Budapest must ratify Sweden’s NATO application “very quickly,” an official has said, according to the news outlet Germany is pressing the Hungarian government to ratify Sweden’s bid for NATO membership, with a senior official telling Politico that approval is “a matter of loyalty to the alliance.” Hungary’s ruling party boycotted a ratification vote on Monday.

President Vladimir Putin has praised members of multiple security agencies for their courage and selfless service in protecting Russia’s constitutional order and territorial integrity from external and domestic threats – and listed a wide range of challenges they are faced with.

The country’s economy will take a major hit in the fourth quarter of the year, according to its central bank Israel’s central bank revised down its economic growth forecast on Monday amid risks arising from the escalation of the Gaza conflict.