Daily brief
Chancellor Friedrich Merz seeks budget flexibility while vowing to work with US President Donald Trump, as EU plans a meeting with a Trump envoy over car tariffs dispute.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico poses with Czech leader Petr Fiala and former Czech PM Andrej Babiš for a 'rebirth of the Visegrád Group'.
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni seeks to persuade Trump against a US troop withdrawal from Europe.
Turkey's vice president says normalization between Türkiye and Armenia sets an example for others, as Turkey plans to shift focus to the Aegean and Cyprus after the Gulf settles down.
A Czech town plans a mobile drug lab for schools, while Greece looks to counter Turkish rights in the Mediterranean with Libya talks and Greens warn against further cuts for disabled people.