Τετάρτη 07 Οκτωβρίου 2026
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Drone strike sinks ship off Bulgaria
The crew of a merchant ship sunk in Bulgaria’s offshore economic zone remains unaccounted for after drones struck two vessels on 6 October. All 18 people aboard the second ship were rescued, though one is critically injured. Kyiv blames Russia; Sofia says it cannot yet identify the attacker and has made no formal request for NATO consultations.
Commission targets vetoes in EU accession talks
A Commission proposal would let EU governments open and provisionally close stages of membership talks by qualified majority, preventing one capital from blocking a candidate at every step. Final admission would still require unanimity. Governments must first agree to surrender their intermediate vetoes, and the proposal does not resolve Hungary’s dispute with Ukraine over minority-language schooling.
BND leak arrests prompt allied checks
British and US intelligence agencies are reviewing what they shared with Germany after the arrest of a former BND chief and an aide in the agency president’s office. Prosecutors allege the aide passed him nearly 2,000 internal documents, some used in dealings with foreign intelligence. The countries involved are unnamed, and the extent of any allied exposure remains unknown.
France’s 4.93% borrowing cost is locked in
French bond yields fell on Tuesday, but the rally cannot change the terms of last week’s sale. France sold €6.271 billion of its 2036 bond at a 4.93% yield, up from 4.23% in September. Lower oil prices helped ease yields across markets; future borrowing costs still depend on global rates and whether Sébastien Lecornu can pass his deficit-cutting budget.
Latvia’s border cameras vanish as crossings climb
Masked intruders took two surveillance cameras from Latvia’s border with Belarus hours after armed escorts threatened Latvian soldiers while pushing at least 20 migrants toward them. Guards have stopped 11,925 attempted crossings this year, nearly as many as in all of last year, and the government has extended its border operation through December. Officials have not established who directed the escorts or linked them to the theft.
STAR collisions challenge quark-only proton models
Two STAR collision tests found baryon number, the conserved property that marks protons and neutrons, reaching places that models tied to incoming quarks do not predict. In the clearest comparison, STAR measured 1.84 where those models predict 1. A junction in the gluon field could explain the results, though no one has observed it directly.
Dutch asylum freeze ends, delays face scrutiny
The Netherlands must start examining asylum claims from people who fled Ukraine, even while they hold temporary protection. An EU court ruling ends the automatic freeze, but allows delays where authorities can prove normal deadlines were impossible despite reasonable measures. NOS reports more than 140,000 parked applications; Dutch judges may now have to test the government’s case for keeping them in the queue.
Hijacked DNS earned certificates for Google domains
Attackers altered DNS records under the country domains for Ghana, Sierra Leone and American Samoa, then obtained browser-trusted certificates for Google and other organisations’ names. Google says its systems were not breached. Chrome has blocked the certificates it found, but Google cannot guarantee it found them all, and no public evidence shows they were used against visitors.
Sweden’s Patriot watch faces a December deadline
Sweden will take over air defence at the Polish hub that channels aid to Ukraine, replacing Dutch Patriot crews in December. About 100 Swedish personnel are due to deploy, but their current authorisation expires on 31 December, even though Stockholm plans to keep them there into 2027. Neither side has released enough equipment figures to show whether the handover changes the hub’s protection.
Ukraine draws a line on EU farm caps
Kyiv would accept temporary limits on farm sales and a gradual rise in EU subsidies after joining the bloc, but its agriculture minister rejects caps with no end date. The Commission’s 6 October paper leaves that question open and sets no quotas. Any lasting restriction would need to survive accession talks and a treaty Ukraine must sign.