Government Kills the Spirit

Where Inflation Is Highest In Europe In 2026 Inflation has eased from its recent peaks, but price growth remains stubbornly high across much of Europe. This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Gabriel Cohen, ranks 36 European countries by annual inflation rate, using the latest available 2026 data from Eurostat and the UK Parliament. Annual inflation measures how much consumer prices have risen over the previous 12 months, such as from April 2025 to April 2026. Where Inflation is Highest in Early 2026 in Europe Romania has the highest inflation rate in Europe at 9.0%, followed by Kosovo at...

WTI Extends Losses After Biggest Crude Build In 3 Years Oil prices are sliding this morning following as an over-supplied market (API reported a huge 11.4mm barrel build last week) beats the geopolitical risk premia (with the US poised to attack Iran). "Iran, rather than backing down and agreeing to all and any term [U.S. President Trump] is placing on the table (as he had expected), is instead daring him to attack. "Just you try it and you will see what you will get!" is kind of what Iran implicitly said...

France Is Latest EU Country To Ban & Sanction Israel's Finance Minister A growing list of Western countries have imposed individual sanctions and travel bans on two Israeli hardline ministers who advocate for Jewish supremacy over the Middle East, evidenced in their expansionist policies from the West Bank to Gaza to Syria. The two in question are Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir and Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. France is the latest country to ban Smotrich, after the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway already did the same. via...