AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoHeat Emergency: Italy put all 27 monitored cities on red heat alert as a Europe-wide heat wave pushes temperatures past 40°C, with Austria setting new records and wildfires flaring from France to the Balkans. Drought & Rivers: The Danube is at historic lows, stranding boats and hitting tourism and trade; in Hungary and Romania, nuclear cooling is constrained, forcing output cuts and emergency power-saving. Nuclear Power Crunch: Hungary’s Paks plant is down to a single turbine after river levels fell to near shutdown thresholds, while Romania has already taken reactors offline at Cernavodă. Food Prices & Farming: Expana slashed the EU 2026/27 maize outlook after hot, dry conditions damaged crops across France and spread to Central Europe and Poland, with soft wheat forecasts also lowered. Public Health: West Nile cases are surging in Greece, with deaths concentrated among people over 65 as the outbreak spreads northward. Security Watch: Lithuania warns Russia may use Ukrainian-made drones for false-flag attacks on Baltic infrastructure, as NATO reports a sharp rise in fighter scrambles.
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