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In a policy analysis “Regulacija medbančnih provizij za kartične plačilne transakcije” Svetilnik evaluated how the European Commission’s Proposal for a Regulation on Multilateral Interchange Fees (MIFs)...
November 6, 2014 10:08 am / 39 comments
The rule of law has a significant impact on economic growth, international trade, foreign direct investment, fragmentation of production processes, and in general on trust among individuals in a society – trust being an essential component...
November 4, 2014 11:16 am / no comments
European Union as an institution has been originally, in the days of European Economic Community, conceived of as an institution promoting economic cooperation that would prevent European countries from sinking into conflicts of the likes of...
November 4, 2014 10:25 am / no comments
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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
The process of European unification was one of the great political achievements of the 20th century. It gave Europeans – and with it, Germans – freedom, peace, and prosperity.
It continues to be the aim of a liberal Europe to...
October 28, 2014 10:49 am / no comments
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After winning the third elections in 2014 (in April there were national, in May European and in October municipality elections in Hungary) the Fidesz government started/kept on working. As one of their first measures on 21th...
October 28, 2014 10:32 am / no 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