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2026 Municipal Elections: France Votes Under New System Culture

2026 Municipal Elections: France Votes Under New System

This Sunday, March 15th, French citizens head to the polls for the first round of the 2026 municipal elections, the first election organized under the...

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Senate Passes Landmark Bill to Ban Investor Home Buying Living & Furniture

Senate Passes Landmark Bill to Ban Investor Home Buying

The US Senate passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act 89–10 on March 12, barring large institutional investors from buying single-family homes and...

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How Haiti's Political System Works—and Why It Collapsed Economy

How Haiti's Political System Works—and Why It Collapsed

Haiti is preparing for its first general election in a decade, with over 280 political parties registered to compete. This explainer breaks down how H...

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Slovakia and Hungary Seek to Remove Oligarchs from Sanctions List Economy

Slovakia and Hungary Seek to Remove Oligarchs from Sanctions List

Bratislava and Budapest are conditioning their approval for the extension of EU sanctions against Russia on the removal of Mikhail Fridman and Alisher...

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Szijjártó Accuses Ukraine of Weaponizing TurkStream Pipeline Economy

Szijjártó Accuses Ukraine of Weaponizing TurkStream Pipeline

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó claims Ukraine is deliberately attacking the TurkStream gas pipeline to influence the April 12 parliamentar...

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Spain Activates Economic Shield in Response to Gulf Crisis Economy

Spain Activates Economic Shield in Response to Gulf Crisis

The government of Pedro Sánchez plans to approve a package of fiscal and labor measures on March 17 to contain rising gasoline and electricity prices...

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End of Coal and Russian Gas: Czech Republic Faces Energy Transformation Economy

End of Coal and Russian Gas: Czech Republic Faces Energy Transformation

Energy group Sev.en will close three coal-fired power plants by spring 2027, while President Pavel rejects a return to Russian gas. The Czech Republic...

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2026 Municipal Elections: National Rally Waiting in the Wings Ahead of First Round Economy

2026 Municipal Elections: National Rally Waiting in the Wings Ahead of First Round

French voters head to the polls this March 15th for the first round of municipal elections, the first election organized under the new system resultin...

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Why Gangs Now Control 90% of Haiti's Capital Economy

Why Gangs Now Control 90% of Haiti's Capital

For decades, Haitian politicians armed street gangs to consolidate power. When the state collapsed, those gangs turned on their patrons — and now effe...

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How Zoning Laws Drive Up Home Prices Economy

How Zoning Laws Drive Up Home Prices

Restrictive single-family zoning covers roughly 75% of residential land in America and is a primary driver of the housing shortage and affordability c...

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How Wall Street Buys Single-Family Homes—and Why It Matters Economy

How Wall Street Buys Single-Family Homes—and Why It Matters

Large investment firms and private equity funds have purchased hundreds of thousands of U.S. single-family homes since 2012, reshaping housing markets...

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Druzhba Pipeline Blocked: Slovakia Faces Most Serious Oil Crisis Economy

Druzhba Pipeline Blocked: Slovakia Faces Most Serious Oil Crisis

The Druzhba pipeline, a key source of Russian oil, has been blocked via Ukraine since January 27, 2026, causing daily economic losses for Slovakia and...

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