Eurotopics.net

169,000 households in Italy have been informed via SMS that starting August 1 they will no longer receive the citizen's income introduced four years ago. The reason is the stricter requirements for receiving the minimum social security passed by the right-wing government under Giorgia Meloni. Protests have broken out particularly in Naples, where a significant number of people rely on the citizen's income.

In the course of the two-day Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg Russian President Putin offered free grain deliveries to individual African states. In the run-up to the summit Russia had allowed the Black Sea Grain Initiative to expire, leading to an increase in world market prices. The participants reacted cautiously to Moscow's offer and voiced isolated criticism of the war against Ukraine. Europe's press takes stock.

Sport in the shadow of war: the Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan refused to shake hands with her Russian adversary Anna Smirnova, who was competing as a neutral athlete at the Fencing World Championships in Milan - and was disqualified. Later the fencing federation FIE backpedalled. Kharlan was readmitted to the team competition - and the handshake is no longer obligatory.