We are proud to announce that the first print issue of 4liberty.eu Review is already available. The first edition is devoted mainly to the Eastern Partnership as we strongly believe that bringing those countries closer to the European Union...
October 9, 2014 7:34 pm / no comments
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GDP: The Institute revised downwards the forecast for 2014 and 2015 to take into account increasingly devastating effects of prolonged military conflict in Donbas. Real GDP is expected to decline by 7.6% in 2014 and...
October 9, 2014 12:13 pm / 18 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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Fairytales are an inseparable part of not only child’s world, but even many grown-ups believe in fairytales. There is an interesting category in this genre, the so-called European fairytales, in which grown-ups...
October 7, 2014 9:29 am / no comments
During October 1-3, 2014 in Sopot (Poland) was held European Forum for New Ideas. Liberte!, the project by Fundacja Industrial, had an honour to be a partner of the event. It was a perfect opportunity to present our first print issue of 4liberty.eu...
October 7, 2014 9:07 am / 2 comments
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The protests in Hong Kong over the past week have captivated the world and led to whispers of a Chinese “Maidan,” a street protest that leads to major (and overdue) political change. Discontent with Beijing’s handling...
October 6, 2014 2:00 pm / 3 comments
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From time to time, our media report that Slovakia has once again fallen in another competitiveness ranking. The papers write about it for a day or two, the TV stations show a few reports, opposition...
October 6, 2014 10:48 am / no 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
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In summer 2014 Lithuania was accepted into the Eurozone and Europe witnessed the ECB’s decision to reduce its key refinancing rate from 0.25% to 0.15%. As a result, Vytautas Žukauskas, senior policy analyst at the...
September 26, 2014 10:57 am / 2 comments
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How to foresee an imminent crisis in the government? – Ewa Kopacz called a press conference.
The biggest threat for the stability of the government is the prime minister herself....
September 25, 2014 12:19 pm / 1 comment