Martin Vlachynsky

Since 2012, a member of INESS. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Administration at Masaryk University in Brno (the Czech Republic), and earned master degree on the University of Aberdeen (UK). He used to work several years as a web marketing and social networks specialist. His field of interest envelopes economic policies, regulation, and health care

Economy

Time Machine Discovered in Brussels

BY Martin Vlachynsky / April 2, 2014

In Spain, the government-established expert group recommended a reduction of the corporate tax by 10%.

Society

The Full Balance of Empty Houses

BY Martin Vlachynsky / March 17, 2014

German Eurosceptic party AfD has been delighted this week, as the German court annulled the 3% quorum necessary to be elected in the European Parliament elections.

Economy

Angry Boss

BY Martin Vlachynsky / March 10, 2014

Not even government subventions can help the sinking Peugeot, so the company has to be rescued by a Chinese partner.

Economy

Who Wants Whom

BY Martin Vlachynsky / March 4, 2014

Not so long ago, they were developing a plan to further restrict the movement of Romanians and Bulgarians, and today they themselves are limited by the Swiss decision.

Politics

Greece, Once Again

BY Martin Vlachynsky / February 24, 2014

Last week members of the third strongest and openly neo-Nazi party, the Golden Dawn, destroyed a memorial monument dedicated to a murdered musician, Pavlos Fyssas. They intimidated his family in their house and smashed several bars without any resistance from the security forces.

Economy

The European Womb

BY Martin Vlachynsky / February 19, 2014

Good news about figures has also come from Spain. Overall car production in 17 Spanish factories grew by 9% in 2013.

Economy

Cucumbers and Guarantees

BY Martin Vlachynsky / February 17, 2014

But Cameron’s government is also trying to restrict the free movement of labour within the EU, which is one of the main points of the EU.

Economy

The Year of the Bitcoin or the Year of Crypto-Currencies?

BY Martin Vlachynsky / January 26, 2014

The Bitcoin barrage certainly towers prominently among the 2013 phenomena.

Economy

Recession and Banks

BY Martin Vlachynsky / January 13, 2014

This treaty was supposed to force politicians to behave more responsibly and not to think only in a time horizon of the next elections, but in a couple of months it became obvious that countries would be breaking also this treaty regularly.

Politics

Giving Out

BY Martin Vlachynsky / January 13, 2014

The Catalonian president has unilaterally declared the date of an independence referendum – November 9, 2014. The Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy, supported by the EU president Herman Van Rompuy, has immediately declared that there will not be any referendum.