On 28th of May, 2010 the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) with the support of Freedom and Solidarity Foundation (FSF) held the discussion forum “Progressive tax system: a modern income distribution system in the mixed market economy or the ghost of communist past?” in
On December 11th, 2009, Freedom and Solidarity Foundation held a forum “Public sector reforms: lower costs, greater efficiency – successful examples in Eastern Europe”, which called on government workers, academics, political party representatives, students, and others. Around 100 people attended the event, which indicated the
Riga will host a public discussion „New Challenges for NATO members and its partners” on April 21, 2009. In the occasion of the 60th anniversary of NATO and Latvia’s 5th anniversary of membership in the Alliance, Freedom and Solidarity Foundation, Latvian Transatlantic organization (LATO) and
Latvia has two powerful lobbies which influence our energy politics. These are the well known Latvenergo and Latvijas Gaze. Elsewhere there are similar lobbies, however other countries also have powerful lobbies, which balance the influence of energy giants on political agenda decision making. However, while
The chairman of the Freedom and Solidarity Foundation Atis Lejiņš opened the forum. He pointed out the demographic problems faced by Latvia in the coming years and stressed the need to resolve these problems within the EU context. He recalled his recent participation in the