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Merz Wins German Election as AfD Hits Historic High Economy

Merz Wins German Election as AfD Hits Historic High

Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU bloc won Germany's federal election with 28.5% of the vote, while the far-right AfD posted its strongest-ever result at 20.8%...

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German Federal Election: Union and AfD Neck and Neck Economy

German Federal Election: Union and AfD Neck and Neck

On the eve of the German federal election, the CDU/CSU and AfD are locked in a historically tight race in the polls — and the question of a coalition...

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Conflicting Polls: Fidesz vs. Tisza Ahead of April 12 Vote Economy

Conflicting Polls: Fidesz vs. Tisza Ahead of April 12 Vote

Ahead of the 2026 Hungarian elections, contradictory public opinion polls – with some institutes showing a Tisza lead and others a Fidesz advantage –...

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Poland Tightens Cyber Rules, Allocates €700 Million for Cyber Shield Technology

Poland Tightens Cyber Rules, Allocates €700 Million for Cyber Shield

President Nawrocki has signed an amendment to the National Cybersecurity System Act, implementing the NIS2 directive and banning suppliers from outsid...

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Trump Raises Global Tariffs to 15% After Court Defeat Economy

Trump Raises Global Tariffs to 15% After Court Defeat

Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his IEEPA tariffs in a 6-3 ruling, President Trump unveiled new 10% global tariffs under a 1974 trade l...

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Spain to Legalize 500,000 Immigrants in Landmark Move Economy

Spain to Legalize 500,000 Immigrants in Landmark Move

The government of Pedro Sánchez approves a Royal Decree to grant legal residency to over half a million undocumented individuals already living in Spa...

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Orbán Blocks €90 Billion EU Loan to Ukraine Economy

Orbán Blocks €90 Billion EU Loan to Ukraine

Hungary will not approve the disbursement of the EU's €90 billion loan to Ukraine until Kyiv resumes oil supplies via the Druzhba (Friendship) pipelin...

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German Election: CDU/CSU and AfD Neck and Neck in Final Stretch Economy

German Election: CDU/CSU and AfD Neck and Neck in Final Stretch

With two days to go until the snap general election on February 23, 2026, the CDU/CSU and AfD are tied at around 25 percent each. With hardly any part...

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Fico Threatens to Cut Off Electricity to Kyiv After Call with Merz Economy

Fico Threatens to Cut Off Electricity to Kyiv After Call with Merz

Prime Minister Robert Fico spoke with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz about the oil pipeline crisis. Slovakia has threatened to halt electricity supp...

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Storm Pedro Triggers Historic Floods Along France's Garonne Science

Storm Pedro Triggers Historic Floods Along France's Garonne

Southwestern France is enduring its worst flooding in decades after 35 consecutive days of rain and Storm Pedro pushed the Garonne River to a record 1...

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Slovakia and Hungary Block EU's 20th Sanctions Package Against Russia Economy

Slovakia and Hungary Block EU's 20th Sanctions Package Against Russia

EU ambassadors discussed the 20th package of sanctions against Russia on February 20th, but Slovakia and Hungary are conditioning their approval on ma...

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Hungary and Slovakia Veto Russian Oil Sanctions, Blocking EU Package Economy

Hungary and Slovakia Veto Russian Oil Sanctions, Blocking EU Package

Hungary and Slovakia blocked the EU's 20th package of anti-Russian sanctions on Thursday, demanding guarantees for the transit of Russian crude oil. P...

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