More than 125 million text messages may have leaked from the Latvian branch of telecom provider CSC Telecom, potentially affecting people and businesses across the Baltics.

As the nationwide shift to Estonian-language education picks up, southeastern leaders and organizations have pledged to give Võro and Seto a bigger role, including in schools.

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More than 125 million text messages may have leaked from the Latvian branch of telecom provider CSC Telecom, potentially affecting people and businesses across the Baltics.

As the nationwide shift to Estonian-language education picks up, southeastern leaders and organizations have pledged to give Võro and Seto a bigger role, including in schools.

Riigihangete vaidlustuskomisjon andis küll Tartu linnavalitsusele õiguse Eesti Teede Hoolduse OÜ hankel kvalifitseerimise küsimuses ja jättis ka menetluskulud vaidlustuse esitanud Tänavapuhastuse ASi kanda – sealjuures mõistis välja 3840 eurot Eesti Teede Hoolduse kulude katteks –, aga lugu ei pruugi olla läbi.

Tallinn kavandab 2027. aastal teede ja tänavate ehituseks ning remondiks 29,5 miljonit eurot. Märgatavalt suureneb sildade, viaduktide ja tunneli ehituseks ning remondiks kavandatud raha.

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Vienna has long had a reputation for being a nest of spies, but Austria is stepping up its crackdown on espionage. “Austria will no longer be a blind spot in Europe’s security,” Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger told POLITICO on Thursday, after the government approved draft legislation to strengthen its espionage laws on Wednesday. “Foreign intelligence services are operating increasingly aggressively in Austria,” the country’s chancellor, Christian Stocker, added. “We are putting a stop to this by tightening our laws. In doing so, we are also helping to protect our European partners and the many international organizations based in Austria.” While the new legislation targets espionage in general, it is part of the ministry’s broader shift in policy toward Russia, according to an internal document seen by POLITICO. Under Austria’s current Criminal Code, operating or supporting a clandestine intelligence service is punishable if it harms Austrian interests. But espionage targeting other countries or international organizations is not covered in the same way, a loophole the government now wants to close. The proposed legislation would introduce prison sentences of up to five years for espionage targeting EU institutions or international organizations with headquarters or offices in Austria, such as the United Nations, the OSCE and the International Atomic Energy Agency. The maximum sentence for espionage against Austria itself would increase from five to 10 years. Austria pressured Russia earlier this year to dismantle satellite installations on its diplomatic properties in Vienna over concerns they could be used for espionage. At least three installations have since been removed. The country has expelled eight Russian diplomats since March 2025 for suspected espionage. “Austria’s lax approach to spies is now firmly a thing of the past. Vienna remains a place for dialogue, but will no longer be a hub for espionage,” Meinl-Reisinger added, acknowledging that Vienna has long been known as a hotbed of spying. Austria’s neutrality and its status as a non-NATO member have contributed to that reputation. During the Cold War, its proximity to the Iron Curtain made it a meeting point for intelligence services from East and West. The draft law would also criminalize the recruitment of so-called disposable agents by foreign intelligence services and strengthen penalties for certain cybercrimes. The legislation is expected to pass parliament next year and take effect in February 2027, according to a ministry spokesperson. The move is part of a broader push to beef up Europe’s national security with several European countries revising national legislation and increasing powers of domestic intelligence agencies. Antoaneta Roussi contributed to this report.

ANTALYA, Turkey — Donald Trump is not at the COP31 climate summit but almost everyone is talking about him — and not in the way he’d like. The U.S. president’s fateful decision to attack Iran earlier this year, sending global oil and gas prices soaring and compounding an international cost of living crisis, has been invoked — directly or indirectly — by leader after leader in Turkey as a reason to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels. European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen said disruptions on the Strait of Hormuz are “shaking global energy markets.” The U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham invoked the specter of “wars across two continents” that “have sent fuel prices and gas bills soaring for families and businesses across the world.” U.N. Secretary General António Guterres noted how “recent conflicts made clear” that countries’ dependence on imported fossil fuels “is a recipe for chronic insecurity and a cost-of-living meltdown.” “The case for fossil fuels is collapsing,” Gutteres said. Trump is the name on everyone’s lips for another reason, too. For the first time since he was reelected two years ago — and promptly announced that the U.S. would withdraw from the U.N. climate process and double down on fossil fuels — delegates at COP are starting to picture life without him in the White House. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on November 9, 2026 in Washington. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images “His shadow is still here. His shadow is here because of the midterm elections,” said London Mayor Sadiq Khan, co-chair of the C40 group of city mayors who back stronger climate action. People could “see now, on the horizon, a world without President Trump” or “one of Trump’s protégés” he told POLITICO. Shadows and dust Notwithstanding the Republicans’ crushing midterms defeat — itself in part down to the war’s impact on international fuel prices — Trump still looms large. “The shadow of Trump” is also present at COP because “everyone is struggling with the cost of living,” added Khan — who has form in beefing with the U.S. president. “Whether you speak to people from the Middle East, from sub-Saharan Africa, from Europe … all these fingers are pointed at President Trump and what he did in Iran. More so ironically — perversely — than Putin in Ukraine. President Trump has got Putin off the hook.” The rhetoric on display in Turkey has not gone unnoticed in Washington, which has not sent a delegation to COP31. The U.S. withdrawal from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change treaty that underpins COP talks will be completed early next year. “President Trump is ensuring Iran can never have or use a nuclear weapon—a threat that would have a catastrophic impact on the entire world,” said White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers. “The conflict in Iran has underscored the importance of having access to reliable, affordable, and secure energy sources. “Nations around the world are now turning to the United States as both an example and a partner in pursuing common-sense energy dominance policies,” she argued. Nonetheless, Khan’s criticisms of Trump — and a cautious optimism about post-2028 American climate policy — are echoed by other diplomats and campaigners in Turkey. The U.S. midterms and even more importantly for most diplomats the reelection in Brazil of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva offer a “more positive vibe at COP31,” said founder of the E3G climate think tank Nick Mabey, “as countries see a move away from populism and the possibility of positive U.S. engagement on climate.” “After Lula’s win and what we learned from the U.S. midterms,” agreed one European diplomat, “there’s a bit of a sense of tails up here now.”

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