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  • Young people vs. electronic cigarettes and their future

    Young people vs. electronic cigarettes and their future

    Radio Slovakia International dived into the rapid rise of nicotine addiction among Slovak teenagers.

    20. November 2025
  • More Rules, Same Habits: The Digital Paradox of Europe

    More Rules, Same Habits: The Digital Paradox of Europe

    We call for stricter internet regulation but complain about its consequences. We value privacy, just not enough to pay for it.

    14. November 2025
  • Open Call for the Digital Markets Act That Benefits Consumers

    Open Call for the Digital Markets Act That Benefits Consumers

    DMA was introduced as a landmark piece of EU legislation to change how consumers interact or engage with large online platforms.

    28. October 2025
  • Overregulated Europe? Even Draghi’s Plan May Not Be Enough to Catch Up with the US and China

    Overregulated Europe? Even Draghi’s Plan May Not Be Enough to Catch Up with the US and China

    Have we learned our lesson — or are we simply reinventing ourselves into another hundred paragraphs of regulation?

    16. October 2025
  • Dark Cloud over Europe: Looking Beyond Innovation Gap

    Dark Cloud over Europe: Looking Beyond Innovation Gap

    We need a more competitive, innovative, and fairer cloud computing market for all. Growth in Europe has been slowing for decades. Across different measures, a wide gap in GDP has opened up between the European Union and America. Europe’s households have paid the price in forgone living standards. Since 2000, real disposable income on a…

    24. September 2024
  • Tumultuous road towards Digital Services Act – users, beware

    Tumultuous road towards Digital Services Act – users, beware

    Just when the negotiations on the final version of the Digital Services Act seemed to be finally over, the French Presidency of the EU Council smuggled in changes, that, as European Parliament’s policy-makers and industry experts warn, could negatively impact users of a wide range of online platforms. Stay-down obligation French Presidency again introduced the…

    27. May 2022
  • Ban on targeted advertising = end to an accessible internet. Whom do you help?

    Ban on targeted advertising = end to an accessible internet. Whom do you help?

    75% of European consumers prefer an ad-supported internet because it is largely free to access. Ban on targeted advertising would shift this paradigm and lead to the monetisation of content across the digital space. Streets visually polluted with unappealing billboards should long have been a matter of the past. Signs that spoil view on the…

    17. January 2022

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