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🚨BREAKING: CROATIA'S BANKS 90% FOREIGN-OWNED – ITALY & AUSTRIA IN CONTROL, BLACKROCK & VANGUARD PULL STRINGS FROM BEHIND (2026 EIB & US STATE DEPT REPORTS) 🇭🇷 Recent research (EIB Group 2026 financing report + US State Department 2025 Investment Climate Statement) confirms the shocking reality: Over 90% of Croatia’s banking sector is owned by foreign European giants: - Zagrebačka banka (largest) – Italy’s UniCredit (BlackRock & Vanguard among top shareholders) - Privredna banka Zagreb – Italy’s Intesa Sanpaolo (BlackRock & Vanguard heavy investors) - Erste & Steiermärkische Bank – Austria’s Erste Group (BlackRock ~5.4%, Vanguard ~3.3% stakes) - Raiffeisenbank Hrvatska – Austria’s Raiffeisen - OTP Banka – Hungary’s OTP In 2025 alone: - European Investment Bank poured €536 million more into Croatia - Total EIB support last 5 years: €3.2 billion - EU funds incoming through 2030: nearly €30 billion — all channeled via these foreign-controlled banks BlackRock and Vanguard — the two largest asset managers on Earth — hold significant stakes in the parent companies. Through voting power and influence they shape lending policies, ESG priorities, digital rules, and risk appetite that directly affect Croatian borrowers, businesses, mortgages, and real estate financing. Croatia entered EU in 2013 and adopted euro in 2023. This is the real price of “integration”. Does Croatia still control its own economy – or has it become a satellite for Italian/Austrian banks backed by BlackRock & Vanguard???

Netherlands just cancelled the 36% tax on unrealized gains. Back to the drawing board after huge negative public reaction. You can't force people to pay taxes on paper profits they have not realized yet. Especially when those gains can evaporate overnight. This policy was going to destroy retail investors and drive wealth to other countries. People would have been forced liquidate assets just to cover tax bills on holdings they wanted to keep. Public pressure works when enough people speak up.

In the Netherlands you need 14 steps and approvals to build a shed, but we’ll redesign the entire tax system based on vibes.

NETHERLANDS TO TAX UNREALIZED BITCOIN GAINS Netherlands is moving toward taxing unrealized capital gains on bitcoin, stocks, bonds, and other assets after parliament voted to overhaul annual income tax filings. Under the new system, investors will owe tax each year based on changes in asset value, even if nothing has been sold. The reform, known as Wet werkelijk rendement Box 3, is scheduled for 2028 and will tax actual returns by measuring the difference between an asset’s value at the start and end of the year, plus any income received. That means both realized and unrealized gains will be taxed. Critics warn the shift could create serious liquidity problems, forcing investors to pay taxes on paper gains without having cashed out.

Silver has properties that wipe out fungus and bacteria and parasites. And that’s just in finance 😂