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• Nord Stream on Trial: war crime, or act of war?

  October 26, 2026 · 37 min

  Four years after the Nord Stream pipelines were blown up at the bottom of the Baltic, a former Ukrainian army officer, Serhii Kuznetsov, is on trial in Hamburg. German prosecutors say he led the team that did it, on orders from the…

• Students on the ballot, a seat for Europe and Starlink back on

  October 24, 2026 · 10 min

  Three stories, three angles: what happened, how it's being told, and what we don't know yet. In Serbia, the students who have protested for almost two years since the Novi Sad station disaster are on the ballot this Sunday, against…

• A town hall on fire, another flood and dearer flights

  October 23, 2026 · 10 min

  Three stories, three angles: what happened, how it's being told, and what we don't know yet. In France, more than half a million people march peacefully over the cost of living, and a weekend of riots ends with the town hall in Limoges…

• A student revolt, a budget with no deal and a Starlink speed limit

  October 17, 2026 · 11 min

  Three stories, three angles: what happened, how it's being told, and what we don't know yet. In Albania, student protests over the cost of university turn into four days of clashes in Tirana, and Prime Minister Edi Rama says he won't…

• Hacked fridges, a Starlink fire and more drones at sea

  October 15, 2026 · 10 min

  Three stories, three angles: what happened, how it's being told, and what we don't know yet. Hackers switch the fridges of some 700 French supermarkets to defrost overnight, and nobody has claimed the attack. In Germany, police arrest two…

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