From 8 to 10 September 2026, Radovan Ďurana attended the 35th Economic Forum in Karpacz, Poland. It is one of the largest events of its kind in Central Europe. In fact, seven conferences covering a wide range of topics take place simultaneously, bringing together around 6,500 participants. Radovan took part in the panel “Public Debt…
On Monday, our think tank network Epicenter took a major step forward by hosting the event “Making Europe the Next Silicon Valley of the World” in Brussels, bringing together 150 policymakers and entrepreneurs. The discussion focused on a simple but crucial question: If Europe has the talent, universities, and a single market of nearly 450…
Photo: The Slovak delegation at The International Final Round 2026. From left: Jakub, Rafael, Martin, Adam. Slovakia has achieved yet another international success at the Economics Olympiad finals. Adam Takáč, winner of the national round of the Economics Olympiad, won a bronze medal in a competition featuring the world's best young economists and placed in…
On June 24–26, in Prague, INESS analyst Martin Vlachynský represented the organization at two events. The first was a working meeting of think tank representatives from the 4liberty network, focused on coordinating this year's joint work on the Bureaucracy Index. The meeting brought together representatives from think tanks in Slovakia, Czechia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Poland, and…
On May 21–22, 2026, in Berlin, Richard Ďurana of INESS took part in the Europe Liberty Forum. The conference is organized annually by Atlas Network, and this year's edition brought participants to the German capital. Nearly three hundred attendees spent the event's lectures and workshops digging into the future of Europe, transatlantic relations, and opportunities…
On June 18–19 this year, think tank representatives from across the EPICENTER Network gathered in Bucharest for their annual away day. EPICENTER is a Brussels-based organization bringing together 13 of the leading free-market think tanks in Western, Central, and Eastern Europe, and INESS is proud to count itself among its members. Representing INESS at this…
On May 18–20, 2026, in Potsdam, Germany, INESS director Richard Ďurana joined 20 other directors of leading North American and European think tanks at the Transatlantic CEO Summit. The event is organized annually by Atlas Network and rotates each year to a different European country. Over the course of three days, participants discussed strategic partnerships…
On April 16th, at the Warsaw School of Economics (Szkoła Główna Handlowa), INESS representative Martin Vlachynský took part in a panel discussion at the Warsaw stop of the Free Market Roadshow conference series. The panel discussion focused on competitiveness and bureaucracy in Europe. The event opened with a keynote lecture by Yaron Brook, available on…
On Tuesday, February 24th, INESS analyst Martin Vlachynský joined a discussion on bureaucracy, digital markets, and the forthcoming Digital Networks Act legislation with MEP Michał Kobosko, at the invitation of the Epicenter Network. The third participant in the discussion was Marek Tatala, director of the Polish think tank Economic Freedom Foundation. The discussion was moderated…
On 4 December 2025, we celebrated a special milestone – 20 years since the establishment of our economic think tank. Twenty years ago, the story of three founders began – brothers Richard and Radovan Ďurana and Juraj Karpiš, who decided to create a project focused on analytical, policy, and educational activities, emphasizing the principles of…
From 12th – 13th May 2022, the Europe Liberty Forum took place in Warsaw. Representatives of INESS: Richard Ďurana, Monika Budzák and Paulína Ivanišová, participated in the international conference, which was originally scheduled to take place in Kiev. The event was organized by Atlas Network and its Polish partner think tanks and it brought together…
On 10-12 September 2021, the 7th edition of the Freedom Games (known in Polish as Igrzyska Wolności) took place. The event is organised by the think tank Liberté!, which together with INESS is a member of the 4Liberty.eu network. Each year, thousands of people attend the Freedom Games to discuss topics that are currently moving…
