An airplane carrying EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was unable to land as planned in Bulgaria on Sunday because the signal from the GPS satellite navigation system was disrupted as it approached Plovdiv Airport. It was able to land safely a little later using conventional navigation technology. The EU Commission, the Bulgarian authorities and the media all suspect Russian jamming was behind the disruption.

Andriy Parubiy, a member of the Ukrainian parliament, was shot dead in broad daylight in Lviv on Saturday. He became a well-known figure in 2014 as commander of the Maidan self-defence forces and served as the Ukrainian parliament's chairman from 2016 to 2019. A local suspect was arrested a day and a half after the killing. Investigators now say there are indications that Russian intelligence services were involved.

Since Donald Trump took office in January, the democratic world has been watching the US with growing concern. In view of the Republican majority in both chambers of Congress, a Supreme Court most of whose judges are pro-Trump and the barrage of open attacks on the judiciary and other independent institutions many fear for the separation of powers, with commentators already talking about the end of democracy in the US.

Germany has passed a new law on military service aimed at bring in tens of thousands of new recruits every year. The draft bill initially foresees voluntary service. A questionnaire will be sent out to all men and women 18 and over to ask about their interest in signing up. Commentators in Europe applaud the initiative.

School starts again on 1 September in many European countries after the summer holidays. But education is not the same with each passing year, and nowadays the rapid development of artificial intelligence inevitably affects both teachers and pupils. Commentators assess the potential harm and benefits of AI in the classroom, and the tasks now facing educators.

An attack on a Bangladeshi food courier has ignited a debate in Romania. The attacker filmed himself punching the courier in the face and telling him to go back to where he came from. A few days before the attack, the deputy leader of the far-right AUR Party, Dan Tănasă, had sent out a social media post calling for people to refuse deliveries from foreign workers.