Δευτέρα 10 Αυγούστου 2026
5 άρθρα
Europe Owns Patriots, Washington Controls Reloads
US stocks have fallen below 1,000 Patriot interceptors and near 250 THAAD missiles, according to CSIS estimates, leaving Europe exposed to decisions made in Washington. Production increases will arrive only late this decade, while Ukraine, NATO’s eastern flank, the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific compete for the same limited supply.
Leipzig Drone Exposes Europe’s Five-Minute Authority Gap
An explosive-laden drone found near Ukrainian freight aircraft halted flights at Leipzig/Halle and triggered a German national-security investigation. The deeper vulnerability lies in Europe’s response chain: airports, police and militaries operate under different powers, leaving no settled authority to neutralise a drone within minutes. Czechia is already drafting legislation to let trained critical-infrastructure staff intervene.
Cyprus’s first gas runs through Egypt
Eni and TotalEnergies have committed $2 billion to bring the Cronos field into production by 2028, giving Cyprus its first route from discovery to market. Europe may gain a modest non-Russian LNG source, but every cargo depends on Egyptian pipelines and liquefaction capacity as Egypt confronts its own deepening gas shortage.
Meridiam takes 66% as Cyprus awaits costs
The French fund’s majority stake gives the €1.9 billion cable fresh financial momentum, but its price, equity commitment and cost-overrun clauses remain undisclosed. Cyprus faces 63% of the allocated costs and will await an EIB study before investing, as merger review, seabed surveys and the project’s final investment decision remain pending.
Four barges buy Romania nine days
Romania’s improvised Danube barrier raised cooling water by 8 centimetres, keeping Cernavodă’s Unit 2 running as record-low flows threaten a reactor supplying much of the country’s electricity. The reprieve remains fragile: strong currents could shift the barges, while nuclear and hydropower cuts across Hungary and Slovakia are tightening the region’s electricity market.