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Slovakia resumes military contacts with Russia

The machinery of the state is failing its users in novel ways. Denmark's digitalization minister is reviewing the entire personal ID system after a data leak forced 700,000 citizens to freeze their credit. Malta and Gozo spent the morning without electricity following widespread grid failures. A cyberattack compromised Switzerland's federal software supplier. In the Netherlands, the capital is slowly sinking as a prolonged drought ruins the foundations of half a million homes, while Rotterdam authorities are relying on rabbits to restore nature reserves before they can issue building permits.

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Slovakia

Government resumes military contacts with Russia after four-year pause

The government has resumed military ties with Russia, fulfilling a promise made by Robert Fico and ending a four-year suspension. While the foreign ministry handles the optics, the defense establishment is actively reconnecting with a neighbor most of the continent is trying to isolate.

Hungary

Prosecutor questions Prime Minister as suspect in mobile phone case

Prime Minister Péter Magyar was questioned by the Central Investigative Prosecutor's Office as a suspect in a mobile phone case. He made a short statement denying the charges.

France

Lecornu offers high school protesters understanding but no concessions

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu went on television to tell striking high school students that he understands their movement, but cannot meet their demands. With 375 schools disrupted, the government's strategy of buying time until late October appears to have met the usual fate of such tactics.

United Kingdom

Royal Navy serviceman charged with spying for foreign power

A 24-year-old Royal Navy service member has been formally charged with spying for a foreign power. He is scheduled to appear in Westminster Magistrates' Court, marking a severe breach in the armed forces' security apparatus.

One more thing · Slovakia

Dead man blocks highway construction

Building work on a new Slovak motorway has stalled because the land is still registered to an owner who has been deceased for 225 years. The cadastre office is currently struggling to resolve the two-century-old ghost claim.

Around Europe today

▪ Albania — Socialist Party passes territorial reform as protesters surround parliament →

▪ Austria — Social Democrats shuffle leaders to halt polling slide →

▪ Belgium — Interior minister blames Antifa for riots at student protests →

▪ Bosnia and Herzegovina — Brussels issues final warning over €374m in stalled reform funds →

▪ Bulgaria — Kozloduy Unit Six Enters Planned Maintenance →

▪ Croatia — Anti-corruption agency raids notorious criminal group over land deal →

▪ Cyprus — Worker stabbed at Limassol construction site →

▪ Czechia — Recovery tank deployed to free truck from railway bridge →

▪ Denmark — Hundreds of thousands issue credit warnings after data leak →

▪ Estonia — Government secures EU sanctions exemption for Russian magnesium plant →

▪ Finland — Finns Party overtakes National Coalition in latest poll →

▪ France — Lecornu offers high school protesters understanding but no concessions →

▪ Germany — Coalition leaders meet for four hours of endurance testing →

▪ Greece — Fishermen acquitted of killing former minister →

▪ Hungary — Prosecutor questions Prime Minister as suspect in mobile phone case →

▪ Iceland — VR union cancels labor contracts as inflation voids agreements →

▪ Ireland — Government cuts RTÉ funding by €20m as budget deal collapses →

▪ Italy — Chamber of Deputies holds secret ballot on electoral reform →

▪ Kosovo — Rescue teams pull 63 miners to safety after underground fire →

▪ Latvia — Defence chief criticizes progress of Vilkatis military operation →

▪ Lithuania — Army sent to Kaliningrad border as guard capacity falls short →

▪ Luxembourg — Denunciation of immigration fraud emerged from within ministry five years ago →

▪ Malta — Widespread power cuts hit islands again →

▪ Moldova — Government proposes new administrative map to redraw country →

▪ Montenegro — Corruption agency investigates judges over preferential housing sales →

▪ Netherlands — Minister misled Parliament over use of AI →

▪ North Macedonia — Stray dog pack attacks child in Skopje →

▪ Norway — Economic crime unit warns criminal networks have infiltrated industries →

▪ Poland — Police intervene in multiple school knife attacks →

▪ Portugal — Montenegro presents budget with surplus and 4.8 billion in spending pressure →

▪ Romania — Prime Minister-designate begins talks to end seven-month political vacuum →

▪ Serbia — Finance minister accused of hiding billion-euro deficit →

▪ Slovakia — Government resumes military contacts with Russia after four-year pause →

▪ Slovenia — Government proposes move of 50,000 public sector workers to private industry →

▪ Spain — Death of housing activist triggers protest march to Congress →

▪ Sweden — Thand Ringqvist reaches decision after meeting with Speaker →

▪ Switzerland — Federal Council risks first French-speaking deficit since 1966 →

▪ Ukraine — Death toll rises to 22 after strike on Pryluky apartment block →

▪ United Kingdom — Royal Navy serviceman charged with spying for foreign power →

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