Category: Democracy

Focus on their autonomy to and accountability from national governments. A short comparison between the United Kingdom, France and Germany. When it comes to political governance, assessing the role of the local governments seems fundamental. Elected by the people, these bodies are particularly close to the citizens. They mostly correspond to the scales of cities…

“Who sets the rules for the Internet?” – over 500 people – representatives from civil society, businesses, governments, parliaments, and international organizations tried to answer this central theme of 5′ EuroDIG conference – European Dialogue on the Internet Governance. This conference took place in the middle of June, in Stockholm, the one of the most…

The mass demonstrations in Egypt proved the never ending power of media. This is a great news for media professionals, who started to be worry how will be the media used in 21st century.

The Hungarian democracy is changing. The former 20 years of the country’s democratic transition was based on the rules of the consensual democracy. This model was a result of a consensus among the members political elite at the period of the regime change. The system of checks and balances, protected by constitution was challenged several…

If my writing is censored, Then what would be the use of writing. If, my thoughts and ideas are controlled then what should I think Imposed in walls of dictatorship which undermines my right to be myself, threatening democracy. I become a no one. The use of censorship is without doubt a silent way of…

On 19 November 2009, the German Federal Minister of Health, Dr. Philipp Rösler, appointed the Member of Parliament Mechthild Dyckmans (both FDP, a German market liberal party) to the post of Government Commissioner for Drugs. Many thought that after the term in office of her predecessor Sabine Bätzing – often denoted ‘moraliser of the nation’…