🔁 What moves Europe today
- Russia retaliated for Leipzig by closing the Goethe Institute, employees are leaving the Russian House in Berlin. Lavrov announced the end of German cultural presence in Russia; on the German side, employees of the Russian House in Berlin must leave the country and the consulate general in Bonn is closing. Eight editorial offices across Europe report on this. 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇵🇱 ↗ · 🇦🇹 ↗ · 🇩🇰 ↗ · 🇧🇦 ↗
- 🇩🇪 Germany wants even stricter visas for Russians and the EU is joining in. Brussels is preparing to tighten tourist visas with the argument that "they are used for sabotage operations". Helsingin Sanomat ↗VRT NWS ↗
- 🇩🇪 Kiesewetter: government response is insufficient, NATO consultations are needed. He reckons on "further Russian terror". Welt ↗
- 🇮🇹 One of the suspects entered Schengen on an Italian visa, Rome is investigating. La Repubblica ↗
- Iran attacked targets in Kuwait again all night. The Kuwaiti army reported waves of rockets and drones and air defense engaged repeatedly; the United States did not strike that night. Oil reacted by rising. 🇦🇹 ↗ · 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇫🇷 ↗ · 🇩🇰 ↗ · 🇸🇪 ↗ · 🇳🇴 ↗ · 🇱🇹 ↗ · 🇹🇷 ↗
- 🇬🇧 Saudi Arabia claims that an Iranian attack on its supertanker killed two Filipino sailors. BBC News ↗Index.hr ↗
- 🇫🇷 In the new tanker war, a three-hundred-thousand-ton vessel is tilting in Hormuz, two tankers have struck mines. Ouest-France ↗ORF ↗
- 🇵🇹 Iran accuses the United States of war crimes after a rocket attack on a wedding reception and reports 142 injured from recent strikes. CM Jornal ↗
- In Malta, Yorgen Fenech, charged with ordering the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, was acquitted. The jury decided by a ratio of 8:1 and acquitted him on both counts. The murderers are nevertheless convicted and the middleman cooperated with police — after nine years the case was left without an orderer. Twelve editorial offices report on this. 🇲🇹 ↗ · 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇫🇷 ↗ · 🇮🇹 ↗ · 🇪🇸 ↗ · 🇮🇪 ↗ · 🇳🇱 ↗ · 🇬🇷 ↗ · 🇭🇷 ↗ · 🇨🇭 ↗ · 🇺🇸 ↗ · 🇲🇪 ↗
- 🇲🇹 Family speaks of justice denied, "murderer!" was heard as Fenech left court. Daphne's sister claims that the defense bought witnesses. Lovin Malta ↗Newsbook ↗
- 🇲🇹 The nationalist party called a demonstration, the government appeals for restraint and claims it is committed to justice through institutions. Lovin Malta ↗Newsbook ↗
- Danish counter-intelligence revealed Russian plans to sabotage the defense industry and recruitment methods: through the internet, "unsuspecting" citizens. Ten editorial offices from Copenhagen to Tallinn report on this. 🇩🇰 ↗ · 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇨🇭 ↗ · 🇸🇪 ↗ · 🇫🇮 ↗ · 🇵🇱 ↗ · 🇪🇪 ↗ · 🇮🇸 ↗ · 🇧🇪 ↗ · 🇦🇹 ↗
- 🇱🇻 Von der Leyen: attempts at Russian sabotage in Europe will intensify. LSM ↗
- 🇵🇱 Tusk is convinced that the fire at a Polish drone factory was sabotage — it is the EU's largest drone manufacturer. Wirtualna Polska ↗RTÉ ↗
- Norway seized a Russian research vessel off Svalbard to enforce $4.2 billion for Naftogaz. It is not sanctions, but the enforcement of an arbitration award — the first time in Europe that Russian state property is seized this way. Ten editorial offices report on this. 🇳🇴 ↗ · 🇺🇦 ↗ · 🇷🇴 ↗ · 🇬🇷 ↗ · 🇱🇹 ↗ · 🇫🇮 ↗ · 🇮🇸 ↗ · 🇩🇰 ↗ · 🇧🇪 ↗ · 🇩🇪 ↗
- Two Ukrainian intelligence services fired on each other in Kyiv. Unit "Timur" from military intelligence claims that the Security Service abducted their soldier in broad daylight and began firing on unarmed people; there is video. Zelenskyy called it "an absolute disgrace," announced personnel changes, and fired the head of the State Secret Protection Department, Khraimov. 🇺🇦 ↗ · 🇵🇱 ↗ · 🇭🇺 ↗ · 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇦🇹 ↗ · 🇭🇷 ↗ · 🇳🇱 ↗ · 🇬🇧 ↗ · 🇮🇹 ↗
- Ceuta escalated from a police matter into a nationwide crisis: hundreds of thousands were in the streets. What's new is that the Civil Guard is completing a report for a judge that identifies Moroccan intelligence agents among the attackers, while the government speaks of a "judicial conspiracy" and the police chief denies the report. 🇪🇸 ↗ · 🇫🇷 ↗ · 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇭🇷 ↗ · 🇳🇱 ↗ · 🇭🇺 ↗ · 🇸🇮 ↗ · 🇦🇹 ↗ · 🇵🇹 ↗ · 🇮🇹 ↗
- 🇪🇸 Poll: most Spaniards believe police and think Sánchez is withholding information. El Confidencial ↗
- Estonian defense minister resigned over an ammunition order for Ukraine. The state paid a seventy-million-euro advance to a company that had never sold a single shell before. 🇺🇦 ↗ · 🇫🇮 ↗ · 🇭🇷 ↗ · 🇷🇸 ↗
- Russian airspace is closing itself: airlines cancel flights, Moscow airports stood idle for a second night in a row. The International Civil Aviation Organization urged states to strengthen aircraft protection in conflict zones. 🇺🇦 ↗ · 🇬🇷 ↗ · 🇮🇸 ↗ · 🇳🇴 ↗ · 🇲🇩 ↗ · 🇧🇪 ↗
- Uber will lay off a tenth of its employees, the most since the pandemic. It wants to be "simpler and faster" and is betting on robotaxis and drones. 🇮🇪 ↗ · 🇨🇭 ↗ · 🇮🇪 ↗
- A shooting in an apartment building in Minneapolis killed two and injured several including police officers, the shooter is dead. 🇺🇸 ↗ · 🇩🇪 ↗ · 🇦🇹 ↗ · 🇮🇪 ↗ · 🇬🇷 ↗ · 🇳🇴 ↗ · 🇪🇸 ↗
DE🇩🇪German media
- Attacks on power stations continue, Minister Reul says two locations "can hardly be a coincidence". After Brandenburg came North Rhine-Westphalia and the energy association is calling for a backup system and easier monitoring of equipment. ZDF heute ↗Spiegel ↗
- Greens attack Dobrindt for gaps in protecting energy infrastructure. Handelsblatt ↗
- Trade union ver.di recorded over thirty attempts to intimidate journalists in the Alternative for Germany campaign. Spiegel ↗
- Nine people were injured after an attack with unknown corrosive substance on an Alternative for Germany stand in Bad Kreuznach. Spiegel ↗
- Right-wing streamers and a million-euro budget stand behind Alternative for Germany's campaign in Saxony-Anhalt. Handelsblatt ↗
- Pistorius publicly calls for proceedings on banning Alternative for Germany. Welt ↗
- Bundeswehr went secretly to Afghanistan in 2001 and without parliamentary mandate, research shows. Tagesschau ↗
- Activist investor Elliott bought a stake in Deutsche Telekom. Handelsblatt ↗
- Power struggle at Volkswagen is sharper than ever before according to Die Zeit, Swiss NZZ speaks of an almost impossible mission for CEO Blume. Die Zeit ↗NZZ ↗
- Germany has the lowest birth rate in its history. ZDF heute ↗
- Vonovia balances the risk of twenty-three billion euros — one hundred thirty-eight thousand apartments have become a political football. Handelsblatt ↗
- In Moscow, the head of a children's hospice was arrested for "false information" about the Russian army. Spiegel ↗
- Google avoided a break-up, does not have to sell the advertising exchange. Handelsblatt ↗
- Operation "Southern Spear" claimed 227 deaths on alleged drug boats in a year. Spiegel ↗
- Israel demolished a village on the West Bank, seventy people were left homeless; settlers in the area remain. n-tv ↗
PL🇵🇱Polish media
- Zondacrypto scandal grows: after arrests Roman Giertych became Przemysław Kral's defense lawyer and Sylwester Suszko's sister publicly questions him. According to her, he is "not a man who can be trusted" and he tried to extract information from her. Onet ↗Do Rzeczy ↗
- According to TVN24, the right is trying to divert attention from its own ties to Zondacrypto, but the facts say otherwise. TVN24 ↗
- Leaked secret documents reveal Viktor Orbán's hidden billions, who according to TVN24 spent hundreds of billions of forints before losing power. Onet ↗TVN24 ↗
- Duda defends the Order of the White Eagle for Zelensky: "That is politics." Do Rzeczy ↗
- Witold Jurasz: Moscow is playing with fear and provoking Germany — but this is not yet war. Onet ↗
- The Vistula in Warsaw dropped to a record low level, ninety-one warnings are in effect across Poland. Wirtualna Polska ↗
- The first power from the largest offshore wind farm in the Polish part of the Baltic will flow next year. Rzeczpospolita ↗
- In Crimea, petrol is rationed for four hours a day. Onet ↗
- Bessent links higher energy prices to Ukrainian strikes on Russian infrastructure. Wirtualna Polska ↗
- Gazeta Wyborcza asks whether the attack on Ceuta should have been punishment for Spain: "It's about revenge." Gazeta Wyborcza ↗
HU🇭🇺Hungarian media
- Magyar Péter received the head of the European Council in Budapest and set conditions under which the Union can count on Hungary's support. The topic was also a fine of one million euros per day. Index ↗Portfolio ↗
- Secret spending of money "in a country that no longer exists" — 444 analyzed where public money flowed in the final phase of the previous government. 444 ↗
- Government is establishing a three-billion-euro fund for asbestos removal for municipalities, money will be distributed through a call for proposals. Index ↗HVG ↗
- Orbán Anita: We are following with increasing concern the growing number of Russian hybrid operations in Europe, Hungary is ready to cooperate. 24.hu ↗HVG ↗
- Hungarian Helsinki Committee ended up in prison after nine years. 444 ↗
- Chief of General Staff relieved one of his deputies from service. HVG ↗
- Pegasus was used to monitor organizers of Serbian student protests against Vučić. Telex ↗444 ↗
- Dutch central bank is moving eighty-six tons of gold to London and is preparing for a crisis. Telex ↗
- Public media receives a new, "bulletproof" supervisory body with a smaller budget. Telex ↗
- Budapest faces a decision in September on the fate of cities and wages. Magyar Nemzet ↗
AT🇦🇹Austrian media
- Meinl-Reisinger summoned the Russian ambassador over the Leipzig drone; Ireland and Romania did the same. Kurier ↗The Irish Times ↗Adevărul ↗
- Power struggle in Brussels: von der Leyen against Kallas. "The world is burning and there's a power struggle raging in Brussels," writes Kleine Zeitung. Kleine Zeitung ↗
- Freedom Party will submit a popular initiative in September against public broadcaster ORF. Die Presse ↗
- Bomb threats in Austria were not about money: "They weren't trying to extort anything." Kurier ↗
- Schools are counting on conflicts over the headscarf ban, 349 teachers are missing just before the start of the school year. Kleine Zeitung ↗Der Standard ↗
- Massive criticism of artificial intelligence plans in offices: "hallucinations at the office". Der Standard ↗
- Will the state pay a bonus to newborns? Austria opens debate on pro-natality bonus. Der Standard ↗
- The strength of Alternative for Germany was also felt by tourism: "holiday in brown Saxony-Anhalt". Der Standard ↗
- Investigation into suspicion of murder at Vienna clinic was halted. Kleine Zeitung ↗
- Klagenfurt is looking for a new financial director after warnings of insolvency. Kleine Zeitung ↗
UA🇺🇦Ukrainian media
- Russia attacked Kyiv for the seventh night in a row, in Odesa it damaged an apartment building and wounded eight people including a child. Kyiv Independent ↗Interfax Ukraine ↗
- Rubio: licenses for Patriot production for Ukraine are being discussed "right now". Kyiv Independent ↗
- Sybiha offered partners a sanctions package to restrict Russian production of ballistic missiles and presented energy needs before winter. Interfax Ukraine ↗Censor.NET ↗
- Halushchenko case: bail was paid through twenty-one banks, four of them state-owned. Kyiv Post ↗
- Russia is preparing three hundred to four hundred more complete electronic warfare sets against Starlink. Interfax Ukraine ↗
- Congress is asking for an explanation of why a U.S. Army unit cannot study drone warfare with Ukrainian armed forces. Ukrayinska Pravda ↗
- European Union postponed the extension of sanctions against Russia to September 9. Kyiv Post ↗
- Naftogaz revealed extensive theft of gas condensate in Kharkiv region, thieves laid over ten kilometers of pipe. Censor.NET ↗
FR🇫🇷French media
- The Bayeux Tapestry is in London and with it comes a "friendly agreement" — Macron met for the first time with British Prime Minister Burnham, Charles III. spoke of a "wonderful" experience. Le Monde ↗Le Figaro ↗
- Trump's administration denies OpenAI the right to use New York Times archives without licensing fees. Le Monde ↗RTÉ ↗
- The state deepens its partnership with Mistral and launches new experiments in ministries. Le Monde ↗
- Palantir CEO Alex Karp warns France about digital sovereignty. Le Monde ↗
- France approved road tests of Tesla's autonomous driving after an "exchange" with Elon Musk. Le Figaro ↗
- Mélenchon called his former opposition to wearing a headscarf a "terrible mistake". Le Monde ↗Libération ↗
- Villepin and Ruffin debated ahead of the 2027 presidential elections: "It was a first date from Tinder." Le Monde ↗BFM TV ↗
- Algeria will build a prison for drug barons in one of the world's most inhospitable deserts. Le Figaro ↗Protothema ↗
- Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has exceeded three thousand deaths. RFI ↗NRK ↗
- El Niño triggered three hurricanes at once in the Pacific, Panama limits canal operations due to the same phenomenon. Le Figaro ↗Yle ↗
- Nine billion euros of French agricultural subsidies do not prepare the sector for climate shock. La Tribune ↗
- Palestinian communities in the West Bank face "unprecedented" violence. RFI ↗
- Venezuela signed new energy contracts under the direction of the United States, Chevron wants to double production. France 24 ↗The Hill ↗
- Liechtenstein's parliament supported an initiative to legalize abortions. France 24 ↗
- Russian exiles in Berlin pay the price for sanctions. Libération ↗
IT🇮🇹Italian media
- Suspicions about Vannacci's ties to the Kremlin worry the Prime Minister: "It's unknown whom he answers to." Il Manifesto labels him as "a man of Moscow who frightens the Italian right". La Repubblica ↗Il Manifesto ↗
- Tajani sounds the alarm before elections: "Russian influence". Salvini distances himself, the Five Stars speak of paranoia. La Repubblica ↗La Repubblica ↗
- Money for anti-Kyiv influencers: Moscow pushes its own narrative through social networks. La Repubblica ↗
- Veneto approved a law on dignified dying, Meloni fears the Catholic voter. Il Manifesto ↗La Repubblica ↗
- Those who carried out the attack on journalist Ranucci: "We found the bomb under a statue of a saint." La Repubblica ↗
- Greece strengthens defense with Israel, the project was named "Achilles' Shield". AGI ↗
- According to NATO, hybrid warfare is real, but Berlin did not invoke Article 4. Il Manifesto ↗
- The Ukrainian trail behind the Munich bomb. Il Manifesto ↗
- The United Nations abandoned the 1.5 degree target: "It will not be met." AGI ↗
- Meloni's government is celebrated in a twenty-eight-page brochure, fact-checking reveals a series of failures. Corriere della Sera ↗La Repubblica ↗
- Frozen Russian assets for Ukraine: The Union returns to the offensive, Rutte claims NATO will not be divided. La Repubblica ↗
- Fedorova, a propagandist expelled from Paris, spends vacation in Italy. La Repubblica ↗
- Trips for fifty thousand euros for "treating the untreatable": the case of Bianca and the Cytotron device. Open ↗La Repubblica ↗
CH🇨🇭Swiss media
- Shooting at a rave in Aarau: a heavily armed man fired forty shots into the crowd, then surrendered to police. Tages-Anzeiger ↗
- "Russian airspace will be closed": Zelenskyy voiced a tough threat with far-reaching consequences. NZZ ↗
- Hegseth's purges in the American military amid war with Iran. Tages-Anzeiger ↗
- Gene therapy reduces high cholesterol — permanently. NZZ ↗
- The largest electric transport aircraft ever took off: a thirty-minute flight for electricity worth five dollars. NZZ ↗
- A new inflation spike is a challenge for the European Central Bank to raise rates further. NZZ ↗
- Young Greens demand the resignation of two Green MPs who voted for a ban on headscarves in schools. NZZ ↗
- A year after the tariff shock: seven building blocks of a more resilient Swiss external economy. NZZ ↗
ES🇪🇸Spanish media
- Trump officials labeled shipping company Cosco as espionage for China. The company operates in Valencia, Zaragoza, and Bilbao. El Confidencial ↗
- The United States assembled another G20 without Spain, but invited the Netherlands and Poland, which are not members. El Mundo ↗
- The People's Party urgently called regions against the new decree on data centers: "An investor who leaves will not return." El Mundo ↗
- How Israel gained the "Greek world" with missiles — and alarmed southern Europe in doing so. El Confidencial ↗
- Maduro seeks dismissal of his case in the United States, citing sovereign immunity. El Mundo ↗
- August ended with thirty-seven destroyed operations daily: "We pay a tax for existence, three thousand euros just for raising the shutter." El Mundo ↗
- The cost of the EU's green tax: up to eight hundred euros per car produced and thirty percent more expensive fertilizers. ABC ↗
- A snag in negotiations at Airbus raises fears of work being moved elsewhere. ABC ↗
- Ayuso calls the government to prepare for an election year while the attic apartment case escalates. El Confidencial ↗
- Nepal is just a harbinger: mountains are "the canary in the coal mine." El Confidencial ↗
- Spanish researchers found a colossal storm in the shape of a perfect decagon at Saturn's south pole. ABC ↗
- Spain asks the Union to take action against Israeli far-right ministers. The Irish Times ↗
BE🇧🇪Belgian Media
- "What if explosives on a drone in Leipzig had exploded? Would we have merely slapped Russia on the wrist?" asks commentator Isolde Van den Eynde. Het Laatste Nieuws ↗
- After the thwarted attack in Leipzig: "Europe is not prepared for serious confrontation." De Standaard ↗
- Belgian ten-year yields at their highest in fourteen years. De Morgen ↗
- Belgium can evacuate people from Gaza, but the government doesn't want to say it publicly: "It's a matter of political will." De Standaard ↗
- The United States argued against new artificial intelligence regulation at the G20. De Standaard ↗
- Scientists observed dark matter for the first time one and a half kilometers underground: "a glimpse of the hidden world". De Standaard ↗
- The BepiColombo probe reached Mercury after seven years. De Morgen ↗
- Why Vučić will never abandon the genocidal Mladić. De Standaard ↗
- Hegseth is turning the Pentagon into "Pete-agon". De Standaard ↗
- Economic storm clouds are gathering over Belgium, liberal leader Bouchez repeats: no increase in VAT or wealth tax. De Standaard ↗7sur7 ↗
- The new penal code won't help overcrowded prisons. De Morgen ↗
- Shanghai Cooperation Organization: a meeting attended by almost the entire world — except the West. VRT NWS ↗
- Diary of a trainee doctor in Kharkiv: "Don't cry, Fre. This is our daily life." De Morgen ↗
- Artificial intelligence is shaking up the advertising sector: "A senior could be a junior tomorrow." De Standaard ↗
PT🇵🇹Portuguese Media
- Chega filed a no-confidence motion against the government over Luís Neves remaining as head of the criminal police; socialists will reject it. The Minister of Economy believes the motion won't pass, and Hugo Soares called it bait. CM Jornal ↗RTP ↗
- The European Central Bank is set to raise rates again next week. CM Jornal ↗
- One year after the Elevador da Glória cable car tragedy, investigation still ongoing. CM Jornal ↗
- AI chatbots are opening access to Russian disinformation. Observador ↗
- Navy armored vehicles are only thirty-six percent of the 133-million-euro program. CM Jornal ↗
- Lusa agency employees respond to threats from Chega MP: "You won't intimidate us." CM Jornal ↗
- Portuguese household wealth fell by 1.6 percent. CM Jornal ↗
- Eight days after the flash flooding in Nepal, the search continues; families of the missing are holding symbolic burials. RTP ↗CM Jornal ↗
IE🇮🇪Irish Media
- EU High Representative at meeting in Wicklow: "Border management is not enough." Irish Independent ↗
- An eighteen-year-old Irish woman is among three victims of a car crash in Iceland. Irish Independent ↗
- Jury in Lindsay Clancy trial deadlocked again. The Irish Times ↗
- Gary Glitter denied repeated sexual abuse of a girl in the seventies and eighties. The Irish Times ↗
- LIV employees speak out as four-billion-dollar breakaway golf league heads toward bankruptcy. Irish Independent ↗
- Taoiseach doesn't rule out reducing excise duty on alcohol, while coalition also negotiates delaying the carbon tax. RTÉ ↗Irish Independent ↗
- Three Nordic football associations seek talks with the Union over FIFA governance concerns. Irish Independent ↗
NL🇳🇱Dutch Media
- Special unit raid in Overasselte ended; multiple weapons found. De Standaard asks whether the trail leads to a Brussels warehouse. NU.nl ↗De Standaard ↗
- Federal judge blocks Trump's executive order limiting citizenship by birthplace again. de Volkskrant ↗The Hill ↗
- Telegraaf editorial: center-right trio made opposition leader Klaver the budget writer. De Telegraaf ↗
- Municipalities want to cancel planned asylum centers, but face fines and enforcement. De Telegraaf ↗
- Palestinian teachers are not welcome in Jerusalem; dozens of schools remain closed. de Volkskrant ↗
- Palestinian teenagers killed on West Bank. NOS ↗RTÉ ↗
- Councilman from Oldebroek who posed with pro-Russian flag gets only a "yellow card" from city council. de Volkskrant ↗
- Prosecution and police warn of hybrid forms of cybercrime, TikTok generation targeted by crypto scams and fake e-shops. AD ↗De Telegraaf ↗
- Continents are losing more and more fresh water, even as it rains heavily. Trouw ↗
- Dutch truck driver caught in France with massive cocaine shipment, right in the middle of major tensions. AD ↗
GB🇬🇧British Media
- Prime Minister Andy Burnham is under pressure from all sides — bond markets, demands to save on benefits for defense, and allies urging him to cut spending. Daily Mail ↗Daily Mail ↗
- Burnham wants to address "mega-donors" in British politics. BBC News ↗
- Reform faces headwinds ahead of its conference. BBC News ↗
- Buckingham Palace plans major security upgrades for growing Russian threat. The Mirror ↗
- Russian teachers must inform on "disloyal" students during patriotism classes. The Mirror ↗
- Uber launched first British robotaxis — for now with a driver at the wheel. BBC News ↗
- Survivors of Sharpeville massacre begin legal fight for justice in South Africa. BBC News ↗
- Why Nepali floods should concern India. BBC News ↗
- Six-year-old Australian boy dies of scurvy; parents claim they didn't know about the nineteenth-century disease. Daily Mail ↗The Mirror ↗
- Landmark ruling on "right to disconnect": salon owner stressed employees with videos after work. Daily Mail ↗
- Republican senator sharply attacks Pete Hegseth after defense secretary departure. Daily Mail ↗
- Missing British trail runner found dead in Pakistani forest. The Independent ↗
RS🇷🇸Serbian Media
- Politika quotes "the mother of parliaments": the Russian threat is allegedly a NATO invention. The same outlet also claimed that German services are being used to discredit the Alternative for Germany. Politika ↗Politika ↗
- German manager supplying drones to Ukraine: I'm hiding because of Russian threats. Politika ↗
- Rubio: The United States must maintain communication with Russia even over nuclear arsenal. Danas ↗
- Third year of severe drought in Serbia; climatologist Đurđević demands systemic response. Danas ↗
- Wreckage of American MQ-9 drone is "on display" in Iran. Politika ↗
- Hard times for Iran: American blockade tightens the noose; parliament speaker urged citizens to conserve fuel. Kurir ↗
- Hungary doesn't support accelerated Ukraine's entry into the European Union, according to the foreign minister. Politika ↗
- Bosnian public broadcaster BHRT won't monitor election campaign or October elections due to blocked accounts. Nova ↗
- Court in Skopje: Puls nightclub hasn't had a fire inspection since 2012. Danas ↗
HR🇭🇷Croatian Media
- What started as an American operation against Iranian military infrastructure threatens to escalate into a regional war. Večernji list ↗
- Why Germany is precisely the target of Russian attacks. Večernji list ↗
- Thirteen thousand tons of Italian waste rots in central Pazin — who will pay the bill? A controversial waste management firm, according to N1, is "already working on one of the largest infrastructure projects". Novi list ↗N1 Croatia ↗
- An Orthodox priest receives death threats after a photo with singer Thompson. 24sata ↗
- A student in the United States knocked on the wrong door, a police officer shot him while walking with raised hands. Index.hr ↗
- A former Croatian Railways skyscraper in Rijeka will be converted into a residential complex with one hundred fifty apartments for young people. Index.hr ↗
- Salonit workers in Vranjica demand justice: asbestos and injustice must not be forgotten. 24sata ↗
RO🇷🇴Romanian Media
- The president is trying to appoint a prime minister by the end of the week, party negotiations remain blocked. According to Adevărul, a solution could be a "truce government". Adevărul ↗Adevărul ↗
- The Hungarian minority party would support a minority government of social democrats, but has a decisive condition; Tanczos Barna does not rule out even a government with the far right. Libertatea ↗Digi24 ↗
- Germany, Spain and nine other countries call for an end to "obstructionist" clauses in the Union's foreign policy. HotNews ↗
- A surprising move by the Netherlands: eighty-six tons of gold from the United States and Canada transferred to a European country. HotNews ↗
- The Danube continues to fall, ships and barges are positioned six hundred meters from the Cernavodă power plant to direct water to it. Adevărul ↗Libertatea ↗
- Germany is preparing to arm itself with ballistic missiles. Adevărul ↗
- A discreet Ukrainian drone offensive: hundreds of Russian soldiers face encirclement in a critical section of the eastern front. Adevărul ↗
- Mosquitoes are becoming a problem: "Romania must prepare for diseases historically associated with the tropics." Adevărul ↗
- The textile industry is asking for an additional ten euros above "Temu-like fees" on imports outside the Union. Adevărul ↗
- School starts in chaos: students don't know what exams await them, teachers don't have textbooks. Adevărul ↗
GR🇬🇷Greek Media
- Greek police opposed the government in a dispute over the cost of Tsipras's security: "The bill adds up, government arithmetic does not." Naftemporiki ↗To Vima ↗
- The firefighting effort in Florine continues, an evacuation order was issued early in the morning for the village of Krystallopigi. Protothema ↗
- A fire near Mytikas in Thebes started during cleaning of a solar farm and burned over three thousand stremmas, two people are detained. Protothema ↗
- Toxic smog from massive fires in Indonesia chokes Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. Naftemporiki ↗
- Telephone fraud targeting seniors is to become a crime, tougher penalties are being prepared. Naftemporiki ↗
- Dark clouds are gathering over the world economy. Protothema ↗
TR🇹🇷Turkish Media
- A proposal that will infuriate Iran: let the Strait of Hormuz be called the "Trump Strait". Milliyet ↗Luxemburger Wort ↗
- Iran claims that eighteen people died in the latest American attacks. Habertürk ↗
- A new airport in Ankara built at a cost of billions of lira was not built out of lack of capacity, but for prestige. Cumhuriyet ↗
- Pressure on teachers: either preference or allocation by official authority outside the schedule. Cumhuriyet ↗
- In the Justice and Development Party, the shadow of transgressions hangs over electoral calculations, the new legislative year will bring negotiations over the constitution and elections. Cumhuriyet ↗
- The harvest season has come, olive oil is not profitable for farmers. Cumhuriyet ↗
FI🇫🇮Finnish Media
- A mug with the inscription "Russian Army" in the office of a German politician who tried to prevent the video from being published. Ilta-Sanomat ↗
- Yle poll: True Finns continue to rise, the Left Alliance has record support. Yle ↗
- Research: every fifth child faces sexual abuse online. Ilta-Sanomat ↗Aftonbladet ↗
- Jewish children about Finnish schools: they mock us and attack us. Helsingin Sanomat ↗
- Ukraine is now being shaken by four things and one of them is its own mistake. Helsingin Sanomat ↗
SE🇸🇪Swedish Media
- Tax authority: cryptocurrency company tax fraud continues, "they are stealing from companies". SVT ↗
- Mining threatens the last reindeer migration around Kiruna: "The end for the Sami community." SVT ↗
- Fewer students: schools can close in seventy-nine municipalities. Aftonbladet ↗
- A couple in love was arrested, a frozen baby was found in a suitcase at an Airbnb. Aftonbladet ↗
- The discovery may solve the murder of an entire family after fourteen years. Expressen ↗
LT🇱🇹Lithuanian Media
- In France, a kidnapping of twenty-six people was prevented, among the targets was also Kylian Mbappé. Lietuvos Rytas ↗
- Cichanovskaya: "Europe must be ready." 15min ↗
- The electoral commission will decide whether Gintautas Paluckas grossly violated the electoral code. LRT ↗
- Disputes over the "Moscow House" in Vilnius: according to Zuokas, only the upper floors could be demolished. LRT ↗
- A Lithuanian shooter who left his studies and went to defend Ukraine fell. 15min ↗
🌍 Other Countries
- 🇧🇦 Netanyahu visited a base in Gaza and announced the continuation of occupation: "No retreat, we control sixty percent of the strip." Klix.ba ↗
- 🇧🇦 Former British ambassador claims Blair demanded Palestine be erased from textbooks in the West Bank. Klix.ba ↗
- 🇲🇰 Slovakia is blocking the extension of EU sanctions against Russia. MKD.mk ↗
- 🇲🇰 Medvedev: neo-Nazis deserve a direct strike on Berlin. Libertas ↗
- 🇲🇰 Israeli minister: Palestinians must be expelled from Gaza, there is no solution without it. Makfax ↗
- 🇲🇰 Slovenian parliament stripped former prime minister of immunity. MKD.mk ↗
- 🇧🇬 Artillery, radars and air defense: what Bulgaria will spend EU money on. Dnevnik ↗
- 🇧🇬 Cynicism out of place: why the CIA chief's meeting in Moscow was pointless. Dnevnik ↗
- 🇸🇮 Denis Čaleta: the threat of Russian hybrid attacks is serious and above all persistent. Delo ↗
- 🇸🇮 Who besides Israel is strengthening its presence in Slovenia? Delo ↗
- 🇮🇸 Icelandic defense minister urges discharged queer soldiers to demand compensation. RÚV ↗
- 🇮🇸 Elementary school pupils in New York were banned from using artificial intelligence. RÚV ↗Berlingske ↗
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian Foreign Ministry keeps secret the list of guests at King Harald's funeral. VG ↗
- 🇳🇴 Over five thousand sheep disappeared without a trace in Norway. VG ↗
- 🇱🇻 Civil defense exercises in Latgale test preparedness for population evacuation. LSM ↗
- 🇱🇻 According to media, the government of the former Hungarian prime minister spent millions of euros on influencer visits. LSM ↗
- 🇪🇪 Italy made a statement on frozen Russian assets. Postimees ↗
- 🇲🇩 Gagauzia heading to elections: Chişinău "restarts" autonomy in one day. Newsmaker ↗
- 🇲🇪 Oil price in Montenegro rose by over forty percent in half a year. Vijesti ↗
- 🇦🇱 Ninety-fifth day of protests against Prime Minister Rama: activists are in cells for approximately twenty-four hours and students have joined the demonstrators. Gazeta Shqiptare ↗Gazeta Shqiptare ↗
- 🇱🇺 Oil in Luxembourg crossed the two-euro mark, becoming more expensive by nearly sixteen cents. Luxemburger Wort ↗
- 🇺🇸 Trump signed a stopgap budget and temporarily averted government shutdown. The Hill ↗
- 🇺🇸 Trump is under pressure to keep the Iran conflict within bounds, midterm elections approach. The Hill ↗
- 🇺🇸 The tax office cut staff and the result is more uncollected taxes. NPR ↗
