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Kudos to the Adam Smith Institute

We’d like to congratulate Eamonn Butler and Madsen Pirie on being awarded the National Free Enterprise Award on February 23rd for rheir great work, fighting for freedom at the Adam Smith Institute in the United Kingdom. ” The National Free Enterprise Award is presented annually by a panel of 14 independent expert judges under [...]

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Moscow Tea Parties! - Protesting the Kremlin’s New Trade Law

In protest of a new law that greatly curbs the right to freedom of contract and imposes barriers to trade and entrepreneurship, Russian libertarians, many of them graduates of InLiberty.ru summer schools, are banding together to arrange their own Tea Parties modeled after the  anti-tax demonstrations that swept America in 2009. They are calling on [...]

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A Vote Against Corruption in Croatia

The Adriatic Institute sent us some uplifting news this morning. The Croatian people have elected a president known as Mr. Clean, who ran on the platform of cleaning up the rampant corruption within Croatia’s government. The topic of corruption has been at the heart of the Adriatic Institute’s efforts from the beginning, and it is [...]

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Italians Try to Ban Smoking in Cars, IBL Strikes Back

Smoking bans and taxes are sweeping the United States and Europe,. Most bans stop at business places,  but now, Italian lawmakers are considering a ban on smoking while driving, citing distraction similar to mobile phone use as the reason.
Istituto Bruno Leoni’s Alberto Mingardi has an article in both the European and U.S. versions of the [...]

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European Resource Bank 2010- Sept 8-10

Mark your Calendars for the annual European Resource Bank, taking place in September 2010 in London, United Kingdom. This event, which draws think tank professionals from free market think tanks across Europe and the United States, provides discussions, and dialog on think tank management and current issues facing Europe. Look for more information in the coming months…

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German Market Champion Count Otto Lambsdorff Dies

Former chairman of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF), German Economy Minister, and reparations negotiator for victims of Nazi labor camps, Otto Lambsdorff died on December 4 at the age of 82. Lambsdorff served as Minister of Economics under Chancellors Schmidt and Kohl and led the classical liberal Free Democratic Party from 1988-93. According to [...]

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Upcoming Meeting on the Fall of Communism in Croatia

On December 4th, The Educational Initiative for Central and Eastern Europe in collaboration with the Croatian Center for the Renewal of Culture will be hosting an international conference in Zagreb, Croatia on The Fall of Communism: 1989-2009, Lessons Learned with an exciting list of panelists, including Mart Laar,  Former Prime Minister of Estonia and [...]

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Livestreaming International Thursday Now!

Join us as we learn from friends of freedom around the world.

Jacek Spendel, Globalization Institute, Poland
Marion Smith, Common Sense Society, Hungary
Shane Frith, Progressive Vision, United Kingdom

Streaming live video by Ustream

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Event Report:Freedom Dinner & Templeton Freedom Award Conference 2009

Thank you to all who joined us at this year’s Freedom Dinner and Templeton Freedom Award Conference. Below, you will find presentations from many of our speakers-audio and video of the talks will be available over the course of the week as well, be sure to check this page often. Freedom Dinner 2009 photos. ( [...]

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Commerce 21: A New Resource for Liberty

I recommend visiting a new project, Commerce 21, which offers European liberals more opportunities and resources to advance freedom.
Commerce21 (http://www.commerce21.org) is a new online forum dedicated to those who share the principles of individual liberty, free market and the rule of law. Its aim is to give an online space for dialogue where young libertarians [...]

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