Dossier Commission: Four vice-presidential candidates in Bulgaria’s autumn elections worked for communist-era secret services The Sofia Globe 11:33 Wed, 14 Oct
Spain transport minister Óscar Puente resigns after 69 killed in devastating high-speed train crash Daily Star 1d Spanish Politics Spain Train Crashes Article paywall All sources
The country of 630,000 on track to become the EU's 28th member state The Independent 14h European Commission Eastern Europe Europe Article paywall All sources
Kallas hopes that meeting involving EU, USA, Ukraine, France, Germany, UK, NATO, and World Bank will take into account Europe’s demands of Russia Interfax-Ukraine 12h EU/Ukraine Eastern Europe Ukraine All sources
Scepticism over UK-EU deal to ease Manx fishing pressures BBC 1d UK/EU Brexit European Trade Zones All sources
European Union open to flexible United Kingdom membership terms The Portugal News 2d Andy Burnham All sources
Online Schengen visa applications: EU platform expected around 2030, with paper procedures possible until the late 2030s Schengen VISA Info 2d European Commission EU
Estonia expels Russian journalist Leonid Karabeshkin and bars him from the Schengen area over suspected intelligence ties Meduza 3d Estonia Russia EU
GPS jamming hits almost all of NATO’s eastern flank in one day Defence Blog 17h Black Sea NATO Military (World)
From the Baltic to the Black Sea: Large-scale GPS jamming detected along NATO borders Militarnyi 14h Black Sea NATO Russia
Latvia is preparing a large-scale protest against the transit of Russian grain through the country’s ports Ukrainian Shipping Magazine 16h Russia Latvia Shipping
Tallinn-based Roleo raises €2.9 million for European expansion Invest in Estonia 2d Baltic States Northern Europe
Ex-Unit 8200 commander's Sentra raises $150 million to secure corporate data as AI agents proliferate CTech 18h AI Israel World Banking
New Iranian espionage scandal in Sweden exposes the costs of Western appeasement National Council of Resistance of Iran 20h Sweden Swedish Politics Iranian Politics
Commercial satellites now military targets in new era of space warfare, says US report Space Connect 1d North Korea Military (World) US Military News