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How Digital Trade Tariffs Work—and Why They Matter Economy

How Digital Trade Tariffs Work—and Why They Matter

For nearly three decades, countries agreed not to tax digital goods crossing borders. With the WTO e-commerce moratorium now expired, the door is open...

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What Is Illiberal Democracy—and How Does It Work? Economy

What Is Illiberal Democracy—and How Does It Work?

Illiberal democracy describes a system where free elections coexist with eroded civil liberties, weakened courts, and controlled media. Here is how it...

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How Ceasefires Work—and Why Most of Them Fail Economy

How Ceasefires Work—and Why Most of Them Fail

Ceasefires are meant to halt fighting and open the door to peace, but roughly 80 percent collapse. Here's how they are negotiated, monitored, and why...

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Verdi Strike Grounds Flights at Eleven German Airports Economy

Verdi Strike Grounds Flights at Eleven German Airports

The Verdi union called a 24-hour warning strike at eleven major German airports on April 8, 2026. Over 3,400 flights and more than 150,000 passengers...

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Slovakia Could End Oil Emergency on Wednesday Economy

Slovakia Could End Oil Emergency on Wednesday

Prime Minister Fico announced that the state of emergency in the oil sector could be lifted on April 8 if Slovnaft returns the borrowed oil to the sta...

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Poland Boasts Cheapest Fuel in the EU: Success or PR Stunt? Economy

Poland Boasts Cheapest Fuel in the EU: Success or PR Stunt?

Prime Minister Tusk announced that Poland has the lowest fuel prices in the European Union thanks to the CPN package — a reduction in VAT and excise d...

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Czech Republic Imposes Price Cap on Fuel Economy

Czech Republic Imposes Price Cap on Fuel

The Czech government is regulating petrol and diesel prices at filling stations from April 8th. The maximum price for petrol is set at CZK 43.15 per l...

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Iran-US Ceasefire Triggers Historic 16% Oil Price Crash Economy

Iran-US Ceasefire Triggers Historic 16% Oil Price Crash

President Trump and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, reopening the Strait of Hormuz and sending oil prices plunging more than 16% — the largest si...

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What Is the Strait of Hormuz and Why It Controls Oil Economy

What Is the Strait of Hormuz and Why It Controls Oil

The Strait of Hormuz is the world's most important oil chokepoint, funneling roughly 20 million barrels per day between the Persian Gulf and global ma...

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Hungarian Army to Protect TurkStream Pipeline Up to Slovakia Economy

Hungarian Army to Protect TurkStream Pipeline Up to Slovakia

Following the discovery of explosives in Serbia, Hungary will deploy its army to protect the TurkStream pipeline from the Serbian border to the Slovak...

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Handling Strikes at El Prat Airport: Baggage Chaos and Delays Economy

Handling Strikes at El Prat Airport: Baggage Chaos and Delays

Indefinite strikes by Groundforce at Barcelona-El Prat Airport are causing thousands of unhandled bags, delays of up to 70 minutes, and long queues, r...

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Ryanair Cuts 1.2 Million Seats in Regional Spain Economy

Ryanair Cuts 1.2 Million Seats in Regional Spain

Ryanair is closing its base in Santiago de Compostela, eliminating all flights to Asturias and Vigo, and reducing capacity at other regional Spanish a...

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