National lockdowns and protectionist policies in Greece have stripped millions of their civil liberties and forced many back into poverty. Alex Skouras, President of KEFiM in Greece, tells of KEFiM's "Greece 2021—Agenda for Freedom and Prosperity", the most ambitious initiative of KEFiM to date which is focused around helping th...
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KEFiM, an Atlas Network partner, helped pass a landmark bill that drastically increases the autonomy of private schools in Greece. The bill included many of the recommendations in KEFiM’s Greece 2021 Agenda, including increased academic freedom, the ability to offer unique and innovative services, and the ability for schools to...
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The realities of the COVID-19 pandemic required Atlas Network to pivot to a suite of virtual Regional Liberty Forums in 2020, but nothing compared to the most-attended Atlas Network event of the year—the 2020 Liberty Forum & Freedom Dinner online—which brought together think tank leaders, supporters, and academics from around th...
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Red tape and regulatory uncertainty are among the biggest inhibitors to economic growth and job creation in Greece. Until 2019, the government held a monopoly on the auditory work for business and environmental permits, as well as for quality standards testing of market goods. This resulted in long delays to start a business. It...
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"Poverty & Freedom," edited by Atlas Network President Matt Warner, has been translated into French, Greek, Hindi, Spanish, and Ukrainian—an exciting step in empowering local leaders to employ local solutions to solve problems in their communities. The book offers first-hand examples of the positive impact pro-market think tanks...
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The diversity of Europe’s experience during COVID-19 set the agenda for discussions at the 2020 Europe Liberty Forum Online, as questions of authoritarian government, freedom of the press, and public health have created new context for action. More than 125 advocates of liberty signed on to Atlas Network’s Zoom platform to share...
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The Europe Liberty Award celebrates think tanks throughout the region whose work most successfully encourages prosperity and human flourishing. The winner will receive a $7,000 award, and each runner-up will receive $1,500.
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Access to ideas creates progress—that’s the approach taken by an Atlas Network partner in Greece that is dedicated to bringing classical liberalism to an under-reached community in their native language. KEFiM (Center for Liberal Studies) has taken a unique approach to liberal literacy, building a library of liberal thought by o...
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For a country to become a considerable economic power and to influence the political agenda worldwide, it is necessary to invest in the educational standard and the living standard of its citizens. The most important thing, however, is to use the brightest minds to its advantage, so that it can make the right decisions at the ri...
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In a new op-ed for the Washington Post, Aristides N. Hatzis, the director of research for KEFiM (Center for Liberal Studies), an Atlas Network partner based in Athens, explains how Greece may have found the formula for defeating populism. "Kyriakos Mitsotakis managed to achieve, almost single-handedly, the first major victory ag...
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More than 200 champions of liberty from 44 countries met in Athens, Greece for Europe Liberty Forum, Atlas Network’s annual convention of think tank professionals and allies who meet to discuss the specific challenges facing European organizations and to engage each other on solutions that will promote free-market opportunities...
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The economic situation in Greece remains dire, and, according to Atlas Network partner Center for Liberal Studies (KEFiM), Greeks must work 198 days of the year just to pay their annual taxes. This finding comes from KEFiM’s recent Tax Freedom Day study, which it created to present the real economic conditions of Greece, support...
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The European Policy Information Center (EPICENTER) recently released a special edition of their popular Nanny State Index. The Nanny State Index 2018: European Parliament Edition tracks paternalistic regulations that the European Parliament has introduced in its current and previous legislative sessions.
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Europe Liberty Forum 2018, presented by Atlas Network with local co-host the Center for Political Studies (CEPOS) and held in Copenhagen, Denmark, brought more than 150 think tank professionals from 35 countries across the region to discuss recent successes they’ve had and current challenges facing the continent. The conference...
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In 2014, the Greek government passed an anti-racism law aimed at cutting down on incitements to violence in the country. While well-intentioned, an application of this law in action saw the recent criminal trial of Greek author Soti Triantafyllou for an op-ed she wrote in late 2015 in which she mentioned a false quote attributed...
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Last year KEFIM, one of Greece's most prominent think tanks, experienced significant growth in its staff size and programs. With new team members and a suite of new activities, KEFIM's leadership reached out to Atlas Network's Matt Warner to partner with them on creating a uniquely designed team summit to help them accelerate th...
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The recent turn of Greeks back to the ideas of classical liberalism is continuing. Earlier in December, The Center for Liberal Studies - Markos Dragoumis (KEFiM) hosted an award ceremony for “Freedom in Greece,” called PROMETHEUS 2017, at St. George Lycabettus in the presence of 120 prominent guests and award winners.
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Atlas Network recently caught up with Alexander Skouras, its former director of external relations, who will become president of the Center of Liberal Studies (KEFiM) in Greece starting September 1. Originally founded in 2011, KEFiM’s mission is to increase the influence and support for policies that promote individual freedom.
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It took 203 days into 2017 for the nation of Greece to pay off its collective tax obligations to its government – a full 15 days later than it took in 2016, suggesting a greater and growing burden on taxpayers. July 23 marked the first day of the year that Greek people worked for themselves and not the state, meaning that since...
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The 2017 Lights, Camera, Liberty! training program brought together 56 participants to workshop the messaging, marketing, and video storytelling of their respective think tanks. Lights, Camera, Liberty! is one of the signature offerings of Atlas Leadership Academy, Atlas Network’s training and mentoring program. Held in Los Ange...
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Economics in One Lesson, first published in 1946, explains the principles of economics in easily understandable layman’s terms. The Greek economy, which has been in crisis for years, needs author Henry Hazlitt’s work more than ever, so the Athens-based Atlas Network partner Liberty Forum of Greece (KEFiM) has created a Greek tra...
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The Greek economy has deteriorated steadily during the past eight years of unprecedented fiscal collapse, and the people may finally be fed up with big government, runaway spending, public-sector corruption, and job-killing regulations. A recent in-depth survey, published by the daily Kathimerini newspaper and the new think tank...
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The Economic Freedom Audit is a series of events held in different countries around the world, aiming to bring together leading figures from the policy, political, media, business and academic world in order to identify positive reforms that would lead each country to a higher degree of economic freedom as measured by the Fraser...
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For more than five years, Greece has been sliding further into debt and toward the danger of bankruptcy and default. In that time, Greece’s GDP decreased by more than 22 percent from 2009 to 2013, overall unemployment increased from 9 percent to 26 percent, and youth unemployment shot from 24.8 percent to 51.2 percent — with est...
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For years, Greece has been sliding further into debt and the danger of bankruptcy and default. The road to renewed prosperity requires a solid commitment from government officials to fiscal responsibility and structural reform. Atlas Network held an Emergency Economic Summit in Athens on May 19 that brought Nobel laureate econom...
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The political climate in Greece has been troubled for years, with a growing government debt and regulatory crisis and the rise of radical collectivism — to the point that three representatives of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party were elected to the European Parliament in May. Atlas Network is active in Greece, however, successfull...
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In Greece, where radical collectivism is on the rise, ideas about personal liberty are frequently dismissed or suppressed. Liberty Forum of Greece is working to change the narrative. Each month twenty volunteers spend their time translating relevant Wikipedia entries into Greek to offer the public an objective presentation of cl...
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