Sinn Féin’s McDonald Leads Dublin Vote — Followed by Alleged Gangland Boss

There’s this kind of story, told with more and more confidence in Europe’s political rooms: that the continent is stuck in some ancient, nonstop fight against Islam, and that Muslims whether crossing a border right now, or just living in a European city for three generations are an existential danger to a Christian civilization that’s supposedly besieged. It’s a really convincing tale.  
But it’s

European judicial authorities will soon have a faster path to digital evidence, thanks to new EU rules enabling direct binding production and preservation orders to service providers in different member states. This development aims to reduce delays in criminal investigations but depends on courts, governments, and tech companies consistently applying safeguards.
Regulation (EU) 2023/1543, effect

At least 38 people have died following a powerful earthquake on the island of Flores, according to a press conference by Indonesia’s disaster response agency, as reported by the BBC. Rescue operations continue.
The foreign ministries of Italy, Greece, and Estonia, along with officials, have expressed messages of support on X today.
Earlier this week, the Commission allocated €2.1 million for emerg

Southeastern Ukraine, 15 August (Eurotoday Newspaper) Russia says its troops have captured 19 settlements across southeastern Ukraine during its Ukraine summer offensive, reporting gains in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions as fighting continues along a contested section of the frontline.
The Russian Defence Ministry announced the figure on Saturday, citing a report from Pyotr Bolgarev

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) Board of Supervisors has appointed Stavros Konstantas, Director of Occupational and Private Insurance Supervision at the Bank of Greece, to its Management Board. Konstantas succeeds Ante Žigman, former President of the Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency (HANFA), following Žigman’s new role as Governor of the Croa

Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska visited Ceuta on Thursday to examine border infrastructure and a new sea barrier aimed at preventing people from swimming into the city. Security forces in the exclave have been strengthened with 300 additional police officers and 2,000 soldiers.
“This is to deter anyone attempting to enter Ceuta and Melilla irregularly,” Grande-Marlaska stated. “

Flores, Indonesia, 15 August (Eurotoday Newspaper) A powerful magnitude 7.7 Indonesia earthquake struck off Flores early on Saturday, triggering tsunami alerts across several coastal areas and sending residents away from shorelines as emergency officials began assessing damage.
Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) recorded the earthquake at 4.58am Western Indonesian

By Professor Mikhail Nikolaevich Skaballanovich
The Christological heresies of the 4th-6th centuries, which prompted several councils, brought the issue of tradition into focus. It became clear that Scripture alone was insufficient for resolving dogmatic disputes, necessitating reliance on the full scope of tradition. This period marked the preservation of Church dogmas, with conciliar creeds app

Latvia’s military has cautioned that similar incidents could reoccur. “With the ongoing Russian aggression in Ukraine, we may see more cases where foreign unmanned aircraft enter or approach Latvian airspace,” it stated.
An air raid alert was announced in four eastern Latvian municipalities at approximately 4 a.m. local time. The military urged residents to remain indoors and sta

New York, 15 August (Brussles Morning Newspaper) A potential Anthropic IPO is putting the artificial intelligence company’s long-term growth assumptions under scrutiny, with investors weighing a reported forecast of between $190 billion and $200 billion in revenue by 2028 as they consider what the Claude developer could be worth on the public market.
The projection, reported by Reuters citing pe