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Friendship Pipeline Crisis: IEA Record Means Little to Budapest Economy

Friendship Pipeline Crisis: IEA Record Means Little to Budapest

The International Energy Agency's historic oil release relies on maritime shipments, precisely where Hungary and Slovakia cannot benefit. The Friendsh...

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EU Sidesteps Fico: Kyiv to Receive €30 Billion Bilaterally Economy

EU Sidesteps Fico: Kyiv to Receive €30 Billion Bilaterally

Nordic and Baltic EU countries have agreed on bilateral loans for Ukraine totaling €30 billion, bypassing the veto of Slovakia and Hungary on a joint...

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IEA Releases Record 400M Barrels to Offset Hormuz Shutdown Economy

IEA Releases Record 400M Barrels to Offset Hormuz Shutdown

The International Energy Agency has authorized the largest emergency oil reserve release in its 50-year history — 400 million barrels from 32 member n...

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How Marine War Risk Insurance Works Economy

How Marine War Risk Insurance Works

When conflict erupts near vital shipping lanes, a specialised layer of insurance — war risk coverage — determines whether goods keep moving or global...

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What Is De-Dollarization and How It Works Economy

What Is De-Dollarization and How It Works

De-dollarization is the global push to reduce reliance on the U.S. dollar in trade and finance. Here's how the dollar rose to dominance—and why countr...

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What Is Diplomatic Immunity and How Does It Work? Economy

What Is Diplomatic Immunity and How Does It Work?

Diplomatic immunity shields foreign envoys from arrest and prosecution in host countries — a legal concept older than the nation-state itself. Here is...

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Poland Imposes 90-Day Flight Ban Near Belarus Border Economy

Poland Imposes 90-Day Flight Ban Near Belarus Border

The Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PAŻP) is introducing the EP R130 restricted zone in four eastern provinces from March 10 to June 9, 2026. T...

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Fico Blocks EU Loan to Ukraine, Demands Druzhba Pipeline Reopening Economy

Fico Blocks EU Loan to Ukraine, Demands Druzhba Pipeline Reopening

Following a meeting with Ursula von der Leyen in Paris, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico confirmed that Bratislava will block the EU's €90 billion ba...

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China's 15th Five-Year Plan: Tech Sovereignty to 2030 Economy

China's 15th Five-Year Plan: Tech Sovereignty to 2030

At the 2026 National People's Congress, China formally adopted its 15th Five-Year Plan, a sweeping blueprint prioritizing AI, quantum computing, semic...

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Israel Hits Tehran Again; G7 Readies Emergency Oil Reserves Economy

Israel Hits Tehran Again; G7 Readies Emergency Oil Reserves

Israel launched a second wave of airstrikes on Tehran on Tuesday night, targeting areas near Mehrabad International Airport, as G7 finance ministers s...

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Record Defense Budget: Germany to Spend €108 Billion Economy

Record Defense Budget: Germany to Spend €108 Billion

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has circumvented the debt brake for defense spending, paving the way for a historic Bundeswehr budget of €108.2 billion in 2...

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France 2026: Defense Budget Sees Historic Increase Economy

France 2026: Defense Budget Sees Historic Increase

The French Parliament definitively adopted the 2026 budget on February 2nd, after rejecting motions of no confidence from LFI and RN. The military bud...

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