AI Summit Budapest: Central Europe’s biggest AI conference expands across three Budapest venues (Sept 7-8), bringing global tech leaders and local universities and firms to 12 stages. Severe Weather Alert: A two-day storm outbreak is forecast from eastern France and western Switzerland into Germany, then across the Alps to Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland, with hail, damaging winds and tornado risk. Heat and Farming Pressure: The EU warns persistent heat and drought are hitting crops and fodder from France and southern Germany to Austria, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary, with irrigation limits worsening stress. Record River Low Water: Drought is pushing the Danube, Sava and Tisa below minimum navigation levels, threatening inland transport and livelihoods. Defense and Industry: Sikorsky names a Czech company as its first EU Black Hawk parts distribution hub, aiming to speed spares for more than 150 helicopters in service. NATO Eastern Flank: Germany and Poland formalize practical defense cooperation in a new agreement focused on military coordination and industry links. Culture and Memory: Hungary mourns writer and photojournalist Péter Nádas, while Brno’s ŠTETL FEST returns with a “Returns” theme bringing Jewish history into the city’s present.