Economy

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How Free Trade Agreements Work and Why They Matter Economy

How Free Trade Agreements Work and Why They Matter

Free trade agreements slash tariffs and open markets between countries, reshaping economies on a massive scale. Here is how these complex pacts are ne...

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How China's Five-Year Plans Work and Why They Matter Economy

How China's Five-Year Plans Work and Why They Matter

Every five years, China's Communist Party releases a sweeping economic blueprint that shapes the world's second-largest economy — and ripples across g...

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Tusk Sides with Magyar Ahead of Hungarian Elections Economy

Tusk Sides with Magyar Ahead of Hungarian Elections

Prime Minister Donald Tusk publicly expressed his support for the Hungarian opposition party Tisza during a march in Budapest on the Hungarian Nationa...

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Orbán and Magyar's Final Battle for Votes Ahead of April 12 Election Economy

Orbán and Magyar's Final Battle for Votes Ahead of April 12 Election

In the final month leading up to Hungary's parliamentary elections on April 12, Péter Magyar's Tisza Party holds a significant lead among decided vote...

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FCAS at a Crossroads: Is Europe's Future Combat Air System About to Crash? Economy

FCAS at a Crossroads: Is Europe's Future Combat Air System About to Crash?

France and Germany will discuss the deep crisis surrounding the FCAS program at the EU summit in Brussels on March 19th and 20th. After nearly a decad...

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EU Summit: Fico Heads to Brussels with Oil Ultimatum Economy

EU Summit: Fico Heads to Brussels with Oil Ultimatum

European leaders will meet in Brussels on March 19-20 to address three intertwined crises: a damaged Druzhba oil pipeline, a blocked €90 billion EU lo...

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Czech Parliament Approves 2026 Budget with €12.5 Billion Deficit Economy

Czech Parliament Approves 2026 Budget with €12.5 Billion Deficit

The Chamber of Deputies approved the state budget for 2026 with a deficit of 310 billion Czech crowns (€12.5 billion) on March 11th — the first budget...

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How Political Asylum Works—and Who Qualifies Economy

How Political Asylum Works—and Who Qualifies

Asylum is a legal protection that allows people fleeing persecution to remain safely in another country. Here is how the process works, who qualifies,...

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What Is the Durand Line—and Why It Still Sparks Wars Economy

What Is the Durand Line—and Why It Still Sparks Wars

Drawn by a British colonial officer in 1893, the Durand Line divides Afghanistan and Pakistan along a 2,640-kilometer border that no Afghan government...

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Tusk: 'Polexit' a Real Threat to Poland Economy

Tusk: 'Polexit' a Real Threat to Poland

Prime Minister Donald Tusk has warned that Poland's exit from the European Union is becoming a "real threat," blaming the Law and Justice party (PiS),...

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Oil Crisis: Slovakia and Hungary to Build New Product Pipeline Economy

Oil Crisis: Slovakia and Hungary to Build New Product Pipeline

Slovakia and Hungary have signed an agreement to construct a 127-kilometer pipeline between the Slovnaft refinery in Bratislava and the Hungarian MOL....

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Cuba: Ten Days of Protests Shake the Regime Economy

Cuba: Ten Days of Protests Shake the Regime

Cuba marks its tenth consecutive day of mass protests on March 16, 2026, with pot-banging demonstrations, barricades, and fires erupting amid blackout...

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