Vilnius, Lithuania-based Lithuanian Free Market Institute (LFMI) was awarded Atlas Network’s prestigious Templeton Freedom Award for its Municipal Performance Index for Freedom and Free Enterprise. To build the case for policy change at the...
November 20, 2014 2:39 pm / 1 comment
Photo: A screenshot from the video "The EU's 2030 goals for climate and energy".
“Good business for everybody” is the message of a twee animated cartoon promoting the EU’s 2030 goals for climate and energy. European politicians...
November 18, 2014 6:59 pm / 1 comment
Once again Russia is posing a threat to the western world. Putin’s aggressive foreign policy antagonized Russia for both the United States of America and the European Union. The high hopes after the fall of the Soviet Union are shattered,...
November 18, 2014 4:07 pm / 17 comments
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Under the Infrographic informing about new composition of the European Commission, there were several statistical statements, which were supposed to prove that it is a strong and experienced team. Its four members are...
November 13, 2014 3:01 pm / 5 comments
One hundred years ago the outbreak of World War I marked the end of the liberal era. The policies of free trade, peace by disarmament, and liberal constitutionalism seemed to have failed.
One of the earliest victims of the war was a theory...
November 13, 2014 2:14 pm / 20 comments
Since November 2013 the world has turned its gaze towards Ukraine. The country, which in its attempt to gravitate towards the West has been trying to break away from the Russian impact, is now on the brink of a civil war. What Ukraine can do...
November 10, 2014 12:57 pm / 2 comments
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The 25th anniversary of the Polish Round Table [that started the democratic transition] inspires to look back and reflect on what really happened in the spring of 1989. Perhaps this anniversary does not have to be only...
November 10, 2014 12:33 pm / 273 comments
Less than a decade ago many people were talking how we will be running out of oil soon. Many politicians and experts were constantly spouting “Peak Oil”. Serious faces in reputable conferences were asserting that it is obvious that the world...
November 8, 2014 8:52 am / no comments
In cooperation with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, Slovenian think tank Svetilnik organized the 6th Liberal Colloquium titled “Liberalism: Future for Slovenia”. The event, which was held between September 26-28, 2014 at...
November 7, 2014 1:43 pm / no comments
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At the beginning the TTIP was received positively almost everywhere, but now many issues have stirred up the negative attitudes that result in attempts to make the TTIP seem unaccountable and undemocratic. Recently,...
November 7, 2014 1:32 pm / no comments