Ukraine’s national parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has passed historic legislation that will legalize the sale of farmland for the first time in nearly two decades, unleashing the potential for billions in investment capital to enter the market.
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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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Kyiv-based EasyBusiness has won the 2019 Europe Liberty Award for its work to toward ending the ban on the sale of agricultural land in Ukraine. EasyBusiness developed a comprehensive land reform strategy that included strategic litigation, which is helping to end a moratorium of the sale of agricultural land. Its plans included...
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Atlas Network is delighted to announce the finalists for the 2019 Europe Liberty Award, which will be presented on May 9 at the Europe Liberty Forum in Athens, Greece. The four finalists are EasyBusiness (Ukraine), Lithuanian Free Market Institute (LFMI, Lithuania), Libertarian Club—Libek (Serbia), and Ukrainian Economic Freedom...
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The Ukrainian Economic Freedoms Foundation (UEFF) reduced taxes by creating a policy engagement and video campaign that helped viewers understand how taxes impact their lives. By turning taxes into a menacing, dark-suited character who looms over the lives of an ordinary family and forcibly takes a share of every transaction, U...
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Working with 113 think tanks around the world — including 85 Atlas Network partners — the Property Rights Alliance launched the 2018 International Property Rights Index (IPRI) on August 8. Covering 98 percent of world GDP and 93 percent of the world population, the Index measures the strength of physical property rights, intelle...
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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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The winner of the Europe Think Tank Shark Tank competition is Ratko Nikolić – president of the Center for Anti-Authoritarian Studies – for his organization’s proposed Selfie Citizen Journalism project to train and develop 20 citizen journalists to report on corruption, cronyism, and civil liberties infringement. These journalist...
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Atlas Network is excited to announce the finalists of this year’s Think Tank Shark Tank — Europe competition, which is sponsored by the Smith Family Foundation and will be held during Europe Liberty Forum from May 29-30 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Three think tank professionals will compete in a showcase of the region’s most excitin...
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The finalists for the 2018 Europe Liberty Award are Lipa, Croatian Taxpayers Association (Croatia), for its successful campaign against the introduction of property taxes; Fundación para el Avance de la Libertad (Fundalib, Spain), for its Regional Tax Competitiveness Index; and Ukrainian Economic Freedoms Foundation (UEFF, Ukrai...
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The political environment in Ukraine has been ripe for reform since the 2014 Euromaidan Revolution that ousted Russian-aligned president Viktor Yanukovych. Seeking to end many of the stifling taxes and barriers to entry which have negatively impacted the economic freedom of the Ukrainian people since the days of the Soviet Union...
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During Europe Liberty Forum 2017, 134 of Europe’s best and brightest – representing 34 countries – gathered to celebrate wins, share inspirational stories, and brainstorm how to continue to break down barriers to prosperity and opportunity in the region. Sponsored by Atlas Network with organizing host the Hungary-based Free Mark...
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A major spectacle accompanied UEFF’s submission of a constitutional complaint to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, which was signed by 55 People’s Deputies (Members of Ukrainian Parliament). Two UEFF founders – Maryan Zablotskyy and Sergiy Fursa – publicly submitted the complaint to the Constitutional Court, joined by People’...
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The Australian government is aiming to impose an online shopping tax, the Goods and Service Tax (GST), on low-value overseas goods, but an international coalition opposing these measures has formed to fight against lowering the GST.
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Less than three years after the Euromaidan revolution and 25 years since it was part of the Soviet Union, Ukraine still has a legacy of Marxist-Leninist thought that runs deep. A strong movement there, however, is working to secure a future of freedom in Ukraine. Free Generation Forum 2016 — hosted by Bendukidze Free Market Cent...
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Do you think that Sharpies and Post-it Notes are normal, everyday office supplies? Not the nine project presenters of this year’s inspirational Unconference, sponsored by EdChoice, part of Atlas Network’s 2016 Liberty Forum. Unconference brings a workshop atmosphere to the traditional policy conference — aggregating the wisdom o...
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Ukraine’s people have been crushed for years under the weight of an authoritarian regime and a stagnant economy, but new Atlas Network partners are working to change the country’s direction. Ukrainian Economic Freedoms Foundation (UEFF), founded in 2015, is working on several projects to help reform the judicial system, streamli...
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