The government-backed “Lex Szarlatan” bill was intended to prohibit pseudo-medical practices that could pose a risk of serious injury or death to patients when provided by individuals without appropriate medical qualifications. It was also designed to protect patients from misleading diagnoses and unverified therapies. Polish President Karol Nawrocki referred the...
Police probe Orbán Father’s company over alleged overpricing
The Budapest Police Headquarters (BRFK) has launched an investigation on suspicion of mismanagement in connection with contracts between companies owned by Orbán Győző, the father of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, and companies associated with Hungarian businessman Mészáros Lőrinc. The investigation seeks to establish whether Orbán Győző’s company, Dolomit Kft.,...
Poland’s position on nuclear sharing within NATO
Poland seeks to participate in NATO’s nuclear deterrence arrangements; however, this does not envisage the physical deployment of nuclear warheads on Polish territory. Previously, Poland had expressed scepticism towards the deployment of nuclear weapons while simultaneously holding preliminary talks with the United States on strengthening the US nuclear deterrence posture...
Norway’s crown prince becomes King Haakon VIII after his father’s death
Crown Prince Haakon, 53, became King Haakon VIII when his father, died Friday. Haakon’s oldest child now becomes Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra and the heir to the throne. Haakon knows the ropes. As his father aged and his health began to fail in recent years, the prince stepped in as the...
Three UK airports hit by cyber-attack with data of 8.7m customers accessed
Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands airports have been hit by a cyber-attack in which hackers accessed the data of about 8.7 million customers. The incident involved data related to “car park, lounge and fast-track bookings and in-airport wifi sign-ups”, and the hackers obtained email addresses, phone numbers, vehicle registration...
Explosive drone at German airport linked to Russian military intelligence, US intel source says
n explosive drone found near a Ukrainian cargo aircraft at Leipzig airport in Germany earlier this month bore the hallmarks of devices typically employed by Russia's Military Intelligence Directorate, the GRU, a U.S. intelligence source. The U.S. official, who was briefed on the investigation into the alleged sabotage plot, said...
Three Russian сitizens вetained in Warsaw with firearms and ammunition
Warsaw police, in cooperation with the Counter-Terrorism Centre of Poland’s Internal Security Agency (ABW), detained three Russian nationals of Chechen origin, aged 21, 25 and 42, at an apartment in Warsaw’s Wola district following information concerning their possible involvement in an organised criminal group. During a search of the apartment,...
Two states with climate policy sway will also vote on Germany’s federal election day
Ahead of the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in September 2026, the AfD, currently leading the polls, is making the dismantling of wind power a central campaign pledge—in the lee of similar demands from right-wing populists worldwide, foremost the current US administration. Under examination is the claim that wind...
Pentagon’s Nato review preparing troop options
Nato allies worry that the six-month review, announced in June, will lead to large-scale cuts to the roughly 80,000 US forces across Europe and punish countries that President Donald Trump believes failed to support the US-Israeli war against Iran. The Pentagon’s “Terms of Reference,” which have not been previously detailed,...
Explosive drone at German airport linked to Russian military intelligence, US intel source says
An explosive drone found near a Ukrainian cargo aircraft at Leipzig airport in Germany earlier this month bore the hallmarks of devices typically employed by Russia's Military Intelligence Directorate, the GRU, a U.S. intelligence source told ABC News. The U.S. official, who was briefed on the investigation into the alleged...