Housing
EUROPE
Badalona Eviction Exposes Europe’s Housing Fault Lines
Police cleared an abandoned school in Badalona this week, removing hundreds of people. A local operation that says much more about Europe's housing model.
EUROPE
Wilders Out: The Rise of Practical Politics
D66 rises as Wilders loses support: Dutch voters favour practical policies on migration, housing, healthcare, and stable governance.
BUSINESS
Europe’s Real Problem is Housing, Not Airbnb
Barcelona plans to eliminate 10,000 tourist apartments by 2028. Rents continue to climb anyway. Who benefits: the landlord, tenant, or the Airbnb host?
EUROPE
East Germany: Cheap Rent to Live in a Ghost Town
Desperate towns now offer weeks of cheap housing rent to strangers. This isn't marketing; it's survival.
Popular
Out-classed: Chalamet Takes on Europe’s Classical Arts
With the Oscars five days away, Timothée Chalamet managed to unite the opera world, the ballet world, and his own family against a single offhand remark.
Gulf Sports Investments and Regional SecurityÂ
Qatar's world-famous sports infrastructure sat empty as airspace closures grounded the Finalissima, leaving decades of Gulf investment in suspension.
France: The End of Macron’s Middle Ground
The tallies from the municipal ballots gave the political fringes a triumph that the French establishment had not planned for.
Gulf War Dismantles the West’s Russia Sanctions Regime
The Iran war gave Moscow oil revenues, diplomatic standing, and the quiet satisfaction of watching Washington undo four years of sanctions.
Three Forgotten Islands Could Decide the Strait of Hormuz
Iran warned this week that any attack on its Hormuz islands would turn the Gulf bloody, as the UAE signalled it now sees a chance to reclaim them.
