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Project Office Ukraine and Belarus
As the liberal German political foundation, we help promote freedom and responsibility in our project countries by means of political education. We support like-minded partners in politics, civil society, media and science in their pursuit of an open society, the rule of law, the enforcement of universal human rights and a rule-based market economy. In addition, we create opportunities for exchange and dialogue with liberal forces across Europe and worldwide.
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Prisoners of Conscience 2019: Political Prisoners from East and Southeast Europe
Every year hundreds of people around the world are wrongfully imprisoned for no other reason than being critical of those in power. In some countries such as Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Russia, human rights advocates, opposition leaders, journalists, activists and others have been targets of persecution and crackdowns on critical voices. They have become prisoners of conscience. Download now the full report "Prisoners of Conscience: Political Prisoners from East and Southeast Europe". Raising awareness is crucial, as one political prisoner is one too many.
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Press Freedom in East and Southeast Europe
The organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has published its ranking of press freedom this year - unfortunately with not too many positive results, neither for the world in general, nor for the region of East and Southeast Europe (ESEE) in particular, where the Foundation is active with 18 projects.
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Globalization is not the Problem, it’s the Solution!
In times of the corona crisis, we should call for more political, economic and scientific cooperation. Find out the analysis of Prof. Karl-Heinz Paqué, Chairman of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF). This op-ed was first published in German on March 31 at Zeit Online and is accessible here.
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The War in Ukraine – Forgotten, but not Cold
Europe is at war. This is often overlooked in view of the Corona pandemic and a recently renewed refugee crisis on the Greek-Turkish border. However, in eastern Ukraine, soldiers are still dying every week in an armed conflict that should have been resolved five years ago. Our Ukraine expert Beate Apelt and security expert Sebastian Vagt report on the Ukraine conflict, analyzing possible future scenarios.
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What can be done to counter fake news?
The 2016 US presidential elections moved the debate about phenomena such as “hate speech” and “fake news” to the centre of public attention. The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom therefore commissioned the communication researchers Dr Philipp Müller and Nora Denner to analyse the impact of these phenomena.
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IAF Schedule 2021 | FNF Ukraine
Please find here the overview about all IAF (The International Academy for Leadership) seminars we offer in 2021. If you are interested in participating or wish to receive more information please contact - before the indicated closing date - the Friedrich Naumann Foundation representative in your country who will kindly give you more details about taking part in our seminars!
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Fake News Addicts: How Disinformation and its Mongers Strive in Ukraine 2020
In Social Media information is exchanged at an incredible speed and it's rare that anyone bothers to verify it before reposting. This publication examines the spread of „Fake News“ and attempts to explain, why the Ukrainian society seems to be particularly addicted to such false claims and disinformation.
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Freedom Team Ukraine & Belarus
Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Ukraine and Belarus
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Fake News Addicts
Social media have provoked fast exchange of information. In the past, traditional media used to verify their information before it was published and thus served as a sort of information buffer. Now information spreads incredibly fast through social networks and messengers and it's rare that anyone bothers to verify it before reposting. This creates opportunities for deliberate dissemination of false information, to stir public outcry, shape positive or negative images, or subvert the nation entirely.
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Freedom Barometer 2019 Index is now out!
Freedom Barometer Index, which for a decade now has provided readers with a liberal minded overview of the state of freedom around Europe, is now published. While it ranks 45 European countries, for 15 of them there are comments with the most important insights concerning political freedom, rule of law and economic freedom during 2018/2019.
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“The war is never far away”
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Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit is kicking off the series with Veronika Tsepkalo, Activist and Chairwoman of the Belarus Women Foundation and one of the three women who lead the Tsikhanouskaya campaign. 📅Join us on 8th March at 18:30 pm (Kyiv time) / 17:30 pm (CET) 🎙Language: English ℹ️ Further information on the event and the detailed programme: https://shop.freiheit.org/#!/Veranstaltung/4xy8l ➡Registration & link: please, send us an e-mail with your name, contact details and organisation. 📧ukraine@freiheit.org Subject: #femalechangemaker After your email registration, you will be provided with the Zoom Link for participation.
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🚀Школа підприємництва “Start Wow” триває. Цього разу учасники пішли навчатись бізнесу до ресторану. Після 4-х місяців навчання та активної роботи над своїми ідеями учасники Start Wow вийшли “в поле”, щоб дослідити вже успішні приклади бізнесу. Брати-ресторатори Сергій та Євген Гусовські гостинно прийняли в своєму закладі та поділились досвідом з нашими підприємцями на старті. Читайте більше на нашому сайті: https://www.freiheit.org/ukr/ukraine-and-belarus/pro-clubhouse-neapolitansku-picu-ta-dushu-restoranu-naycikavishi-idei-zustrichi 💡Start Wow – це 6-місячна бізнес-школа для молоді віком від 18 до 25 років, яка прагне розвинути підприємницький потенціал та заснувати власний бізнес в Україні. Школу Центр "Ейдос" спільно з #FNFUkraine.
