Cattleman case: a new corruption scandal in Slovakia (July 28, 2020)
The National Criminal Agency (NAKA) in Slovakia is conducting an investigation concerning the highest levels of the Slovak Agricultural Paying Agency, responsible for…
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EU budget negotiations: European Parliament rejects cuts to recovery plans and calls for rule of law conditionality (July 24, 2020)
Mikuláš Peksa, Pirate MEP: This week, EU member state leaders reached an agreement in Brussels in a historic moment, laying the foundations for…
European Parliament urge the European Commission to act promptly regarding the Turow coal mine in Poland (July 16, 2020)
Brussels / Prague – July 14, 2020: Vast majority of members of the Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament asked the European…
Member States do not prosecute misuse of EU money (July 8, 2020)
During a public hearing in the budgetary control committee this week, the Director-General of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), which is tasked to…
WANTED: Research and copywriting for a project on control of public funds in CEE (July 3, 2020)
Mikuláš Peksa, Pirate Member of the European Parliament, is looking for a contractor to help with research and copywriting for a project on…
Who you gonna call? (July 2, 2020)
MARCEL KOLAJA: Much has already been said about the various cases of use of Artificial Intelligence and their merits in terms of how…
European joint action on disinformation (June 29, 2020)
Marcel Kolaja: During the COVID-19 crisis, people witnessed an unprecedented amount of disinformation. Bad actors spread false information in bad faith—capitalizing on the…
Wednesday night massacre in free software field (June 29, 2020)
America’s free voice comes under President Trump’s control, amid fears of no more funding for open source for Internet freedom. “Wednesday night massacre”…
Cross-border workers Resolution: freedom of movement, protection and quality working conditions (June 25, 2020)
The closing of internal EU borders was an unprecedented move, which resulted in millions of cross-border workers to suddenly find themselves left without…
European Parliament confirmed the unacceptability of the Czech Prime Minister’s conflict of interests (June 22, 2020)
Following years of investigation and public protest against the misuse of EU funds and conflict of interest of the Czech Prime Minister Andrej…