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Balkan protests, hatred of the EU, and ghosts of the 90s

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The Balkan press is trapped in a toxic, never-ending loop. Three themes consume almost everything else, recurring like a mantra:…

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October 18, 2026 –Demonstrations in France intensify – cars and houses are burning, shops are being looted.

October 18, 2026 –Super Typhoon Champi skirts Guam: half the island dark, emergency declaration approved.

October 15, 2026 –What is happening in space? A Chinese satellite is positioning itself near a Western satellite. Military officials fear the surveillance of confidential communications.

October 15, 2026 –The EU autumn summit is getting underway in Brussels. The 28 heads of state and government are set to discuss aid for Ukraine, relations with China, and the next EU budget. It goes without saying that there will be some squabbling!

October 14, 2026 – War rhetoric is increasing: NATO warns Russia ‘We will break’ forces, destroy ‘anything and everything’ if you attack NATO’s top military commander, General Alexus Grynkewich, vows to ‘block, blunt and break’ enemy forces amid rising tensions with Moscow.

October 13, 2026 –Since late September 2026, Russia has damaged or destroyed data centers belonging to at least eight companies in Ukraine, including Parkovyi and Datagroup in Kyiv. Now Ukraine is striking back: three Russian data centers have gone up in flames in succession, affecting databases, retail chains, payment services, and media sites associated with the Russian IT provider Yandex.

October 12, 2026 –Challenging times for political satirists: Trump dreams and speaks of renaming the Atlantic or Pacific—ideally after himself. Not everything Donald Trump says needs to be taken literally. Yet, the US President means quite a few things exactly as he says them—often more than one might assume. Especially when it comes to seemingly absurd proposals to rename bodies of water, mountains, and places, more than one joke has ultimately turned out to be serious.

October 12, 2026 –Riyadh: Another projectile at the airport – Houthis threaten airlines

October 12, 2026 –In the towns of central Panama, many people are still sleeping in the street. The ground has not stopped moving since Friday, when a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck, and the government has now put the whole country under a state of emergency.

October 11, 2026 –Vincent Luis is the Ironman World Champion. The Frenchman won in Hawaii, taking everyone by surprise.

October 10, 2026 –Washington has quietly opened a six-month window for Russian diesel

October 10, 2026 –Houthi Missile Strikes on Riyadh Airport as Regional War Escalates

October 10, 2026 –US Sanctions the International Criminal Court Hours After Navi Pillay Wins Nobel Peace Prize

October 9, 2026 –Donald Trump would have liked to win the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize but comes away empty-handed: Human rights activist Navanethem “Navi” Pillay is being honored with the award for her work in South Africa.

October 8, 2026 – She became the face of the protest against the housing crisis in Spain. Now, María del Carmen Abascal has passed away at the age of 87; she had lived in the same home for 70 years but was forced to leave due to an exorbitant rent increase.

October 7, 2026 – The Last Tango: Lionel Messi plays his final international match for Argentina (and then off to Miami).

October 7, 2026 – Ukraine War: The situation in the Black Sea is escalating; there has been a series of attacks on oil tankers and merchant vessels.

October 7, 2026 – Former German intelligence chief August Hanning (80) arrested on suspicion of espionage.

October 6, 2026 – Canada: Separatists win election in Quebec – The Parti Québécois secures a minority government and promises a third independence referendum – a new test for Canadian unity.

October 6, 2026 – Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to two Germans and an American for work in optogenetics.

October 6, 2026 – Türkiye and Pakistan are sending troops to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to fight the Houthis.

October 5, 2026 – Bosnia and Herzegovina/Republika Srpska: Serb leader Milorad Dodik is preempting the official election results; amidst very low voter turnout (40%), he has emerged victorious in Republika Srpska and secured seats on the central state’s presidency.

October 5, 2026 – Sam Altman, the head of OpenAI, advocates accepting the side effects of artificial intelligence. In his view, the societal benefits of the technology are so great that they justify the associated risks.

October 4, 2026 – Authorities remain silent:
Plague likely outbreak in Eastern Siberia (Russia): clinic sealed off

October 3, 2026 – The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned of an “absolutely devastating” famine in light of renewed fighting in Yemen. The Iran-backed Houthi militia has controlled large parts of Yemen, including the capital, Sanaa, for years. Most recently, following a lightning offensive, the militia seized control of large sections of the coast along the strategically important Bab al-Mandab Strait. A Saudi-led military coalition is supporting Yemen’s internationally recognized government in the fight against the Houthis.

October 1, 2026 – All US troops withdrawn from Iraq

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