Economy

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Fidesz or Tisza? The Pollsters' War Economy

Fidesz or Tisza? The Pollsters' War

Hungary holds parliamentary elections on April 12th, but polling institutes are publishing radically conflicting results: Nézőpont measures a Fidesz l...

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Fico in Paris: Slovakia Could Block €90 Billion for Kyiv Economy

Fico in Paris: Slovakia Could Block €90 Billion for Kyiv

Prime Minister Robert Fico met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Paris on March 10. He is demanding access for experts to the...

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Czarnek Nominated by PiS for Prime Minister: Flirting with the Right, But Not with Braun Economy

Czarnek Nominated by PiS for Prime Minister: Flirting with the Right, But Not with Braun

Law and Justice (PiS) has officially nominated Przemysław Czarnek as their candidate for Prime Minister ahead of the 2027 elections. The former Educat...

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USMCA at a Crossroads: North America's Trade Future Economy

USMCA at a Crossroads: North America's Trade Future

The United States, Mexico, and Canada face a July 1, 2026 deadline to renew the USMCA trade deal, with the Trump administration pushing for stricter r...

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Economy

Oil Hits $119 as Iran War Triggers Global Recession Fear

Crude oil surged to its highest level since 2022 on day ten of the US-Israel war against Iran, as the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed and...

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How Strategic Petroleum Reserves Work Economy

How Strategic Petroleum Reserves Work

When oil markets spiral out of control, governments reach for a powerful emergency tool: strategic petroleum reserves. Here is how these vast undergro...

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Poland Leads NATO: Nearly 5% of GDP on Defense in 2026 Economy

Poland Leads NATO: Nearly 5% of GDP on Defense in 2026

Poland has become NATO's largest defense investor in terms of GDP share. The military budget for 2026 is projected to exceed 200 billion zlotys, repre...

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Hormuz Crisis: Fuel Prices Soar, MOL Faces Stress Test Economy

Hormuz Crisis: Fuel Prices Soar, MOL Faces Stress Test

The Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and the disruption of the Druzhba pipeline are simultaneously putting pressure on Hungary's energy supply...

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Greens narrowly win in Baden-Württemberg — Özdemir to become Minister-President Economy

Greens narrowly win in Baden-Württemberg — Özdemir to become Minister-President

The Green party has narrowly won the state election in Baden-Württemberg with 31.3 percent of the vote, ahead of the CDU. Lead candidate Cem Özdemir w...

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Druzhba Pipeline Dispute: Kyiv Proposes Dates, Fico Hesitates to Travel Economy

Druzhba Pipeline Dispute: Kyiv Proposes Dates, Fico Hesitates to Travel

The Ukrainian President's office has offered Prime Minister Fico dates of March 6th and 9th for negotiations in Kyiv regarding the Druzhba oil pipelin...

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Mojtaba Khamenei Named Iran's Supreme Leader Amid War Economy

Mojtaba Khamenei Named Iran's Supreme Leader Amid War

Iran's Assembly of Experts elected Mojtaba Khamenei as the country's new Supreme Leader on March 8, 2026, following his father Ali Khamenei's assassin...

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Sudan's Civil War: What It Is and Why It Matters Economy

Sudan's Civil War: What It Is and Why It Matters

Since April 2023, Sudan has been torn apart by a brutal civil war between its army and a powerful paramilitary force, creating the world's largest hum...

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