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- Saturday, 29 August 2026 · Analysis
Ceuta, Madrid requests 35.6 million from Brussels for border infrastructure
The Spanish Interior Ministry is requesting European funds with 90% co-financing for drones, maritime barriers and underwater sensors in Ceuta and Melilla. The count of minors drops to around 1,500 after duplicates were removed from registries.
- Saturday, 29 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
It was reported on August 28 that the SPD's coffers are shrinking as a result of poor election results and departing members, and that the party is preparing a savings plan based on salary cuts and internal job losses. A poll released the same day shows the AfD clearly in the lead ahead of upcoming regional elections, though without enough numbers to govern alone. Single source: Epoch Times Deutschland; no independent confirmation available.
- Saturday, 29 August 2026 · Analysis
Merz reopens Germany's political season from the burned areas
The German chancellor closes the summer break with a visit to an area hit by wildfires and announces measures against heat and drought. The comparison with the July government report shows how much climate adaptation weighs in the coalition's agenda.
- Saturday, 29 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
According to Ukraina.ru, an editorial roundup by the Russian agency Rossiya Segodnya, a meeting was reportedly held on August 28 in the Moldovan capital between Volodymyr Zelensky, Maia Sandu and Nicușor Dan on grain, drones and European integration. The same outlet claims that Ukraine has reduced the flow of Dniester water to Moldova. The story currently comes from a single source; no independent confirmation is available and the claim about the water remains a one-sided attribution.
- Friday, 28 August 2026 · Analysis
Norway, Haakon VIII on the throne after the death of Harald V
The handover took place in the hours immediately following the Royal House's announcement: the new head of state informed the Council of State of the name under which he will reign. A different story from the one on the Balkans opened this morning in this section.
- Friday, 28 August 2026 · Analysis
France revises second-quarter growth down to zero
Insee corrects the figure from +0.2% to +0.0% and revises first-quarter growth to -0.2%. The same day, the European Commission recorded an economic sentiment indicator rising to 98.4 in the euro area.
- Friday, 28 August 2026 · Analysis
Ceuta, Madrid activates single command and transfers 25 million to the autonomous city
The Spanish Council of Ministers has declared Ceuta a situation of interest for national security and entrusted coordination to minister Ángel Víctor Torres. On 27 August the sectoral conference approved the transfer of funds: three autonomous communities with powers held by Vox were absent and have announced appeals.
- Friday, 28 August 2026 · Analysis
Hungary, the prosecutor general's office passes to an acting head: it falls to Baka to name the successor
Since 25 August the office has been led on an interim basis by deputy Lajtár István. The President of the Republic will have to propose to Parliament a name that gathers two-thirds of the votes.
- Friday, 28 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The office of Montenegrin President Jakov Milatović recalled that the genocide conviction was established by a final ruling and cannot be politically relativized. Serbian Justice Minister Nenad Vujić told broadcaster ATV that the protocols due to a general will be honored and that the family will decide on the burial site: "General Mladić is a general and the protocols are known" (transl. from Serbian). The two positions are reported by Danas and N1.
- Friday, 28 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
Seven candidates invited by the Medef presented their economic programs on Thursday, August 27, before business owners and executives: the first major public debate ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Among the topics raised, an increase in the minimum wage and, for Édouard Philippe, a review of unemployment benefits (Twog). The story currently comes from a single source; no independent confirmation is available.
- Friday, 28 August 2026 · Analysis
Mladic's death reopens rift between Sarajevo and Banja Luka
The former military chief of the Bosnian Serbs, sentenced to life imprisonment for genocide, has died in the UN detention unit in The Hague. Dodik speaks of murder, the UN recalls the definitive nature of the rulings.
- Friday, 28 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
Following Ratko Mladic's death in the UN detention unit, the Russian foreign ministry released a statement accusing The Hague tribunal of double standards and anti-Serb bias, claiming the detainee had been denied fundamental rights. The claim is a partisan statement with no independent corroboration in available sources. The UN spokesperson recalled the final nature of the rulings. Kyiv Post
- Thursday, 27 August 2026 · Analysis
Merz gathers net contributors in Berlin to cut the European budget
The German chancellor meets today with the leaders of the Netherlands, Austria, Finland and Denmark on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2028-2034. Berlin is asking to reduce the Commission's proposal from around 2,000 to 1,600 billion euros.
- Thursday, 27 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The Danish parliament is set to hold a final vote today on the law granting 300,000 kroner, about 40,000 euros, to each Greenlandic woman subjected to contraception without consent between 1960 and 1991. The political agreement was announced by the Danish Ministry of Health in December 2025, with applications opening from April 2026 and an estimated 4,500 potential beneficiaries (Euronews, PBS NewsHour). The Greenlandic government will present the experts' reports the day after the vote.
- Wednesday, 26 August 2026 · Analysis
Iceland votes Saturday on reopening negotiations with the European Union
The August 29 referendum does not concern membership but the mandate to resume talks with Brussels, stalled since 2013. The result is consultative, the government has pledged to respect it, and polls show a divided country.
- Wednesday, 26 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The European AI Office, established by the Commission, has begun, together with national authorities, monitoring the enforcement of the European regulation. Among the provisions that have entered into force are new transparency requirements: it is the first continental regulatory framework requiring artificial intelligence systems to identify themselves to the people they interact with. (European Commission, press release IP/26/1714)
- Wednesday, 26 August 2026 · Analysis
Brussels rules out a European tax on energy windfall profits: competence remains with member states
The Commission responded on August 25 to a letter from six governments, including Italy and Germany: no common levy on oil companies, individual countries can act using national fiscal instruments.
- Wednesday, 26 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
European Commission spokesman Thomas Regnier said Brussels has had exchanges with Rome on the final amount of Safe defence loans and on the timing of the decision: "Italy remains fully committed to European defence and to this project." At the end of July the Commission had requested clarifications, after Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani indicated 14.9 billion as the maximum amount reserved. The report stems from a single source (Commission briefing carried by ANSA). (ANSA)
- Tuesday, 25 August 2026 · Analysis
France, Macron enacts the minors' law: mobile phones banned in secondary schools from the start of term
The president announces the enactment after the constitutional censure of the flagship measure, the ban on social media for minors under fifteen. In parallel, work begins on the 2027 budget.
- Tuesday, 25 August 2026 · Analysis
Germany, second-quarter GDP revised up to +0.3%: export revision weighs in
Destatis released detailed results for the second quarter of 2026 on August 25: quarter-on-quarter growth rises from +0.2% to +0.3%, +1.0% year-on-year. Exports revised upward and trade turnover were decisive factors.
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