Monitoring of voting of members of the National Council of the Slovak Republic.
Project „MPs under public control” is an initiative of the F. A. Hayek Foundation Bratislava with collaboration of the Slovak TaxPayers‘ Association....
April 6, 2013 2:57 pm / no comments
The rescue package for Cyprus finally consists of a 10 billion euro bailout from the ESM and it has one crucial condition, namely taxation of all deposits larger than 100,000 euros, which inflicts significant losses on depositors — possibly...
April 3, 2013 1:07 pm / 5 comments
I think that the Cyprus situation was a dominant one last week. I do not want to bother you with the same information you have already read somewhere else and which is probably not accurate because the situation is changing every minute. I would...
April 2, 2013 9:29 am / 2 comments
1. Brief Description of the Problem:
Construction of a new Geriatric Treatment Center
2. Country:
USA
3. Type of local government:
City
4. Name of local government:
Williamsburg, Virginia
5. Years of implementation:
2006 –...
March 29, 2013 12:34 pm / 2 comments
Probably, not only to Cyprus. But first, let us go back in time: the year 1953. The then president of Czechoslovakia declares that monetary reform is not even being considered. Not even two days have passed and the exchange rate declines from...
March 26, 2013 10:25 pm / 1 comment
Brief description of the solved problem: Information system for Human Resources (type of solution – decrease the administrative barrier)
Country of origin: Canada
Type of self-government: City
Name of self-government: Hamilton, province of...
March 20, 2013 9:42 am / 1 comment
Brief description of solved problem: Deregulation of traffic
Country of origin: Holland
Type of self-government: City
Name of self-government: Drachten, Holland (solution is also applied in self governments in Germany, Denmark, USA, Sweden etc…)
Date...
March 15, 2013 10:00 am / no comments
The Governing Council of the ECB decided that main interest rates will remain unchanged. The reasons behind the decision were such facts as the repayment of 22% of the LTRO program, which reflects an increase in financial market confidence,...
March 13, 2013 1:50 pm / no comments
Recent Italian general election has triggered fears not only at a European level, but worldwide. An early election was held on February 24th-25th as a result of resignation of the then Prime Minister, Mario Monti, after Silvio Berlusconi’s...
March 11, 2013 11:56 am / no comments
Introduction
List of countries implementing flat tax reforms has been gradually getting longer over time. Although Hong Kong introduced its flat tax back in 1947, we could not see any similar reforms until 1994, when several transition economies...
March 6, 2013 4:16 pm / 7 comments