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In 2004, the Central European and Baltic countries joined the European Union as new members. The Prague office seeks to strengthen liberal forces, both political and intellectual, in the region. Our project office particularly supports the 4liberty.eu network, which serves as a centre of competence and a platform for dialogue.
News
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Estonian Corporate Tax Regime: Model for Lithuania?
Lithuanian Free Market Institute introduced a corporate income tax (CIT) reform plan for adopting the Estonian business tax model that exempts retained and reinvested profits and taxes only distributed profits. LFMI's proposed tax reform plan resulted in a major shift in public opinion and public policy discourse towards the Estonian business tax model and is now being debated by an official task force launched by the Lithuanian Ministry of Finance.
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The State of the Media in the Visegrád Countries
Published by the Budapest-based think tank Republikon Institute, The State of the Media in the Visegrád Countries provides a detailed insight into the media’s status in Central Europe. Authors Gábor Horn, Błażej Lenkowski, Šárka Prát, and Géza Tokár address the current health and challenges of the media system in the V4.
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From State to Market: Thirty Years of Economic Success in Estonia
After the 1991 independence, an impressive economic raise shaped Estonia. Today this Baltic state is one of the leading countries in high-tech. It maintains an efficient bureaucracy, and a high degree of economic freedom. How was then Estonia able to reborn from decades behind the Iron Curtain? Amedeo Gasparini explains the effects of liberalization and people’s empowerment, in times of Covid-19 and global challenges.
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Infosecurity.sk: Bi-Weekly Report on Emerging Disinformation Trends (June 3, 2021)
Project Infosecurity.sk organized by STRATPOL – Strategic Policy Institute and Slovak Security Policy Institute, supported by the Prague office of Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, continuously monitors the activities of both Slovak and foreign disinformation actors, but focuses mainly on the former. This report represents a bi-weekly summary of arising trends in the spread of malicious information content online.
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"Live and let live"
Even within the European Union there are some countries where same-sex couples cannot marry. This is also the case in Poland, where couples from the LGBTQ+ community are still denied the right to equality. Many of these couples decide to get married in Germany. The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom interviewed one of these couples on the occassion of the International Day against Homophobia.
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Infosecurity.sk: Bi-Weekly Report on Emerging Disinformation Trends (May 19, 2021)
Project Infosecurity.sk organized by STRATPOL – Strategic Policy Institute and Slovak Security Policy Institute, supported by the Prague office of Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, continuously monitors the activities of both Slovak and foreign disinformation actors, but focuses mainly on the former. This report represents a bi-weekly summary of arising trends in the spread of malicious information content online.
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Remote Work: The New Normal? 4liberty.eu Review No. 14 Now Available Online
The 4liberty.eu network is pleased to present the fourteenth issue of the 4liberty.eu Review, titled “Remote Work: The New Normal?”. This time, the network's primary focus is on how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way the people in Central and Eastern Europe (and beyond) work as well as its impact on work-related spheres of our lives.
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From Poland With Love - April
From church disputes over vaccines to one billion Tacos, this month's newsletter, by guest contributor Dr. Milosz Hodun, sure has some interesting updates about current news, events and all other things you need to know about Poland.
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Infosecurity.sk: Bi-Weekly Report on Emerging Disinformation Trends (April 30, 2021)
Project Infosecurity.sk organized by STRATPOL – Strategic Policy Institute and Slovak Security Policy Institute, supported by the Prague office of Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, continuously monitors the activities of both Slovak and foreign disinformation actors, but focuses mainly on the former. This report represents a bi-weekly summary of arising trends in the spread of malicious information content online.
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Hybrid War in Czechia: The most severe violation of state sovereignty since the end of the Cold War
Czechia has become the victim of Russian state terrorism. The Czech response to expel 18 Russian diplomats was just the beginning of the biggest conflict between Moscow and Prague in the modern history of both countries, which escalated into an unprecedented expelling of up to 70 Russian embassy staff from the Czech Republic.
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Liberalism Under the Pressure of Illiberalism
The Republikon Institute from Hungary, with the support of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, organized an online conference on the situation of liberal thinkers and liberal voters in the Central and Eastern European region. What can be said about the state of liberalism and liberal values in the V4 countries? Can liberalism function in an illiberal state and can liberal governments stand their ground in times of the COVID-19 pandemic?
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Infosecurity.sk: Bi-Weekly Report on Emerging Disinformation Trends (April 16, 2021)
Project Infosecurity.sk organized by STRATPOL – Strategic Policy Institute and Slovak Security Policy Institute, supported by the Prague office of Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, continuously monitors the activities of both Slovak and foreign disinformation actors, but focuses mainly on the former. This report represents a bi-weekly summary of arising trends in the spread of malicious information content online.
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From Poland With Love - March
From undermining media freedom, cyber threats & government transparency, over negligence & punishment in the Catholic church up to "Food Apartheid" in Eastern Europe: In his monthly newsletter, guest contributor Dr. Milosz Hodun gives us updates about current news, events and all other things you need to know about Poland.
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How to Counter Antisemitism?
The Hungarian Free Market Foundation in partnership with CEJI and with the support of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom created a project to help the media and individuals in recognizing, understanding and countering antisemitism.
The project's main components - a guide for journalists, online exhibition, and a language course - are aimed at explaining the forms of antisemitism, and the actions that can be taken against it.
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Infosecurity.sk: Bi-Weekly Report on Emerging Disinformation Trends (March 30, 2021)
Project Infosecurity.sk organized by STRATPOL – Strategic Policy Institute and Slovak Security Policy Institute, supported by the Prague office of Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, continuously monitors the activities of both Slovak and foreign disinformation actors, but focuses mainly on the former. This report represents a bi-weekly summary of arising trends in the spread of malicious information content online.
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🖌Meet the #AnimateEurope 2021 finalists!!! You can find a sneak peak of their work already at https://bit.ly/AEAwardCeremony21 and if you want to know who will win this round, you can also join us for the Award Ceremony at Lyon_BD on 12th June, with Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit board member Mrs Anne Brasseur. . (No worries, for all of you that won't be spontaneously traveling to France 🇫🇷 we will record the event and upload it on our Youtube Channel: http://bit.ly/FNFEUYoutube)
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