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Hungarian MPs push through constitutional amendment removing President Tamas Sulyok

Constitutional overhaul backed by Tisza Party's supermajority is central to PM Peter Magyar's pledge to roll back the institutional legacy of Victor Orban's 16-year rule.

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War in Iran set to weigh on Latin America throughout 2026, ECLAC warns

The war between the US, Israel and Iran will continue to weigh on Latin American and Caribbean economies for the rest of 2026, even if last month's fragile ceasefire holds, the UN's regional economic body has warned.

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Zelenskiy launches sweeping government shake-up

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy =announced a sweeping reshuffle of Ukraine's government on July 12 and signalled changes to the country's top law enforcement agencies.

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Rating agencies begin Romania review as authorities seek to preserve investment-grade status

Ahead of scheduled sovereign reviews by Fitch in mid-July and Moody's in early August, maintaining Romania's investment-grade status is the government's top financing priority.

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Russia has a desertion problem. Ukraine has a manpower crisis

The armies fighting Europe's biggest land war since 1945 are both losing soldiers without firing a shot. But while Russia has a growing desertion problem, Ukraine is in the midst of a growing manpower crisis.

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What is Russia targeting with its missiles?

Civilian deaths in Ukraine hit a record monthly high in May, driven by a shortage of Ukrainian air-defence interceptors rather than a shift in Russian targeting, officials say. What is Russia actually targeting with its missile strikes?

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OBITURY: US senator Lindsey Graham, Russia hawk and champion of Iranian regime change, dies at 71

Lindsey Graham, the Senate’s loudest supporter of Ukraine and regime change in Iran, has died at 71 after a brief and sudden illness, a day after returning from his tenth wartime visit to Kyiv.

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Protesters demand a better Albania on 41st day of 'Flamingo Revolution'

The prime minister “has sold our country” one protester tells IntelliNews, as protest movement grows far beyond its environmental origins.

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Istanbul-listed Vestel hires New York-listed adviser Houlihan for $500mn eurobond restructuring

Trump reinstates Hormuz blockade on Iranian shipping, imposes 20% transit levy on all cargo

Iran keeps door open to US talks as Hormuz crisis deepens

Istanbul-listed Vestel hires New York-listed adviser Houlihan for $500mn eurobond restructuring

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Trump reinstates Hormuz blockade on Iranian shipping, imposes 20% transit levy on all cargo

Washington will bar Iranian vessels and their customers from the Strait of Hormuz and charge a 20% levy on all other cargo transiting the chokepoint, which carries a fifth of global oil, in a sharp escalation of the US-Iran conflict.

Iran keeps door open to US talks as Hormuz crisis deepens

Iran says diplomacy remains active and contacts with Pakistan, Qatar and Oman are continuing, even as it accuses the US of wrecking the ceasefire memorandum and blocking safe passage through Hormuz.

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Ukraine's US ambassador to step down amid scrutiny over cut-price property purchase

Ukraine's ambassador to the US, Olha Stefanishyna, is set to leave her post less than a year after arriving in Washington, as a controversy over her family's purchase of a luxury Kyiv apartment adds political pressure on President Zelenskiy

Iran says it has established safe maritime corridor through Hormuz

Iran says it has established a temporary safe maritime corridor through the Strait of Hormuz and notified the IMO, accusing the US of pushing vessels towards a dangerous southern route.

Albanian police investigate alleged campaign of fake one-star reviews targeting government-linked businesses

Police reported “suspicious activity” by over 10,000 social media accounts that left negative online reviews of government-linked businesses during Flamingo Revolution.

Moldova’s president nominates businessman Vasile Tofan for prime minister

Vasile Tofan, a senior partner at Kyiv-based private equity fund Horizon Capital, has 15 days to present a cabinet and governing programme to parliament and seek a vote of confidence.

Bangkok bar fire leaves at least 27 dead, numbers could rise

Images taken after the fire was brought under control showed rows of body bags outside the building and a large police cordon surrounding the site.

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Poland eyes offshore wind to power AI and data centres, Tusk says

Poland’s budding offshore wind sector could supply the electricity needed for energy-intensive artificial AI and data centres, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.

South Korean military cyber attacks hit record 19,000 cases in 2025

The Cyber Operations Command said identifying attackers remains difficult because of techniques including IP spoofing and the use of overseas infrastructure. It assessed that North Korea’s cyber capabilities are becoming more advanced.

Romania’s Digi proceeds with €287mn IPO for Spanish subsidiary

Digi Communications is seeking to raise at least €287mn through the IPO of Digi Spain Telecom.

Lithuania boosts funding for anti-smuggling balloon technology

Weather balloons used to smuggle cigarettes across the border from Belarus have repeatedly disrupted flights to and from Vilnius airport.

Kazakhstan signs AI transport cooperation agreement with UAE's Presight

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BOFIT: Russia faces increasing challenges in balancing its economic policies

The rising costs of the Ukraine war have forced the Russian government to increase spending, causing the federal budget deficit to expand further. High spending growth is making it hard for the CBR to cut rates and revive the economy.

COMMENT: Why Iran's central bank is starving banks of liquidity

Iran’s central bank is squeezing liquidity to defend the rial, meeting under a fifth of banks’ funding demand as inflation hits 57.7% and money supply growth tops 53% after the war with the US and Israel.

Trump's four-part strategy for a post-American world: retreat, rebel, replace and reform international institutions

Trump has broken with the paradigm of the rules based international order and is causing chaos with his “America first” approach. But actually he has four approaches to reforming international bodies: retreat, rebel, replace and reform.

PANNIER: Countries line up to access Central Asia’s critical minerals

The minerals are there but the planned scale of production requires a dozen or more new processing plants.

RAGOZIN: Ukraine’s history row with Poland threatens its EU path

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Dollar's grip on global reserves slips to lowest level this century

The US dollar's share of global foreign exchange reserves has fallen to its lowest level this century, underlining a slow-moving long-term de-dollarisation by central banks to diversify away from the world's dominant reserve currency.

Global population growth is slowing - Statista

According to UN calculations, the world's population will cross the 10-billion mark in 2061. By the end of the century, however, this number will have started to decline slightly, having reached a high around 10.3bn in 2084, Statista reports.

Istanbul-listed Aselsan outperforms leading global defence stocks

Arms contractor delivers a 49% return to investors in first half.

Serbia's central bank holds key rate at 5.75% amid global uncertainty

NBS says inflation remains within its target range but uncertainty stemming from global geopolitical tensions and commodity prices warrants a cautious monetary policy stance.

EU remains main export market for Moldova’s pro-Russian separatist Transnistria

Between January and June, 76.9% of Transnistria's exports were shipped to EU member states.

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Erdogan's revolver diplomacy left Nato leaders with a loaded problem

Most Nato summits end with a communiqué. This one ended with customs problems. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan each each visiting head of state with an engraved Turkish-made gun complete with live ammo.

Trump's Patriot licence will help Ukraine in its next war with Russia, not this one

US President Donald Trump’s pledge to give Kyiv a license to make Patriot missiles could be a game changer – in Ukraine’s next war with Russia, but not in this one.

North Macedonia’s rare pink ruby gets protected status in push for global recognition

IntelliNews talks to the gemstone enthusiast who spent decades putting the Macedonian ruby on the map.

Lebanon's paper peace: Aoun signs a framework the balance of power may not let him deliver

When Lebanese and Israeli envoys signed a US-brokered framework agreement in Washington on June 26, they turned months of cautious, indirect contacts into a formal diplomatic process — the most significant opening between the two states since 1983.

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‘Flamingo revolution’ protesters take to the streets of Tirana nightly, but government officials dismiss them as ‘crows’ and ‘ravens’.

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Brussels’ South Caucasus policy has shifted as it seeks to secure regional stability, expand transport corridors and reduce Russian influence.

KYIV BLOG: Russia, Ukraine political assassinations and the backpack bomb in Monaco

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BALKAN BLOG: Dancing robots, giant flags and Serbia's latest political spectacle

Serbia's President Aleksandar Vučić has confirmed he will resign within weeks, signalling the start of an election campaign that could reshape the country's political landscape.

KYIV BLOG: The Ukraine war stuck in a violent stalemate

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Taiwan braces for once-in-a-generation typhoon

Taiwan's Central Weather Administration has issued a land warning for Typhoon Bavi, which is expected to bring up to 900 mm of rain to northern mountain areas by Sunday July 12, and generate waves of more than six metres along the coast.

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Uzbekistan faces mounting environmental pressures linked to climate change, water scarcity and land degradation.

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Ukraine's ambassador to the US, Olha Stefanishyna, is set to leave her post less than a year after arriving in Washington, as a controversy over her family's purchase of a luxury Kyiv apartment adds political pressure on President Zelenskiy

Iran says it has established a temporary safe maritime corridor through the Strait of Hormuz and notified the IMO, accusing the US of pushing vessels towards a dangerous southern route.

Police reported “suspicious activity” by over 10,000 social media accounts that left negative online reviews of government-linked businesses during Flamingo Revolution.

Vasile Tofan, a senior partner at Kyiv-based private equity fund Horizon Capital, has 15 days to present a cabinet and governing programme to parliament and seek a vote of confidence.

Images taken after the fire was brought under control showed rows of body bags outside the building and a large police cordon surrounding the site.

Tech

Poland’s budding offshore wind sector could supply the electricity needed for energy-intensive artificial AI and data centres, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.

The Cyber Operations Command said identifying attackers remains difficult because of techniques including IP spoofing and the use of overseas infrastructure. It assessed that North Korea’s cyber capabilities are becoming more advanced.

Digi Communications is seeking to raise at least €287mn through the IPO of Digi Spain Telecom.

Weather balloons used to smuggle cigarettes across the border from Belarus have repeatedly disrupted flights to and from Vilnius airport.

Proposed platform to use improve road safety, protect infrastructure and strengthen the resilience of Kazakhstan's transport system.

Opinion

The rising costs of the Ukraine war have forced the Russian government to increase spending, causing the federal budget deficit to expand further. High spending growth is making it hard for the CBR to cut rates and revive the economy.

Iran’s central bank is squeezing liquidity to defend the rial, meeting under a fifth of banks’ funding demand as inflation hits 57.7% and money supply growth tops 53% after the war with the US and Israel.

Trump has broken with the paradigm of the rules based international order and is causing chaos with his “America first” approach. But actually he has four approaches to reforming international bodies: retreat, rebel, replace and reform.

The minerals are there but the planned scale of production requires a dozen or more new processing plants.

The two countries have long been on a collision course over their differing interpretations of WWII history, but why did the clash happen now?

Data

The US dollar's share of global foreign exchange reserves has fallen to its lowest level this century, underlining a slow-moving long-term de-dollarisation by central banks to diversify away from the world's dominant reserve currency.

According to UN calculations, the world's population will cross the 10-billion mark in 2061. By the end of the century, however, this number will have started to decline slightly, having reached a high around 10.3bn in 2084, Statista reports.

Arms contractor delivers a 49% return to investors in first half.

NBS says inflation remains within its target range but uncertainty stemming from global geopolitical tensions and commodity prices warrants a cautious monetary policy stance.

Between January and June, 76.9% of Transnistria's exports were shipped to EU member states.

Features

The US-Iran conflict has become a war of probabilities, with both sides deliberately randomising. The theory behind it runs from Schelling's Nobel-winning deterrence work to Nixon's madman doctrine, and it carries a flaw.

Most Nato summits end with a communiqué. This one ended with customs problems. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan each each visiting head of state with an engraved Turkish-made gun complete with live ammo.

US President Donald Trump’s pledge to give Kyiv a license to make Patriot missiles could be a game changer – in Ukraine’s next war with Russia, but not in this one.

IntelliNews talks to the gemstone enthusiast who spent decades putting the Macedonian ruby on the map.

When Lebanese and Israeli envoys signed a US-brokered framework agreement in Washington on June 26, they turned months of cautious, indirect contacts into a formal diplomatic process — the most significant opening between the two states since 1983.

Blogs

‘Flamingo revolution’ protesters take to the streets of Tirana nightly, but government officials dismiss them as ‘crows’ and ‘ravens’.

Brussels’ South Caucasus policy has shifted as it seeks to secure regional stability, expand transport corridors and reduce Russian influence.

A bomber targeted Ukrainian real estate mogul and online scammer yesterday in Monaco, the principality’s first ever terror attack, in the latest of a string of alleged SBU assassinations overseas.

Serbia's President Aleksandar Vučić has confirmed he will resign within weeks, signalling the start of an election campaign that could reshape the country's political landscape.

The efforts to bring the war in Ukraine to an end have stalled in the face of an escalating exchange of drone and missiles and the stalemated EU efforts to mediate.

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Croatia's government has proposed new legislation aimed at simplifying the management of energy resources, including geothermal waters.

Taiwan's Central Weather Administration has issued a land warning for Typhoon Bavi, which is expected to bring up to 900 mm of rain to northern mountain areas by Sunday July 12, and generate waves of more than six metres along the coast.

Air conditioner exports to Europe climbed 41.3% year-on-year to $130.1mn in May. Shipments during the first five months of the year rose 16.5% to $696.8mn.

Uzbekistan faces mounting environmental pressures linked to climate change, water scarcity and land degradation.

Renewables and nuclear power are expected to play a larger role in Pakistan’s electricity mix in the coming years, helping to limit exposure to global fuel price swings and geopolitical disruptions.

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