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Germany's Anti-Immigration AfD Party Jumps To 27%, 4 Points Ahead Of CDU
17.04.2026, 09:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Germany's Anti-Immigration AfD Party Jumps To 27%, 4 Points Ahead Of CDU Via Remix News, In a new poll from YouGov, the Alternative for Germany (AfD0 party jumped to 27 percent, now four points ahead of the rival Christian Democrats (CDU), in a sign that the AfD continues to distance itself as the most popular party in Germany. AfD co-leader Alice Weidel...
Afghan Man Arrested For Series Of Rapes Of Goats And Sheep In France
17.04.2026, 08:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Afghan Man Arrested For Series Of Rapes Of Goats And Sheep In France Via Remix News, A 19-year-old Afghan national has been arrested and charged following a series of brutal sexual attacks on goats and sheep in Pennes-Mirabeau, a municipality in Bouches-du-Rhône, near Marseille. The suspect was taken into custody by the anti-crime brigade (BAC) on...
Mises, Rothbard, & Libertarian 'Just War' Theory In The 2026 Iran War
17.04.2026, 05:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Mises, Rothbard, & Libertarian 'Just War' Theory In The 2026 Iran War Authored by Daniel Lacalle, As of April 2026, the US and Israel are still at war with Iran. The war began on February 28 with surprise bombings that killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other high-ranking officials. Since then, attacks on infrastructure have continued, leading...
IMF Warns Australia Set For One Of Highest Inflation Rates In Developed World
17.04.2026, 02:08 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - IMF Warns Australia Set For One Of Highest Inflation Rates In Developed World Authored by Rex Widerstrom via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Australia is on track to have one of the highest inflation rates in the developed world. Australian dollars coins in Melbourne, Australia, on April 4, 2024. AAP Image/Joel...
Germany Accelerates Kamikaze Drone Stockpiling With Rheinmetall Deal
16.04.2026, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Germany Accelerates Kamikaze Drone Stockpiling With Rheinmetall Deal Germany's parliament has approved a sizeable contract for defense giant Rheinmetall to supply loitering munitions, or kamikaze drones, to the Bundeswehr, underscoring just how quickly European militaries are internalizing drone warfare lessons from both the Russia-Ukraine war and,...
Fill 'er Up: Record Armada Of Tankers Bound For US Gulf To Load Oil
14.04.2026, 16:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Fill 'er Up: Record Armada Of Tankers Bound For US Gulf To Load Oil An unusually large number of crude oil tankers on the open seas has the American Gulf coast as a destination as the ships are redirected to load cargoes bound for markets around the world already experiencing shortages. As Alton Wallace writes at The Center Square, second-term...
Rapes In Germany Soar To Nearly 14,000 Cases In 2025, Migrants Vastly Overrepresented
14.04.2026, 08:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Rapes In Germany Soar To Nearly 14,000 Cases In 2025, Migrants Vastly Overrepresented Via Remix News, German police statistics for 2025 reveal that the number of reported rapes in Germany has reached its highest level in several years.reaching approximately 13,920 cases under the specific legal paragraphs. What is driving this explosive number of rapes...
US Allies Loudly Reject Trump's Scheme To Blockade Hormuz: 'Not Getting Dragged In'
13.04.2026, 16:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Allies Loudly Reject Trump's Scheme To Blockade Hormuz: 'Not Getting Dragged In' The United Kingdom and several other countries rejected Washington's plan to impose a blockade on Iranian ports and target ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, which has gone into effect Monday. Prime Minister Keir Starmer made clear his stance that "we are not supporting...
Who's Afraid Of Emmanuel Macron?
11.04.2026, 13:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Who's Afraid Of Emmanuel Macron? Authored by J.B.Shurk via AmericanThinker.com, French President Emmanuel Macron is doing that peculiar French thing again…acting tough while looking weak. He gave a speech last Friday at Yonsei University in Seoul during which he demanded that nations not become “vassals” of China or the United States. Macron...
The US Separation From Europe And NATO Is Long Overdue
11.04.2026, 05:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The US Separation From Europe And NATO Is Long Overdue Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us As much as many centrists and libertarians are opposed to Donald Trump’s ongoing strikes against Iran, I have to say, the downstream result might end up becoming one of the most libertarian results I have ever seen. For decades, small government activists...
Think "Weekends" Rather Than "Weeks"
10.04.2026, 17:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Think "Weekends" Rather Than "Weeks" By Elwin de Groot, head of macro strategy As another volatile week comes to an end, investors and market participants appear to be clinging to the hope that the two‑week ceasefire between the United States and Iran, which began on Wednesday, will not unravel entirely – at least until a direct, face‑to‑face...
Germany Restricts Emigration To Prevent Young Men From Escaping The Military Draft
10.04.2026, 09:34 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Germany Restricts Emigration To Prevent Young Men From Escaping The Military Draft Authored by Ryan McMaken via the Mises Institute, Late last year, German lawmakers passed new legislation paving the way for military conscription. As the Guardian reports, “The change will include the obligatory screening of all 18-year-old men to gauge their suitability...
Trump Warns Of Action If Iran Fails To Uphold 'Real' Ceasefire, But Optimism Persists As Bombing Largely Subsides
09.04.2026, 14:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump Warns Of Action If Iran Fails To Uphold 'Real' Ceasefire, But Optimism Persists As Bombing Largely Subsides Summary: WH confirms Vice President Vance will lead Kushner-Witkoff delegation in Pakistan, seen as positive in Tehran and Islamabad. Trump warns of more military action if Iran doesn't uphold 'real' ceasefire deal, after disagreement...
Cost Of Living Dominates Many Nations' Biggest Worries
09.04.2026, 10:18 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Cost Of Living Dominates Many Nations' Biggest Worries According to Statista Consumer Insights, prices and the cost of living are considered the biggest challenge in around half of the 32 countries included in a recent survey. This is also true for United States, where the issue ranks first among the 18 surveyed options, with 50 percent citing it...
Germany's Energy Crisis And The National-Conservative Turn
09.04.2026, 09:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Germany's Energy Crisis And The National-Conservative Turn Submitted by Thomas Kolbe If the Union had been waiting for a favorable moment to save face and quietly escape the energy-policy fiasco, that moment has probably arrived. On Thursday, the European Parliament formed a broad coalition of the Union-backed EPP faction with the national conservatives...
Justice Department Counters Russian Military Intelligence Unit Attack On US Targets
08.04.2026, 23:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Justice Department Counters Russian Military Intelligence Unit Attack On US Targets Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Justice Department and FBI on Tuesday revealed they have conducted a court-approved technical operation to neutralize part of a network of small office and home office routers in the United States that...
Germany's 67-Point Climate Plan: Fatal Yet Highly Effective
08.04.2026, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Germany's 67-Point Climate Plan: Fatal Yet Highly Effective Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Travel is said to broaden the mind. At least, this wisdom applies to those willing to leave their routines behind and not stubbornly defend their claimed spot by the pool. In the case of Economics Minister Katharina Reiche, the “aha” moment arrived at breathtaking...
Germany's Debt Spiral: Bundesbank Chief Breaks Silence
07.04.2026, 12:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Germany's Debt Spiral: Bundesbank Chief Breaks Silence Submitted by Thomas Kolbe It’s not every day that top officials of the German Bundesbank take an explicit stance on daily politics. Nagel’s stark warnings about Germany’s debt and the government’s creative accounting were surely met with grim recognition in Berlin’s corridors of power...
Europe's Climate Policy Forces Industry Into Retreat; Even Its Critics Are Folding
07.04.2026, 09:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Europe's Climate Policy Forces Industry Into Retreat; Even Its Critics Are Folding Submitted by Thomas Kolbe In the media business, five months is an eternity. And it does indeed seem like an eternity has passed since Christian Kullmann, CEO of the German chemical giant Evonik, sharply criticized European climate policy at the end of October. At the...
British Official Admits UK Not Capable Of Rescuing Their Own Lost Airmen
07.04.2026, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - British Official Admits UK Not Capable Of Rescuing Their Own Lost Airmen Europe has been dancing on the edge of a knife, flirting with notions of war with a battle hardened Russia over the conflict in Ukraine. As these tensions escalate, questions are being raised about the actual combat readiness and capabilities of countries that have relied on...
France's Debt Spiral: Tax Hikes Mask A Looming Crisis
07.04.2026, 08:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - France's Debt Spiral: Tax Hikes Mask A Looming Crisis Submitted by Thomas Kolbe On both sides of the Franco-German border, the same problem persists: overburdened and reform-averse politicians struggle against a rapidly accelerating debt spiral. Their preferred tool: higher levies. Last week, France’s Finance Minister Roland Lescure reported a revision...
As France Yanks Last US-Based Gold Reserves, UBS Expects Demand From China To Persist
06.04.2026, 20:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - As France Yanks Last US-Based Gold Reserves, UBS Expects Demand From China To Persist When France repatriates its gold, it has historically been worth paying attention to (think De Gaulle's demands culminating in the 'Nixon Shock'). However, then (as now), there was no cliff-like event, it was a slow-building crisis and perhaps the news that Gold has...
EU Parliament Shocks Brussels: Chat Surveillance Rejected, Deportation Centers Approved
06.04.2026, 13:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - EU Parliament Shocks Brussels: Chat Surveillance Rejected, Deportation Centers Approved Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Brussels’ assault on industry and small-to-medium businesses is a child of German ideology. This applies not only to the absurd climate battle; German statism also reveals itself in the proposed spying system of EU-wide chat surveillance...
Countries Losing Trust In The US
06.04.2026, 10:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Countries Losing Trust In The US Global perceptions of the United States are shifting. Data from the Munich Security Conference shows a clear decline in trust across advanced and emerging economies. This visualization, created by Visual Capitalist's Julia Wendling, in partnership with Inigo, provides visual context to these shifting perceptions and...
All German Men Aged 17-45 Must Now Obtain Army Approval For Trips Abroad Lasting Over 3 Months
05.04.2026, 13:37 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - All German Men Aged 17-45 Must Now Obtain Army Approval For Trips Abroad Lasting Over 3 Months All German men aged between 17 and 45 now need approval from the Bundeswehr - i.e., the German army - for longer stays abroad. Under the new Military Service Act, this applies to trips abroad lasting more than three months, the Defence Ministry has announced...
Germany's Economy Minister Urges Nuclear Rethink As Energy Prices Surge, Growth Forecasts Slide
03.04.2026, 11:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Germany's Economy Minister Urges Nuclear Rethink As Energy Prices Surge, Growth Forecasts Slide Germany’s Economy Minister Katherina Reiche has openly called for a fundamental reassessment of the country’s long-standing rejection of nuclear power, warning that heavy dependence on gas has left Europe’s largest economy dangerously exposed to repeated...
Futures, Bonds Surge On Optimism War May End, Oil Tumbles Below $100
01.04.2026, 14:33 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures, Bonds Surge On Optimism War May End, Oil Tumbles Below $100 Futures and bonds jump and oil fell, sending Brent briefly below $100 a barrel, as the de-escalation/technical/macro led relief rally continues on hopes of the Middle East conflict reaching an end soon after Donald Trump said he expects the war in Iran to end in two to three weeks...
Political Polarization Particularly Strong In The US
01.04.2026, 11:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Political Polarization Particularly Strong In The US The share of people who consider themselves on the far left or far right of the political spectrum is particularly high in the United States, according to a survey by Statista Consumer Insights. As Statista's Tristan Gaudiat details below, among U.S. respondents surveyed between January and December...
Germany's Merz Expects 80% Of Syrians To Return Home Within 3 Years
01.04.2026, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Germany's Merz Expects 80% Of Syrians To Return Home Within 3 Years Via Remix News, Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) met with controversial Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former jihadi terrorist, in Berlin on Monday afternoon. Among the topics discussed, one of the most prominent was the fact that Merz wants 80 percent of the Syrians currently living...
Chancellor Merz Admits A "Considerable Proportion" Of Violence In Germany Comes "From Immigrant Groups"
31.03.2026, 11:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Chancellor Merz Admits A "Considerable Proportion" Of Violence In Germany Comes "From Immigrant Groups" Via Remix News, The debate over violence in German society and schools has reached a boiling point in the Bundestag, pitting Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his supporters against critics who accuse him of racism, including a Left Party politician who...
US Should Start Removing Its Troops From Germany, Proposes AfD Co-Leader Chrupalla
31.03.2026, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Should Start Removing Its Troops From Germany, Proposes AfD Co-Leader Chrupalla Via Remix News, Alternative for Germany (AfD) co-chair Tino Chrupalla spoke out in favor of withdrawing American troops from Germany. During a party congress in Saxony, he stressed that, if AfD comes to power, this should be the first step in implementing the party’s...
Key Events This Holiday-Shortened Week: Payrolls, PMI, ISM, Retail Sales And Fed Speech
30.03.2026, 16:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Holiday-Shortened Week: Payrolls, PMI, ISM, Retail Sales And Fed Speech Looking at the week ahead, we should start to learn about the economic consequences of the conflict, as several data releases for March are out which cover the period since the strikes began on February 28. In the US, that includes the monthly jobs report on Friday -...
How Gas Prices Compare Around The World
30.03.2026, 11:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How Gas Prices Compare Around The World The war in Iran has driven up oil prices in many countries, with gasoline prices turning into a topic of discussion around the world. The increases have been particularly pronounced in emerging markets, with gasoline prices jumping by more than 50 percent in the Philippines and nearly as much in Nigeria (around...
The European Union Hates Hungary, Loves Ukraine
28.03.2026, 13:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The European Union Hates Hungary, Loves Ukraine Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, What’s in a name? These days…not much. The European Union does not include Ukraine; nevertheless and notwithstanding the objections of E.U. members Hungary and Slovakia... ...the European supra-state insists on paying the salaries of Ukraine’s government...
European Conservative Lawmakers Warn Of 'No-Go Zones' Tied To Mass Immigration And Islamization
28.03.2026, 12:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - European Conservative Lawmakers Warn Of 'No-Go Zones' Tied To Mass Immigration And Islamization Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, A new report backed by European conservative lawmakers is sounding the alarm over what it describes as the spread of “no-go zones” across the European Union, linking the phenomenon directly to mass immigration...
"Too Many Things Are Out Of Whack..."
27.03.2026, 21:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Too Many Things Are Out Of Whack..." Authored by James Howard Kunstler, "The people we care about most, the undocumented migrants..." - Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) Cult Classics Tensions rise as the green fuse drives the flowers of springtime (and thank you, Dylan Thomas, for the loan.) Too many things are out of whack. Some are actually breaking. A...
Logic, Logistics, And At Least Another 10 Days...
27.03.2026, 15:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Logic, Logistics, And At Least Another 10 Days... By Michael Every of Rabobank Thursday was a rocky day in markets ahead of today’s deadline for the US to shift from bombing Iran’s nuclear, missile, drone, military-industrial, and regime sites to destroying its electricity grid, potentially taking out its power generation for a generation, and unleashing...
A Turning Point For Europe: Historic EU Parliament Votes Signal Rightward Realignment On Migration, Privacy, And Transatlantic Ties
27.03.2026, 07:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - A Turning Point For Europe: Historic EU Parliament Votes Signal Rightward Realignment On Migration, Privacy, And Transatlantic Ties On Thursday, the European Parliament in Strasbourg delivered what many are calling one of the most significant setbacks in recent memory for the EU’s traditional bureaucratic and centrist consensus. In a single day, MEPs...
One Day Until Trump's Self‑Imposed 5-Day Deadline On Iran But Markets Appear Increasingly Numb
26.03.2026, 15:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - One Day Until Trump's Self‑Imposed 5-Day Deadline On Iran But Markets Appear Increasingly Numb By Molly Schwartz, Cross Asset Macro Strategist at Rabobank More persistent inflation Yesterday, Iran rejected the US-proposed 15-point plan, instead laying out its own conditions in a 5-point plan; (1) halt the killing of Iranian officials; (2) means to...
Stocks, Bonds Slide As Ceasfire Hopes Fade
26.03.2026, 13:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Stocks, Bonds Slide As Ceasfire Hopes Fade It's Day 27 of the war: stocks and bonds fell globally as ceasefire optimism fades given mixed messages on progress toward ending the war in Iran and growing uncertainty over Iran’s willingness to engage in talks about a ceasefire in the Middle East sent oil prices higher. Futures gapped lower just after...
The US Shows A Way Out Of Germany's Energy Trap
26.03.2026, 10:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The US Shows A Way Out Of Germany's Energy Trap Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Big developments are underway in Tennessee and Alabama. Over the next five years, the joint Japanese-American project will bring several so-called small modular reactors (SMRs) of the BWRX-300 type online. Almost one percent of U.S. electricity production—slightly more than...
Germany's Economy At The Point Of No Return
26.03.2026, 07:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Germany's Economy At The Point Of No Return Submitted by Thomas Kolbe If anyone still needed a concrete figure to illustrate the dramatic state of the German economy, the Federal Statistical Office has now delivered it. The country’s investment ratio is negative, as depreciation exceeds nominal investments. Slowly but surely, the lights are going...
Italy Cuts Fuel Taxes As Iran Crisis Drives Oil Higher; Germany Refuses Relief Despite Windfall
25.03.2026, 12:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Italy Cuts Fuel Taxes As Iran Crisis Drives Oil Higher; Germany Refuses Relief Despite Windfall Submitted by Thomas Kolbe A robust market economy unfolds its maximum absorption capacity precisely during external shocks. In such cases, policymakers would essentially only need to sit still, as the storm clouds usually pass on their own—true to the principle...
Volkswagen May Convert German Auto Plant Into Iron Dome War Factory
25.03.2026, 10:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Volkswagen May Convert German Auto Plant Into Iron Dome War Factory Struggling German automaker Volkswagen may soon begin transforming its Lower Saxony factory from producing T-Roc Cabriolets to manufacturing parts for the Iron Dome missile interceptor system, according to a new Financial Times report. This reveals a new reality for the West: a nation's...
Future Drop As Oil, Yields Rise On Relentless War Newsflow
24.03.2026, 13:36 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Future Drop As Oil, Yields Rise On Relentless War Newsflow Futures are lower but well off session lows, as overnight headlines induced another bout of aggressive choppiness: those headlines include strikes on Iranian gas facilities, Saudi and UAE considering entering the war, Iranian lawmaker ruling out US negotiations, and then reports of Iran / Egypt...
Second Youth-Center Gang-Rape Case Emerges As Cover-Up Fears Grow In Germany
24.03.2026, 07:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Second Youth-Center Gang-Rape Case Emerges As Cover-Up Fears Grow In Germany Via Remix News, A mother in Lower Saxony who found a disturbing video on her daughter’s phone that revealed that she was gang raped inside a church-run youth center by three teens, including a Syrian, Iranian, and Dutch national, in Gnarrenburg. However, once the story came...
Key Events This Week: PMIs, Productivity And Consumer Sentiment
23.03.2026, 16:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Week: PMIs, Productivity And Consumer Sentiment As has become customary for Monday, we have seen a dramatic surge in risk assets (3rd Monday in a row) on what at least superficially appears to be de-escalation after Trump announced strikes against Iran's power plant would be delayed by 5 days as a result of talks with Iran, talks which...
"Far-Right" AfD Party Makes Historic Gains In German State Elections
23.03.2026, 15:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Far-Right" AfD Party Makes Historic Gains In German State Elections Only a year ago, the AfD was the target of an orchestrated media smear campaign, not to mention leftist government attempts to ban the party from elections. The same tactics have been used to stifle conservative and nationalist movements across Europe, but these movements are proving...
Georgia Governor Signs Bill Suspending State Gas Tax For 60 Days
22.03.2026, 23:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Georgia Governor Signs Bill Suspending State Gas Tax For 60 Days Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill on March 20 suspending the state’s gasoline tax for 60 days, the first such move taken by a U.S. state since the U.S.–Israeli war with Iran began in late February. Georgia Gov. Brian...
EU Considers Electricity Tax Cuts, Subsidies Amid Iran War Surge In Energy Costs
22.03.2026, 13:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - EU Considers Electricity Tax Cuts, Subsidies Amid Iran War Surge In Energy Costs Authored by Evgenia Filimianova via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The European Union is weighing electricity tax cuts and targeted subsidies to shield consumers and industry from surging energy costs amid the ongoing Iran war, European Commission President Ursula von...