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Portugal’s Golden Visa Fight Tests State Credibility

Portugal lured investors with a five year path to citizenship, then doubled it overnight, and now hundreds are suing the state that courted their money.

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Portugal’s Golden Visa Fight Tests State Credibility

Portugal lured investors with a five year path to citizenship, then doubled it overnight, and now hundreds are suing the state that courted their money.

Denmark Thinks it’s Solved Gen Z’s Tech Problem

Denmark's screen rollback in schools is being sold as a cure for Gen Z overload, but its real significance is simpler: one country has decided that less tech can mean more authority.

Slovakia Overtakes France in Nuclear Power Share

A tiny reactor project outside Bratislava is about to push Slovakia past France on nuclear power, just as Europe's neutral states rethink it.

From Haro to Tehran, Festivals Stage Power and Belief

From Spain's wine battle to Tehran's funeral pageantry and Trump's July 4, public ritual is where belief, identity and power perform themselves most visibly in 2026.

Ireland Takes EU Chair as Climate Politics Heats Up

Ireland assumes the EU presidency just as a heatwave forces Europe to confront a question its climate politics was not designed to answer: how to keep people cool without abandoning the logic of decarbonisation.