From Monday, August 3, through August 9, traffic police departments in the Netherlands and various European holiday destinations will be conducting stricter speed checks during Roadpol’s European “Speed Week,” a major collaboration among European traffic police departments.
A tourist boat off the Indonesian coast has been found after a harrowing period of uncertainty. All those on board were found alive. Only the captain remains missing. On board were two Belgians, four members of a Dutch family, one Czech, three Germans, one Frenchwoman, and two Indonesians, including the captain and a crew member.
Tragic news has reached us from Germany.
An all-out search is underway on Lake Como in Italy for a 45-year-old Dutch tourist who went missing after trying to save his 16-year-old son. The man was on a rented boat with his three children when a family outing turned into a dramatic rescue attempt.
A 27-year-old man from Belgium caused quite a stir in North Brabant. His reckless driving endangered the lives of many people on public roads. Fortunately, he was stopped before an accident occurred.
Low-cost airline Ryanair is taking action: five aircraft will leave their base in Charleroi, and 2 million seats will be cut in Belgium for the winter of 2026 and the summer of 2027. A direct response to the increase in the boarding tax approved by the federal government.
Donald Trump has admitted that his new Air Force One, an aircraft he received from Qatar last year, is being temporarily grounded for additional upgrades. According to Trump, the plane will need to be modified again within about a month to upgrade it “as much as possible.”
Tesla plans to ramp up production again at its factory in Grünheide near Berlin. The American manufacturer is seeing rising demand for its electric cars and therefore wants to build more vehicles this year, hire more people, and use the site to serve new markets.
Since June 1, 2026, Italy has had a new toll regulation under which drivers can, in certain cases, receive a refund for part of their toll costs if they are stuck in traffic or experience delays due to roadwork. Foreign holiday makers are also generally eligible, but the policy doesn’t apply everywhere, and the application process is anything but simple.
Thirty years after its sinking, the sunken Soviet submarine Komsomolets continues to cause a stir in the Norwegian Sea. Although recent measurements show that the nuclear-tipped torpedoes are not yet leaking plutonium, the wreck’s nuclear reactor is indeed still emitting radioactive substances.