Economy

Ekonomika a financie

What Is EU Inc and How It Could Reshape European Business Economy

What Is EU Inc and How It Could Reshape European Business

The European Commission's EU Inc proposal creates a single, optional company form that lets entrepreneurs register a business across all 27 member sta...

Redakcia 29
How the Federal Reserve Sets Interest Rates Economy

How the Federal Reserve Sets Interest Rates

The Federal Reserve steers the U.S. economy by adjusting the federal funds rate through FOMC meetings, open market operations, and key policy tools —...

Redakcia 24
How the US National Debt Works and Why It Matters Economy

How the US National Debt Works and Why It Matters

The US national debt recently surpassed $39 trillion. Here's how the federal government borrows money, who holds that debt, and why the growing intere...

Redakcia 28
How Cuba's One-Party System Works—and Why It Persists Economy

How Cuba's One-Party System Works—and Why It Persists

Cuba's Communist Party has monopolized power since 1965. Here's how the island's political system is structured, how elections work without real choic...

Redakcia 33
What Is the Strait of Hormuz and Why It Matters Economy

What Is the Strait of Hormuz and Why It Matters

A 21-mile-wide chokepoint between Iran and Oman moves roughly one-fifth of the world's daily oil supply. Here is how the waterway works, why it is so...

Redakcia 47
Zelenskyy in Madrid: Spain Pledges €1 Billion to Ukraine Economy

Zelenskyy in Madrid: Spain Pledges €1 Billion to Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Madrid on March 18, 2026, and signed five defense agreements with Spain, which announced a €1 billion...

Redakcia 18
Vance to Visit Budapest: Washington Openly Sides with Orbán Economy

Vance to Visit Budapest: Washington Openly Sides with Orbán

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is expected to visit Budapest in the near future to support Viktor Orbán ahead of the April 12 parliamentary elections, s...

Redakcia 19
Nawrocki's Veto: Poland Battles for Billions in Arms Funding Economy

Nawrocki's Veto: Poland Battles for Billions in Arms Funding

President Karol Nawrocki has vetoed a law implementing the EU's SAFE instrument, blocking formal access to €43.7 billion in defense loans. The Tusk go...

Redakcia 19
Merz's Arms Buildup: €600 Billion for Germany Economy

Merz's Arms Buildup: €600 Billion for Germany

Chancellor Friedrich Merz is pushing forward with the largest rearmament program in German post-war history. The 2026 defense budget totals over €108...

Redakcia 22
Duslo Šaľa Curtails Ammonia Production Due to Record Gas Prices Economy

Duslo Šaľa Curtails Ammonia Production Due to Record Gas Prices

Slovak fertilizer producer Duslo Šaľa has reduced ammonia production to a technical minimum due to record natural gas prices, which have soared follow...

Redakcia 25
Qatar's LNG Force Majeure Plunges Energy Markets into Chaos Economy

Qatar's LNG Force Majeure Plunges Energy Markets into Chaos

Iranian drone and missile strikes on Qatar's Ras Laffan complex have halted 20% of global LNG supply, triggering force majeure declarations by QatarEn...

Redakcia 22
What Is Kharg Island and Why It Controls Iran's Oil Economy

What Is Kharg Island and Why It Controls Iran's Oil

A 22-square-kilometre coral outcrop in the Persian Gulf handles roughly 90% of Iran's crude oil exports. Here is how Kharg Island works, why it became...

Redakcia 24