a month was predictable. Thousands of passwords for notaries, lawyers, engineers, and officials were lying freely on the internet. HotNews ↗
• Criticism of the Constitutional Court's decision against Dominic Fritz: "Political heirs of the Communist Party and Securitate think they will finish what their predecessors failed." G4Media ↗
• Unbelievable footage on the Danube: one of Europe's largest rivers turned into a swamp in Giurgiu County. Adevărul ↗
• Rare phenomenon in the delta: salty water from the Black Sea is penetrating further upstream, threatening eutrophication. G4Media ↗
• How Russia could exploit Germany's rapid rearmament and why it itself becomes a risk to its neighbors. Digi24 ↗
• Ukraine could attack Russia with its own ballistic missiles in three to six months. Digi24 ↗
• Russia threatens Britain with "inevitable consequences" for British drones. Libertatea ↗Pro TV Stirile ↗
• Massive attack of over six hundred Ukrainian drones on Moscow. HotNews ↗
• How many Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine have been identified so far — real numbers could be much higher. Digi24 ↗
• Reform UK promises to abolish benefits for non-Britons, including EU citizens. Digi24 ↗
• Meta faces a lawsuit that could fundamentally change Facebook and Instagram — 200 billion in damages is being sought. Pro TV Stirile ↗Digi24 ↗
• Polish billionaire launches offensive against Meta over false advertisements: "Children asked me: why are you in handcuffs?" Digi24 ↗
• A centrist politician and former policeman could decide the future Israeli government — will join a moderate Arab Islamist party. G4Media ↗
• Bulgarian Ruse is buying Czech electric buses for the line to Giurgiu. G4Media ↗
• YouTube is changing the counting of views — it will be recorded immediately after the video starts, like on TikTok. G4Media ↗
• Expert on paintings stolen from the museum in Messina: "They are so valuable that they cannot be sold." Digi24 ↗
• Director Florin Șerban, big winner from Locarno, exclusively about the film on the decline of the Faustian spirit. G4Media ↗

• 18.08.More than forty fires are burning at once in Serbia. 24 Chasa ↗
• 18.08.New details about Serbs suspected of arson near Zadar: "They had Croatian friends, I don't understand what happened." Nova ↗
• 18.08.Union representatives speak of pressure on Studenica hospital employees: "You must go to the rally, you must get on the bus." Danas ↗
• 18.08.Milan Stamatović bragged to Vučić about how he circumvents public procurement — the president approved it. Nova ↗
• 18.08.Nine non-EU countries joined sanctions against Belarus, Serbia is not among them. Danas ↗
• 18.08.Journalists' organization demands guarantees of professional and editorial independence for ANN agency employees. N1 Serbia ↗
• 18.08.A new attempt to elect the head of the media regulator will come in early September. Politika ↗
• 18.08.Russian ambassador claims Serbia is not sending weapons to Ukraine — they got there through workarounds. Index.hr ↗

• Association of Judges called on the government to withdraw amendments to judicial laws from procedure. Danas ↗
• Supreme Court decided: Yabloko, the only party with a peace platform, is out of the race for the State Duma. Kurir ↗
• Greek tanker attacked in the Black Sea. Politika ↗
• Herzog met with Kushner in Jerusalem. Politika ↗
• Trump administration suspended construction of border wall in Texas national park. Danas ↗
• Trial against Luigi Mangione for the murder of Brian Thompson is postponed. Politika ↗
• Macron promised equal assistance to areas affected by fires. Politika ↗
• Baghei: media are making up secret talks between USA and Revolutionary Guards. Politika ↗
• Serbian army demonstrated the power of the "Pantsir S-1" system — it will destroy everything flying up to fifteen kilometers. Kurir ↗
• Subotica is getting a large solar park, almost four thousand panels on 2.8 hectares. Kurir ↗

• 18.08.Erdoğan signed amnesty law for PKK members. Die Zeit ↗Vijesti ↗
• 18.08.Trump shared map of Hormuz as "US territory" and confirmed he is not negotiating with Iran. Cumhuriyet ↗TRT Haber ↗
• 18.08.Israel struck across the border and government party spokesman calls for joint international response. Cumhuriyet ↗
• 18.08.Israel and Greece count F-35 jets against Turkey: "Whoever sees first, shoots first." Milliyet ↗
• 18.08.Turkey for the first time in history declared a Maritime National Park — "shield of the Blue Homeland". Habertürk ↗
• 18.08.Bursa Mayor Mustafa Bozbey left the opposition CHP. Sabah ↗
• 18.08.New testimony from Murittin Böcek: "I gave the envelope to İmamoğlu." Milliyet ↗
• 18.08.Writer Kemal Yalçın was not allowed into Turkey. Cumhuriyet ↗
• 18.08.Russia fined Google, Telegram and Microsoft. Cumhuriyet ↗
• 18.08.Court seeks home detention for two union leaders who supported miners' resistance. Cumhuriyet ↗

• Erdoğan to Al Jazeera: "Turkey will not be intimidated by war." Milliyet ↗
• Bahçeli came with a condition for Öcalan and a reference to the European Court of Human Rights; "Not even a mock trial is taking place." Milliyet ↗Hürriyet ↗Milliyet ↗
• Move with national park in the Aegean Sea shook the neighbor. Milliyet writes that "the Blue Homeland move echoed in Athens". Hürriyet ↗Milliyet ↗
• Trump this time threatened Oman: "If you get in our way, we will bomb." Hürriyet ↗
• Critical summit for Gaza. Milliyet ↗
• Former admiral arrested. Hürriyet ↗
• Fifty-three arrested in operation against modem fraud, and a blow to the financial veins of criminal organizations. Habertürk ↗Habertürk ↗
• Twenty-seventh anniversary of the August 17 earthquake: time stopped at 03:02. Hürriyet ↗
• Support for families in energy sector 21.9 billion lira, and training of five million citizens in artificial intelligence. Milliyet ↗Milliyet ↗
• Mete faces lawsuit for 1.4 trillion dollars. Hürriyet ↗
• Ayşe, whom her ex-husband severely injured with eight stab wounds: "I don't want to live in fear." Hürriyet ↗
• YKS 2026 placement results released. Cumhuriyet ↗

• 18.08.Milanović forced an extraordinary parliamentary session, Jandroković called it for Thursday. Novi list ↗
• 18.08.Orthophotos prove gradual ecocide in Gospić, academia warns: "It's not enough to remove the waste, the system must change." Novi list ↗Večernji list ↗
• 18.08.Slovenia claims it didn't give consent for the waste — where then are the 1,484 tons? 24sata ↗
• 18.08.The fire service union reports great danger of fire outbreaks. Novi list ↗24sata ↗
• 18.08.The suspect of arson in Dalmatia received over 220 thousand euros in subsidies. Večernji list ↗
• 18.08.Two Serbian citizens were attacked on Pag, police questioned three men. Večernji list ↗
• 18.08.Television N1 has a new owner — in Slovenia the same fund simultaneously removed directors of several media outlets. Index.hr ↗RTV Slovenija ↗Nezavisen ↗
• 18.08.The stock market collapse of tech giants is a risk for the European Union too. Večernji list ↗

• Diesel shortage threatens! Price breaks records, though crude oil hasn't risen. Novi list ↗
• A drone flew into Moldova and crashed near a village: "That is a threat." 24sata ↗Index.hr ↗
• Erdoğan offered Trump help with Iran and called for reducing tensions. Index.hr ↗24sata ↗
• Explosions near Moscow, Kremlin speaks of over six hundred drones launched. Večernji list ↗
• Omiš launches urgent damage assessment after the fire, professor from the Faculty of Agriculture warns: "The consequences will be catastrophic." Index.hr ↗Index.hr ↗
• All of Croatia is crowding into Zagreb and a few spots on the coast — empty properties gape in the rest of the country. Večernji list ↗
• Trump and JD Vance disagree on the main goal of war with Iran. Index.hr ↗
• Trump's son-in-law asked Netanyahu to accept the American plan for Gaza. Index.hr ↗
• Bad news for Trump: support dropped to 33 percent. Večernji list ↗
• New apartments are growing where people died — who is buying properties in Mariupol? Večernji list ↗
• Ukraine received a new powerful weapon: satellites now show it where the Russians are. Večernji list ↗
• More and more children in the USA get exemptions from vaccination. Index.hr ↗
• The interior of Croatia has finally cooled down, the sea remains very warm. Index.hr ↗
• Fuel became more expensive from midnight. 24sata ↗
• Kanye West will perform in October in Russia at the Gazprom Arena. Večernji list ↗
• Sailors of the American aircraft carrier have been at sea for more than 240 days. Trump: "They've been longer." Index.hr ↗

• 18.08.Trump published a map declaring the Strait of Hormuz as "part of the United States." Ilta-Sanomat ↗
• 18.08.Russia ordered a shipment of fuel from Morocco — it now stands in the port of Murmansk. Helsingin Sanomat ↗
• 18.08.Four new cases of African swine fever in southeastern Finland. Yle ↗
• 18.08.What exactly are the United States monitoring with the "loyalty questionnaire"? A question for the defense minister. Helsingin Sanomat ↗
• 18.08.Salmonella at a farm in Pöytyä, eggs are being recalled. Helsingin Sanomat ↗
• 18.08.In Pori they completed a unique factory where insect protein is made from fast-fattening larvae. Yle ↗

• Research: government decisions increase income inequality — the poorest lose almost a thousand annually, the richest gain two. Yle ↗
• Accident at the Stora Enso mill in Imatra: a tank cracked with an explosion and caught fire. Yle ↗Helsingin Sanomat ↗
• Business association asks the government for special support for African swine fever. Yle ↗
• Poll: ban on social media for children under fifteen has broad support. Yle ↗
• Painful cuts trigger strong resistance in the Satakunta region, further reductions are around the corner. Yle ↗
• Commentary: President Trump gave another gift to his "friend" in North Korea. Ilta-Sanomat ↗
• Study: hit album release days may be related to the number of fatal accidents. Helsingin Sanomat ↗Ilta-Sanomat ↗
• Analysis: poverty is almost never discussed in Sweden, so I made a podcast about it. Yle ↗
• The rhythm of mosquitoes went off this summer — and it means something. Ilta-Sanomat ↗

• 18.08."Nightmare": Only a miracle can save Kristersson now. Politiken ↗Expressen ↗
• 18.08.Estonia stopped most Swedish prisoners it was supposed to take over. Svenska Dagbladet ↗Postimees ↗
• 18.08.Eleven confirmed cases of measles, several of the infected are children. Dagens Nyheter ↗Aftonbladet ↗
• 18.08.Iran claims the USA must deliver if the flow is to open. Expressen ↗
• 18.08.Criminologist on what drives young girls to contract killings. Dagens Nyheter ↗
• 18.08.Klarna's shares plummeted on Wall Street. Svenska Dagbladet ↗
• 18.08.Hate wave against Mohamsson after Star of David: "Let it burn." Aftonbladet ↗

• Only a miracle can save Kristersson now. SVT ↗
• Quarrel after leaders' TV debate: "This is very, very serious." The answer goes: "Rhetoric, not sincerity." Expressen ↗Svenska Dagbladet ↗
• Iran war: deadline expired, peace nowhere in sight. Svenska Dagbladet ↗
• Interest rate shock threatens households: "two increases this year". Svenska Dagbladet ↗
• Shooting at school, minors detained; after the shooting in Södertälje, three are in custody. Svenska Dagbladet ↗Svenska Dagbladet ↗
• Editorial: how Swedish taxes could be fairer. Dagens Nyheter ↗
• Landowner Marie says no to uranium mine in Kalix: "Poisonous holes." SVT ↗
• Instead of arable land industry and warehouses: "Lost forever." SVT ↗
• Cultural Sweden has backed politicians into a corner. SVT ↗
• Massive drone attack on Moscow. Expressen ↗Aftonbladet ↗
• Facts in question: is the screen worse than printed school textbooks? Dagens Nyheter ↗
• Whale clicking resembles human speech. Svenska Dagbladet ↗

• 18.08.Alpac fund recalled heads of several media, unofficially also the chief of Slovenian N1. RTV Slovenija ↗
• 18.08.Drought continues to squeeze water supplies, withdrawal bans remain. Delo ↗
• 18.08.High fire danger was lifted in part of Slovenia. 24ur ↗
• 18.08.President sharply: "Should not even Black Cube affair actors have had access to secret data?" Delo ↗
• 18.08.Putin rages at European states and is already deploying nuclear weapons: "You will pay!" Siol ↗
• 18.08.NGOs warn that the national nature recovery plan needs substantial additions. RTV Slovenija ↗

• Significant price increase: diesel by a good ten, petrol by six cents. 24ur ↗Siol ↗
• Fewer and fewer migrants are breaking through to Europe. Delo ↗
• Europe between Wall Street and Asia: who will pay for the future? Delo ↗
• Chinese have found a new route to Europe, with Slovenia among the main targets. Žurnal24 ↗
• Cancer treatment, or rescue of tourists with twisted ankles? Delo ↗
• Great distress in the Chinese labor market. Delo ↗
• Unusual: withdrawal of electric vehicle subsidies worsens budget situation. Delo ↗
• When the world is on fire, even a journalist cannot remain neutral. Delo ↗
• A treasure hidden by a wardrobe wall for two hundred years. Delo ↗

• 18.08.Chief hygienist proposes that GPs take over treatment of those fraudulently vaccinated against measles. Dnevnik ↗
• 18.08.Zelensky nominated Yevhenii Chmar for defense minister. Dnevnik ↗
• 18.08.The smoke over Sofia is supposed to dissipate permanently, data is already stabilizing. 24 Chasa ↗
• 18.08.Forest is burning near Mala Vereja and dry grass near Dupnitsa, fire visible from the highway. 24 Chasa ↗24 Chasa ↗
• 18.08.Ministry of Environment proposes lower fees for electronic waste. Dnevnik ↗

• "Male" organizations: what is known about the "Blood and Honor" movement in Bulgaria for at least twenty-five years. Dnevnik ↗
• Spain swims against Europe's anti-migration tide and is winning so far. Dnevnik ↗
• State aid for youth leaving children's homes exists, but remains on paper. Dnevnik ↗
• More subjects are added to national external exams, military training returns to schools. Dnevnik ↗
• Underground there may be strategic wealth that Bulgaria has not yet discovered. 24 Chasa ↗
• Bulgaria and Romania are already presenting themselves as partners on foreign markets, says Ivaylo Marinov. 24 Chasa ↗
• Fraud using photos from vacations and foreign trips is growing. Dnevnik ↗
• The tourism industry doesn't like it: the summer vacation model in Bulgaria is changing. Dnevnik ↗
• A bitter taste of new eco rules for cocoa. Dnevnik ↗
• Russia shot down 180 Ukrainian drones near Moscow. 24 Chasa ↗

• 18.08.Trump published a map with Hormuz marked as U.S. territory. LRT ↗
• 18.08.Latvian president on the border with Belarus: lack of personnel can damage security, technology alone is not enough. 15min ↗LRT ↗
• 18.08.Meeting of Ukrainian and Belgian ministers had to be moved to an air-raid shelter. 15min ↗
• 18.08.American company laying off in Lithuania, layoffs to continue through October. Lietuvos Rytas ↗
• 18.08.Five "asylum seekers" detained at Vilnius airport — they went to neither Nice nor Berlin. Lietuvos Rytas ↗
• 18.08.Prosecutor with anti-corruption service investigating which receipts were submitted by Birštonas mayor. LRT ↗

• Latest polls revealed unexpected change — good news for conservatives and for Žemaitis; TS-LKD still leads. Lietuvos Rytas ↗LRT ↗
• Not Ukraine, but Latvia: what does Sinkevičius' choice of first visit country mean? Lietuvos Rytas ↗
• Prime minister on birth rate crisis: "There should be such a plan that ministers too would want to have more children." LRT ↗
• Court of appeals will begin hearing the "checks" case of Birštonas mayor Nijolė Dirginčienė. 15min ↗
• To Russia only on foot: what today sustains the checkpoint at Queen Louise Bridge. LRT ↗
• Neighboring airlines are struggling, Lithuania can profit from this. Lietuvos Rytas ↗
• London received a warning from Moscow: "You will pay the price." 15min ↗
• Court will announce verdict in the case of Remigijus Jakštis convicted of child abuse. LRT ↗
• Criminal methods of a municipal employee left even police speechless. 15min ↗

🌍 Other Countries

• 18.08.🇱🇻 President Rinkēvičs after cyberattack on transport authority CSDD: the institution's leadership cannot continue under these circumstances. LSM ↗Diena ↗
• 18.08.🇱🇻 Russia has reportedly begun supplying ammunition to Iran for the war against the US. LSM ↗
• 18.08.🇱🇻 Operation "Vilkatis": within a week, they prevented 450 people from illegally crossing the border, also detained a smuggler. LSM ↗
• 18.08.🇩🇰 Party members are furious at Frederiksen: "she is in league with the far right." Sparks fly among European socialists, but the southern "sharp" criticism resonates in Denmark. Berlingske ↗Berlingske ↗
• 18.08.🇩🇰 Trump got stuck in Iran, so now it's going to be about North Korea. Politiken ↗
• 18.08.🇩🇰 The number of pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia is growing. Berlingske ↗
• 18.08.🇳🇴 Parliamentarian Tuva Moflag ended up in hospital with a stroke: "doctors say I will be completely healthy." NRK ↗Aftenposten ↗
• 18.08.🇳🇴 Ine Eriksen Søreide confirmed her relationship with the head of the arms industry. NRK ↗
• 18.08.🇳🇴 Liberia will accept 1,200 people deported from the US. NRK ↗
• 18.08.🇪🇪 Last-minute negotiations: 50-percent American tariffs on Canada go into effect. Äripäev ↗
• 18.08.🇪🇪 Martin Helme: Isamaa's decision to support the liberal presidential candidate is sad. Postimees ↗
• 18.08.🇪🇪 German farmers were severely hit by heat-scorched crops. Postimees ↗
• 18.08.🇧🇦 Israelis claim they informed the Americans about the attack on the airport in Syria in advance. Klix.ba ↗
• 18.08.🇧🇦 A major Russian attack on a Ukrainian village killed ten people — a location near the post office and store was hit. Klix.ba ↗N1 Bosna ↗
• 18.08.🇧🇦 Bosnia, Serbia, Albania, Montenegro, and North Macedonia have aligned with EU counter-terrorism measures. N1 Bosna ↗
• 18.08.🇧🇦 They were looking for sperm donors from Europe, got them from Turkey — DNA tests revealed a major fraud by a Cypriot clinic. Klix.ba ↗
• 18.08.🇲🇰 Intelligence Online: preparations for the creation of a Bektashi state in Albania are intensifying — it is to have its own currency and passport. Libertas ↗
• 18.08.🇲🇰 Mysterious buyers are massively purchasing old books — probably companies training artificial intelligence are behind it. Nezavisen ↗
• 18.08.🇲🇰 Four people in North Macedonia have died from West Nile virus, there are thirty-five cases. Protothema ↗
• 18.08.🇦🇱 Eightieth day of protests calling for Prime Minister Rama's resignation: "Let SPAK arrest Rama and Belinda, they are the head of corruption." Balkanweb ↗
• 18.08.🇦🇱 Murder of a Portuguese tourist in Ksamil: eleven arrested, two wanted — among those detained is a company guard, a police officer, a prison employee and a city official from Gjirokastër. Balkanweb ↗
• 18.08.🇲🇹 Yorgen Fenech confirmed during police interrogation that he handed over 400,000 euros to Melvin Theuma. Lovin Malta ↗
• 18.08.🇮🇸 Opponents claim that the "Áfram Ísland" campaign has at its disposal up to 300 million kronur. Vísir ↗
• 18.08.🇮🇸 Twenty-nine countries are calling for radical changes on Instagram and Facebook. RÚV ↗
• 18.08.🇲🇪 Živković: Montenegro is a state without government and without a prime minister. Vijesti ↗
• 18.08.🇲🇩 Dodon is asking the Constitutional Court to verify whether former presidents can be tried at the first instance of the Supreme Court. Newsmaker ↗
• 18.08.🇺🇸 Whistleblowers accuse Trump's administration of "predetermined" results of investigations into antisemitism at Ivy League universities. The Hill ↗
• 18.08.🇺🇸 The Ebola epidemic has become the deadliest in Congo's history. The Hill ↗
• 18.08.🇺🇸 Destroyer USS Benfold was in the South China Sea for days without electricity. CBS News ↗

• 18.08.🇩🇰 A drone exploded at Europe's largest nuclear power plant and killed a person. DR ↗
• 18.08.🇩🇰 Bashar Assad's cousin was sentenced to death. DR ↗
• 18.08.🇩🇰 First draftees are operational in Greenland for the first time. Politiken ↗
• 18.08.🇩🇰 Sharp criticism of Danish air security triggered an investigation by the Transport Authority. Politiken ↗
• 18.08.🇩🇰 Major supermarket chain ends artificial intelligence after incorrect suspect identification. Berlingske ↗
• 18.08.🇳🇴 Norway has its highest interest rate in twenty-five years: "Sinister." Aftenposten ↗
• 18.08.🇳🇴 Security service dropped charges against youth organization for hate attacks on its leader. NRK ↗
• 18.08.🇳🇴 Crown Prince and Princess visited King Harald in the hospital. NRK ↗
• 18.08.🇱🇻 Ukraine running out of Patriot missiles. LSM ↗
• 18.08.🇱🇻 Iran insists Hormuz will remain closed until the US meets Tehran's demands. LSM ↗
• 18.08.🇱🇻 Ukrainian convicted in Germany for spying for Russia and assisting in sabotage preparation. Diena ↗
• 18.08.🇱🇻 After cases of doctors restricted in Finland, Latvia will introduce requirement to recognize foreign work experience. LSM ↗
• 18.08.🇪🇪 Isamaa supports Ülle Madis in presidential election, opposition candidate's position becomes complicated. Postimees ↗ERR ↗
• 18.08.🇪🇪 "Rented prison is not our new identity" — dispute over Swedish prisoners in Estonia continues. Postimees ↗
• 18.08.🇪🇪 European battery fund of one and a half billion euros will launch fierce competition among manufacturers. Postimees ↗
• 18.08.🇪🇪 Defense firm Milrem building fire suspected arson. Äripäev ↗
• 18.08.🇧🇦 Public broadcaster BHRT demands urgent response from international bodies for alleged pressure on judges in disputes with RTRS. N1 Bosna ↗Klix.ba ↗
• 18.08.🇧🇦 Polling stations determined for diaspora — voting will take place in twenty European and world cities. Klix.ba ↗
• 18.08.🇲🇰 Luxembourg confirmed Serbian opposition media takeover has not yet been approved. MKD.mk ↗
• 18.08.🇲🇰 Apple changes tracking rules under pressure from Germany and European Union. Nezavisen ↗
• 18.08.🇲🇩 Transnistria again extended economic emergency status — until September 12th. Ziarul de Gardă ↗
• 18.08.🇲🇩 "Whoever can, withdraws money": Russian billionaires rescue assets and residents empty banks. BANI.md ↗
• 18.08.🇲🇩 Russian billionaires transferred nearly four hundred billion rubles to the budget following Putin's call to contribute to the war. Ziarul de Gardă ↗
• 18.08.🇲🇩 Anti-terrorist drills underway in Russian kindergartens: children on the ground and simulated armed attacks. Ziarul de Gardă ↗
• 18.08.🇮🇸 Lava eruption from Svartsengi remains most likely scenario. Vísir ↗
• 18.08.🇲🇪 Turkey requests US permission to transfer cluster munitions. Vijesti ↗
• 18.08.🇲🇪 Russia and North Korea declare they are building a "new and just world order." Vijesti ↗
• 18.08.🇲🇹 Muscat told Fenech to prepare Melvin Theuma for raid, court claims. Lovin Malta ↗
• 18.08.🇲🇹 Charlotte Zammit's funeral will be Friday following femicide in Żabbar; ADPD party asks how many more dead women are needed. Lovin Malta ↗Newsbook ↗
• 18.08.🇦🇱 Portuguese tourist murdered in Ksamil: twenty-year-old stabbed by beach guard, hotel owner sought. Gazeta Shqiptare ↗Gazeta Shqiptare ↗
• 18.08.🇦🇱 Journalist on fires: "We don't have a helicopter fleet, emergency fund was squandered on a Kanye West concert." Balkanweb ↗
• 18.08.🇺🇸 Senator Kelly on limiting drills with South Korea: Trump should "read some history." The Hill ↗
• 18.08.🇺🇸 Trump threatens long-time ally Oman amid dispute over Hormuz. CBS News ↗

• Doctors racing against time: deadly ebola spreads surprisingly fast. Berlingske ↗
• Party leaders meet in court — the loser will hurt. Berlingske ↗
• Ship hit by "unknown projectile" in Strait of Hormuz. DR ↗
• New remarkable figures on Danish economy. Politiken ↗
• Housing prices in capital hit ceiling, declining in some areas. Berlingske ↗

• Hacker group claims it stole data on 160,000 Norwegian car owners. Aftenposten ↗
• Lavrov: North Korean soldiers fight Ukrainians to create a new world order. Aftenposten ↗
• Terrifying images to be added to Norwegian cigarette packs. Aftenposten ↗
• New Wildberries warehouse in Moscow hit by drone attack. Aftenposten ↗

• USA closing doors to foreign robots and starting new economic war: "Everyone could be spies." Postimees ↗
• US-Iran ceasefire ended: oil prices rise, bond yields break records. Postimees ↗
• Ukraine halted Russian grain exports, farmers suffer huge losses. Postimees ↗
• French fighter jets also escorted Russian intelligence plane. Postimees ↗
• No decision yet on Witkoff and Kushner's visit to Ukraine. Postimees ↗

• Economists: Russia selling gold reserves to patch budget hole. LSM ↗
• Russia issued warrant for US Health Secretary Kennedy's son for fighting in Ukraine. LSM ↗
• Tensions began right after the war: which decisions led to the Berlin Wall. LSM ↗
• Vidzeme grain farmers: harvest is overall good. LSM ↗

• Downed drone flew from Belarus. RÚV ↗
• Drones can be launched deep into NATO territory. Vísir ↗
• Calls for building defense on Iceland. RÚV ↗
• Prisoner expulsion: attack on rule of law or justifiable emergency measure? RÚV ↗

• Day of mourning in Zenica: today is the funeral of five mountaineers who died on Elbrus. Radio Sarajevo ↗
• Return to Republika Srpska as political slogan: why returnees don't vote where they live. Radio Sarajevo ↗
• Iranian Revolutionary Guards called Trump's statements desperation: "We don't conduct negotiations with him." Klix.ba ↗
• US Supreme Court rejected Trump for the second time, verdict for sexual abuse is final. Klix.ba ↗
• Two hundred and seventeen years from Bašeskiju's death, a Sarajevan who recorded the city's life for nearly sixty years. Radio Sarajevo ↗

• Imports of Russian liquefied natural gas to European Union increasing. MKD.mk ↗
• Financial Times: majority of American voters say they are worse off under Trump. MKD.mk ↗
• Night battle with fire near Čaniste: walking on embers, breathing smoke. MKD.mk ↗
• After epidemic and three deaths from West Nile fever, Ǵorče Petrov is spraying extraordinarily for mosquitoes. MKD.mk ↗
• American warship was without power for four days in South China Sea. MKD.mk ↗

• NATO claims it monitors the development of Russian bases for long-range drones. Vijesti ↗
• Germany changes law after the "Pinocchio" and "Liar Fric" cases. Vijesti ↗
• Iran proposes prison for those who speak with foreign media. Vijesti ↗
• Attack on tanker at Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal. Vijesti ↗
• Fires in Herceg Novi and Virpazar are under control. Vijesti ↗

• Police identified fragments of a drone-missile after an explosion in Talmaze. Ziarul de Gardă ↗
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the airspace violation: "Direct risk to the safety of our citizens." Ziarul de Gardă ↗
• Government worsened forecast for Moldovan economic growth — what went wrong? Newsmaker ↗
• Anti-corruption prosecutor failed external evaluation for the second time. Ziarul de Gardă ↗
• Erdoğan says Turkey's EU accession is no longer a priority. Ziarul de Gardă ↗

• Jury heard that Yorgen Fenech claimed Keith Schembri sent him a "script". Lovin Malta ↗
• Joseph Muscat failed in his attempt to force police to prosecute an expert witness in the Vitals case. Lovin Malta ↗
• Petition for fulfilling promises on maternity and paternity leave. Newsbook ↗
• Maltese businesses introduce service charges: "We cannot accept additional costs without transparency." Lovin Malta ↗
• "Comino Watch" is being launched — the public can report construction, tree felling or machinery on the island. Newsbook ↗

• The seventy-ninth protest ended with the call "Rama, resign" — a revolt against the entire political class. Balkanweb ↗Gazeta Shqiptare ↗
• Divjaka is on the square for the eighteenth day against the socialists' proposal to merge local governments. Balkanweb ↗
• Trump returns to the idea of controlling the Strait of Hormuz: "I like to declare it American territory." Balkanweb ↗

• A poll showing a large lead for Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was false — admitted by the firm that released it. The Hill ↗
• Vaccination exemptions for kindergarteners are at a historic high. The Hill ↗
• Part of key gun law stopped being valid after federal court decision. NPR ↗
• Trump attacks long-time allies Oman and South Korea amid escalation with Iran. The Hill ↗CBS News ↗
• Company Flock tries to quiet concerns about surveillance. The Hill ↗
• Californians are divided on the billionaire tax. The Hill ↗

🔁 Cross-country topics

• Trump threatens bombing of Oman, truce with Iran expired, Tehran moves into 'full offensive' — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇹🇷 TR · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇮🇪 IE · 🇺🇸 US · 🇩🇰 DK · 🇪🇪 EE · 🇧🇦 BA · 🇸🇪 SE · 🇦🇱 AL · 🇱🇻 LV (28 countries total)
• Massive drone attack on Moscow, largest in two years — 🇺🇦 UA · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇸🇪 SE · 🇧🇬 BG · 🇱🇹 LT · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇩🇰 DK · 🇳🇴 NO (13 countries)
• Russia threatens Britain over British drones in Ukrainian deep strikes — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇺🇦 UA · 🇱🇹 LT · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇩🇰 DK · 🇳🇴 NO · 🇬🇧 UK · 🇦🇹 AT
• Trump limits exercises with South Korea and opens dialogue with Kim Jong-un — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇱🇻 LV · 🇫🇮 FI · 🇮🇪 IE · 🇱🇺 LU · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇺🇸 US · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇬🇧 UK · 🇧🇬 BG · 🇵🇹 PT (19 countries)
• Kushner in Israel: disarm Hamas in 30 to 90 days, American general to oversee — 🇦🇹 AT · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇱🇹 LT · 🇱🇻 LV · 🇺🇦 UA · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇷🇸 RS · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇱🇺 LU · 🇬🇧 UK (19 countries)
• Drought and drying rivers: Rhine, Danube, Rhône — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇭🇺 HU (19 countries)
• Russian Supreme Court confirmed ban on Yabloko, Shloshberg sentenced to eleven years — 🇺🇦 UA · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇷🇸 RS · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇲🇩 MD · 🇪🇸 ES (15 countries)
• Trump's support fell to 33%, lowest in his presidency — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇮🇪 IE · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇲🇰 MK · 🇮🇹 IT
• Russia built secret drone bases with range to European metropolises — 🇭🇺 HU · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇲🇪 ME · 🇮🇸 IS · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇩🇪 DE
• Moldova: Russian missile violated airspace and exploded near village — 🇲🇩 MD · 🇺🇦 UA · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇧🇦 BA · 🇲🇪 ME (12 countries)
• FIFA fired Kevin Lamour after criticism of Infantino — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇨🇭 CH · 🇮🇪 IE · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇦🇱 AL · 🇩🇰 DK (18 countries)
• Earthquake in Colombia: damage over eight billion euros, Shakira promised to rebuild university and ten schools — 🇳🇱 NL · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇳🇴 NO · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇩🇪 DE
• Ebola in Congo is deadliest epidemic in country's history — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇩🇰 DK · 🇮🇪 IE (13 countries)
• Trial of Tupac Shakur's killer in Las Vegas — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇬🇧 UK · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇧🇬 BG · 🇮🇪 IE (14 countries)
• Luigi Mangione: state trial postponed after federal plea — 🇳🇱 NL · 🇧🇪 BE · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇷🇸 RS · 🇮🇪 IE · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇱🇹 LT
• Death of Jason Ardaya and London vigil, Cambridge rector speaks of racist incitement — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇬🇧 UK · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇮🇪 IE · 🇮🇹 IT (10 countries)
• Meta facing US lawsuit over 'addiction' of minors — 🇫🇷 FR · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇹🇷 TR · 🇵🇱 PL
• Trump suspended border wall construction in Texas national park — 🇳🇱 NL · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇷🇸 RS · 🇮🇸 IS · 🇺🇸 US
• Norwegian King Harald V. in hospital again — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇳🇴 NO · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇱🇺 LU · 🇮🇸 IS · 🇱🇻 LV (11 countries)
• Google bought bankrupt Spirit Airlines data for AI training — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇦🇹 AT · 🇨🇭 CH
• Greece labeled Turkish marine protected areas in Aegean as illegal — 🇩🇪 DE · 🇬🇷 GR · 🇹🇷 TR

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