2021-10-02
How affordable is a chess game against the EU?
Rulers in Warsaw are undermining the independence of courts, media and NGOs. Forgetting that the primacy of European laws is a key principle of the integration.
Tag: people
2021-08-21
Energy turns on inflation alarm in Estonia
Energy prices are 22% higher and inflation will be maintained in the coming months by rising prices on the global market for raw materials and imported goods.
2021-08-07
Estonia: how technology took a 1.3 mln people country to the future
Already in 2012, Estonia’s 1.3 million residents could use electronic ID cards to vote, pay taxes and access more than 160 online services.
2021-07-31
Populism didn’t solve migration and fertility problems in Poland
The 500+ policy seems to have had the political effects desired by the government, rather than solving economic and demographic issues.
2021-07-24
Lithuania: a new migrant emergency at the door?
According to the government in Vilnius, Belarus is “arming” illegal immigration from Iraq and Syria to be sent across the border to Lithuania.
2021-07-17
Estonia is the only EU country that improved poverty risk
Estonian GDP decline has actually remained at 3%, thanks to innovative progress in the digitalization of services and milder restrictions.
2021-05-22
Estonia: job inclusion can be more effective
Despite the employment rate among 15- to 64-year-olds at 75.2%, the country faces a shrinking workforce and regional disparities.
2020-12-12
Recovery Fund unlocked: for Poland and Hungary the game moves to the Court of Justice
EU leaders have reached a compromise to unlock the €1.8 tn Recovery Fund: any sanction could only start after approval by the EU Court of Justice.
2020-12-05
EU budget 2021-27: the Commission could proceed without Poland and Hungary
Brussels is ready to endorse the alternatives and proceed without Warsaw and Budapest, whose subsidies are estimated at 3% of GDP.
2020-10-31
Poland: it’s not all gold what glitters
Before the pandemic outbreak, the economy was expected to slow down slightly (+3%), with a decrease in exports and investments.