This week, the executive committee of the African Liberal Youth (ALY) met for the first time ever, in Nairobi, Kenya. The committee, which was elected earlier this year, will define and start the important work of providing a voice for…
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Turkey’s Referendum: What is Going On?
With the upcoming referendum on the introduction of a presidential system, tensions are running high in Turkey – as they have been for the past three and a half years. In order to explain the current situation, it is necessary…
JuLis International Camp, 3 to 5 March 2017
Great Britain is about to leave the European Union. Donald Trump has been elected as President of the United States. Populist parties are on the rise all over Europe. A series of events seem to shaken the global order in…
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Yes, Bulgaria can
“I’m 50 years old and I have never thought of joining any political party, or being a politician – not in communist time, not in modern Bulgaria. But now I feel I have to go into politics, for us, for…
Meet Our New Editor: Zlata Kikteva
Libel’s team is growing; we now have a new editor to work alongside editor in chief Krijn van Eeden. Zlata is a member of the IFLRY member organisation Liberal Democratic League of Ukraine, where she is a member of the…
Fifty Shades of Dutch Politics
Today, the Dutch people will be voting for a new parliament. In the last years, the Netherlands finally came out of the economic recession of 2008, and it had its share in the European migrant crisis. The current coalition of…
Interview with Andrea Ugrinoska: IFLRY’s New Executive Director
As of October, Andrea Ugrinoska is IFLRY’s new Executive Director, she is IFLRY’s only full-time employee, and is responsible for running IFLRY’s office in London. Krijn van Eeden, Libel co-editor, interviewed her to find out more about her and her…
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Why We Need Intellectual Entrepreneurs
The world that we live in is constantly becoming more and more complex. Human action takes on new and innovative forms and governments develop novel ways to limit or channel it. The economy has been globalized and the division of…
Why America Fails to Effectively Treat Its Addiction Problem
Addiction has become one of America’s most costly, and most neglected diseases. In a recent Columbia University study, researchers found that over “40 million Americans age 12 and over meet the clinical criteria for addiction involving nicotine, alcohol, or other…
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The Holy Fight for St. Isaac’s Cathedral
**Polskie tłumaczenie tego artykułu można znaleźć tutaj: liberte.pl/kosciol-kontra-spoleczenstwo-obywatelskie-swieta-walka-o-sobor-sw-izaaka-w-petersburgu/** It was a cold and misty February morning, when four thousand people of different ages, professions and religions, who did not know each, joined their hands and formed three rings around St.…