On July 24, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg pronounced a verdict on the treatment of two former prisoners of the clandestine and illegal prison established in the years 2002-2003 on Polish territory by CIA with the permission...
July 28, 2014 5:32 pm / no comments
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I hadn’t known about Parking Monkey app until I heard about it on another excellent Russ Roberts’ Econtalk episode with Mike Munger (seriously, listen to it, it will make you laugh and be more optimistic about the...
July 18, 2014 1:19 pm / 4 comments
Since July, Italy is holding a half a year presidency of the Council of the European Union. The agenda is clear.
J.C. Juncker has secured a major victory when he was nominated as a new President of the European Commission by 26 of 28 MS. The...
July 7, 2014 4:58 pm / 2 comments
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Thanks to Young Innovative Entrepreneur Contest announced by The Entrepreneurs Association of Slovakia and Junior Chamber International, a wider Slovak publicity is now aware of a numerous group of young interesting...
June 25, 2014 12:00 pm / 2 comments
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I would have probably overlooked the report about a verdict in the case of EU flag burning if it wasn‘t for a Facebook status of a European Commission representative who shared it with these words: “About the limits...
June 24, 2014 10:00 am / no comments
Tuesday, 10th of June, 2014 – did you feel some change in comparison with days before? No? If you live in the Czech Republic, you should. The Tax Freedom Day has arrived! The last Tuesday was the first day when people have started to earn...
June 14, 2014 10:55 am / 1 comment
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Estonia was the only EU country where e-voting for the European Parliament elections was allowed, and more than one third of the voters who cast the ballot used this electronic voting opportunity. Despite the doubling...
June 11, 2014 8:57 pm / no comments
Witch-hunting was born at the end of the Middle Ages. People accused of witchcraft – conjuring evil spirits and the devil or even being blamed for poor harvests and bad weather – had ecclesiastical penances imposed upon them....
June 5, 2014 10:07 am / no comments
To the polls! Less of smoked. Bargain in the bank. Sputnik takes off.
Here we go. Leaflets falling out from newspapers and videos falling out from websites – convincing us about the rightness of a particular candidate but also about the...
May 29, 2014 11:02 am / 42 comments
Yesterday the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) got the most votes for the European Parlament in Germany, but they suffered some losses like their sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU). The Social Democratic Party (SPD) improved their...
May 28, 2014 10:50 pm / 2 comments