Netanyahu Under Pressure: Eisenkot Pulls Ahead as Israel’s Right-Wing Bloc Weakens

A new Channel 12 poll gives Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar! 25 Knesset seats against 21 for Likud, while Ofer Winter’s new party reshuffles the right just two months before Israel’s election

Frozen Russian Assets, Take Two: Europe Revives the €210 Billion Plan for Ukraine

Sweden, the Netherlands, Spain and Poland are pushing Brussels to revive the reparations-loan mechanism, reopening a debate that goes far beyond Ukraine’s financing needs and directly into Belgium’s legal exposure and the euro’s credibility as a reserve currency.

Poland Targets Meta With €250 Million Fine Request as Scam Ads Become an EU Regulatory Test

Warsaw is asking the European Commission to impose a €250 million penalty on Meta, turning fraudulent advertising into a broader European test of whether Facebook and Instagram can still present themselves as neutral platforms while approving, targeting and monetizing paid ads.

New Democracy Before the Thessaloniki International Fair: 17 Constituencies in Five Days

From August 31 to September 4, New Democracy is deploying ministers, deputy ministers, MPs and senior party officials across all 17 constituencies of Northern Greece, turning the run-up to the 90th Thessaloniki International Fair into a full political field operation ahead of Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ opening speech on September 5.

Exarchou Joins Mitsotakis on Thessaloniki Metro’s Kalamaria Run: AKTOR Turns Delivery Into Strategic Capital

The handover of the Thessaloniki Metro extension to Kalamaria is more than another infrastructure milestone. For Alexandros Exarchou and AKTOR, it is a political and corporate marker: a difficult project is now operational, the group is positioning itself as a delivery partner for Greece’s next generation of infrastructure, and Exarchou is linking execution credibility directly to AKTOR’s €3 billion investment plan.

Moscow Warns London and Paris: “You Are Playing With Fire” as Storm Shadow Technology Moves Closer to Ukraine

The transfer of sensitive Storm Shadow/SCALP technology to Ukraine is raising the escalation risk sharply: Maria Zakharova is warning of “unpredictable consequences” and openly suggesting that British military targets inside and outside Ukraine could become legitimate Russian targets.

European Commission Approves Greece’s €4.77bn Social Climate Plan: Heating Support, Housing, Metro and Social Leasing

This is not part of the Recovery and Resilience Facility, but a separate EU funding instrument: Greece has secured the largest Social Climate Plan approved so far, with €3.58 billion in EU financing for vulnerable households, transport users and micro-enterprises through 2032.

Ankara Warns Over Rhodes UAV Base: Athens Pushes Back With Sovereignty and Self-Defense

Turkey is reviving its “demilitarization” narrative over Rhodes, but Athens’ position remains firm: sovereignty over the Dodecanese is full, and the defense of Greek territory cannot be dictated by a third country.

Allwyn Accelerates: €1.246bn Revenue, €458m EBITDA and Strong Shareholder Returns

With net revenue up 27%, adjusted EBITDA rising 29%, a 36.8% margin and a €0.20 interim distribution per share, Allwyn is showing it can combine international growth, operating discipline and meaningful cash returns.

The Patriot Problem: America Cannot Build Interceptors Fast Enough for the Wars It Is Arming

The debate over Patriot co-production with Ukraine is not just about technology transfer. It is a warning that the Western defense industrial base is struggling to supply Ukraine, NATO, the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific from the same constrained interceptor pipeline.

Nvidia–Hugging Face: A $13 Billion Deal That Could Reshape Open AI

Nvidia is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire Hugging Face at a valuation close to $13 billion, a move that would give Jensen Huang influence not only over AI chips but also over the distribution layer through which millions of developers access open models.

CIA Chief’s Secret Moscow Mission: Washington Fears Putin Could “Test” NATO

WSJ. John Ratcliffe reportedly delivered a direct warning to Russia not to launch a limited attack or hybrid operation against a NATO member, as new U.S. intelligence assessments examine scenarios designed to test the Alliance’s unity and Article 5.