Open Letter to Donald Trump: Pardoning Snowden means freedom for all of us (August 23, 2020)
MARCEL KOLAJA: Brussels, August 23, 2020 – The President of the United States recently suggested a possibility of a presidential pardon for Edward…
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Dramatic increase in fraud of EU funds – what can we do about it? (August 10, 2020)
MIKULÁŠ PEKSA: The European Parliament adopted its annual report on the protection of the EU’s financial interests and the fight against fraud (PIF…
You Should Stop Using TikTok, Here’s Why (August 2, 2020)
TikTok, a popular mobile app and video-sharing social network presents a major security risk for its users. The European Data Protection Board has…
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…
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…