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REPORT: Inflation Returns to the Eurozone — Households Pay the Price of a War They Never Wanted
In May 2026, inflation in the eurozone reached 3.2% on an annual basis — its highest level since September 2023, and well above the…
COMMENTARY: EU Sanctions Against Russia Extended — Necessary, but Not Enough
On June 25, 2026, the Council of the European Union extended its economic sanctions against Russia for twelve additional months, through July 31, 2027.…
DECODING: Green Credits in the Big Beautiful Bill — How Trump Is Dismantling Biden's IRA
Since President Donald Trump called the clean energy tax credits included in the Senate version of the One Big Beautiful Bill a "giant SCAM"…
EDITORIAL: AI Models Are Strategic Weapons — Welcome to the Digital Iron Curtain
On June 12, 2026, the U.S. Department of Commerce sent a letter to Anthropic's headquarters: two language models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, had…
OPEN LETTER: To you, the Europeans paying the bill for the Iran war
According to data published by Bloomberg on June 26, 2026, inflation in the eurozone may have reached 3.0% in June — a first slowdown…
DECODING: Kapotnya offline until 2027 — Ukraine strikes Russia's war economy
In the night of June 17 to 18, 2026, a wave of Ukrainian drones struck Moscow in the largest attack of this kind since…
INVESTIGATION: Hormuz, the naval powers reclaim their destiny
The Strait of Hormuz, that maritime choke point barely 33 kilometers wide at its narrowest, concentrates nearly 20% of the world's oil within its…
ANALYSIS: Iran-Israel-USA War — How 4 Months Reconfigured the Middle East for a Generation
In less than four months, the war ignited between Israel, the United States, and Iran reconfigured the balance of power across the Middle East…
COLUMN: Retirement at 70 in Germany — Merz Bets His Career on a Reform Nobody Wants
Germany has just been handed a ticking time bomb in the form of 33 recommendations from a government pension commission. Presented on June 23,…