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With Germany at long last imposing a nation-wide wage floor, the country’s slowly conforming to the rest of Europe. Come the crisis and the erstwhile ‘Sick Man of Europe’ became the continent’s economic valedictorian....
October 31, 2014 3:15 pm / 2 comments
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Hungary, which has been the black sheep of the European Union turns even blacker. With a new scandal involving extensive corruption the country is alienating the countries of the West and as much as Prime Minister Orbán...
October 24, 2014 8:00 am / 1 comment
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Estonia is about to undergo a work capacity reform which will establish a new system to support capacity for work. The aim of the changes is to shift the attitude towards people with reduced work capacity and help them...
October 23, 2014 8:00 am / no comments
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On September 12, 2014, trilateral ministerial meeting of the EU, Ukraine and Russia produced quite unexpected decision to postpone the implementation of the EU-Ukraine DCFTA (Title IV of the Association Agreement) till...
October 22, 2014 2:00 pm / 3 comments
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Over the last few years, the subject of lowering the voting age at local government elections has been one of the most common political topics among young people in Estonia. This year, Estonian National Youth Council...
October 22, 2014 9:25 am / no comments
Recent pre-election debates in Bulgarian media have left many people with the impression that the flat income tax is probably the most important “problem” to be solved by the new government. Whether to keep it or to introduce a tax-exempt...
October 21, 2014 9:01 am / 8 comments
Ukraine is now in a completely new environment – military operations in the east and military invasion and aggression of the Russian Federation have left a significant mark on the processes taking place in the country, including the reform...
October 20, 2014 8:41 am / no comments
We have yet another show under the motto: “onslaught of coal miners on Warsaw”, as well as conspicuous (and, let’s remember, punishible by law!) threats of an imminent feast of destruction nearby the Polish Parliament and in other places....
October 11, 2014 8:28 am / 12 comments
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Forget about Scotland, we move on.
The big change in the EU did not take a place and Scotland remains the part of the United Kingdom. Even though the largest city – Glasgow – voted for independence, NO won...
October 7, 2014 11:00 am / 2 comments
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It has already been 25 years since Bulgaria started its unsteady transition to a market economy after a long period of Communist rule. However, our society is yet to experience the true benefits of liberal democracy,...
September 30, 2014 3:31 pm / no comments