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Poland Slashes VAT on Fuel to 8% in Tusk's 'CPN' Package Economy

Poland Slashes VAT on Fuel to 8% in Tusk's 'CPN' Package

Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced an anti-crisis package dubbed "CPN," which includes a reduction in VAT on fuel from 23% to 8% and a cut in ex...

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Poland to Spend 8.7 Billion Zlotys on Social Housing in 2026 Living & Furniture

Poland to Spend 8.7 Billion Zlotys on Social Housing in 2026

The government is allocating a record 8.7 billion zlotys to social and municipal housing in 2026, planning to build and renovate 18,000 apartments for...

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Orbán Threatens Further Action Against Ukraine Amid Pipeline Dispute Economy

Orbán Threatens Further Action Against Ukraine Amid Pipeline Dispute

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has threatened further sanctions against Ukraine amid an escalating dispute over the oil pipeline, while Hungary and Slova...

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Germany's Climate Protection Program: Not Enough for 2030 Science

Germany's Climate Protection Program: Not Enough for 2030

The German government has adopted its new climate protection program, but experts warn that the measures are insufficient to achieve the legally manda...

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EU Excludes Hungary from Confidential Consultations Economy

EU Excludes Hungary from Confidential Consultations

The European Union has restricted Hungary's access to confidential materials after a Washington Post investigation alleged that Péter Szijjártó regula...

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Italian Voters Reject Meloni's Judiciary Overhaul Culture

Italian Voters Reject Meloni's Judiciary Overhaul

Italian voters decisively rejected Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's constitutional reform of the judiciary in a March 2026 referendum, with approximate...

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Fuel Crisis: Independent Gas Stations Face Collapse Economy

Fuel Crisis: Independent Gas Stations Face Collapse

Independent gas station operators in Hungary are preparing for protests and mass closures as the government reintroduces price caps and plans a joint...

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Culture

Culture Minister Sacks National Gallery Director Amid Growing Criticism

Culture Minister Oto Klempíř has unexpectedly dismissed Alicja Knast, the director of the National Gallery Prague. The manner of her dismissal, withou...

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2026 Municipal Elections: National Rally Fails in Marseille and Toulon Culture

2026 Municipal Elections: National Rally Fails in Marseille and Toulon

The National Rally claims a historic breakthrough in the municipal elections but fails in its target cities — Marseille, Toulon, and Nîmes. Only Nice,...

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Trump Endorses Orbán at CPAC in Video Message Culture

Trump Endorses Orbán at CPAC in Video Message

At the fifth CPAC Hungary conference, former U.S. President Donald Trump expressed his "full and complete endorsement" for Viktor Orbán's re-election...

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State Election in Rhineland-Palatinate: CDU Hits Historic Low Culture

State Election in Rhineland-Palatinate: CDU Hits Historic Low

In the state election in Rhineland-Palatinate on March 22, 2026, the CDU achieved its worst result in the history of the state with 27.7 percent. The...

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Letná Alive Again: Quarter of a Million Protest Against Babiš Culture

Letná Alive Again: Quarter of a Million Protest Against Babiš

Over 200,000 demonstrators gathered in Prague's Letná Park on March 21, 2026, in the largest anti-government protest since the Velvet Revolution. Part...

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