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Café Evropa | 20 years without borders: what have two decades of open Europe given us?

May 01, 2024

We invite you to a public recording of the Café Evropa podcast. Come and discuss twenty years of open Europe with representatives of the generation that has lived most of its life there, as well as those who remember the past regime and the waiting at the borders. What do you remember?

CNN Prima News | Two plenary session locations of the European Parliament

April 25, 2024

The MEPs discussed the difficulty of changing the seat of the European Parliament, which periodically moves from Belgium to France. Most agreed that they would welcome if this movement was canceled. However, France would probably veto such a change in the treaties. What are the arguments for and against moving the European Parliament periodically? Is there any way out of this problem, or will Strasbourg's role remain the same for decades to come? Martin Vokálek, Director of EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, commented for CNN Prima News on the issue.

Radio Impuls | European Parliament's Inefficient Moving Between Two Locations

April 16, 2024

European Parliament's moving from Brussels to plenary sessions in Strasbourg carry symbolic significance, but the logistics costs up to 3 billion CZK annually. Implementing a change would require amending the fundamental treaties of the European Union, which would need approval from all member states. Viktor Daněk, Deputy Director of the EUROPEUM Institute, commented on this topic for Radio Impuls.

Project for journalists from Serbia and Bosnia & Herzegovina

March 01, 2024

EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy invites journalists, editors and media experts to participate in a project “Preparing news media in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia for the digital age” supported by the Transition Promotion Programme of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.

Trend.sk: The Union is not giving up on the idea of a green future. Although it will increase prices for housing and travel

May 11, 2023

Kateřina Davidová, who leads our climate research team, explains to TREND the possible risks of the new European standards. In the interview, she also adds the reasons why the EU insists on its green policy.

iROZHLAS: Suspension of the Erasmus programme for Hungary? "Punishment and isolation of students."

January 17, 2023

Hungarian students from 21 universities are at risk of not being able to participate in the Erasmus+ education programme. The European Commission has temporarily cut them off. "The students who stand to lose the most from Erasmus are not the children of upper-middle-class parents, but those from smaller towns and rural areas. They don't have the means to travel abroad," Hungarist Oszkár Roginer, Global EU project manager at the EUROPEUM Institute, criticised the decision to iROZHLAS.cz.

EuropaSecura 2022: a look back at the 15th edition of the competition for high school students on European defence and security

August 25, 2022

The national EuropaSecura competition for high school students on European defence and security, organised with Czech Army and the Ministry of Defence, has successfully completed its 15th year and selected winners who will travel to Brussels. Take a look at what the competition entails and what it looks like at the national final at the military base in Brdy. The students experienced how diplomatic negotiations within the EU and NATO take place and how crisis situations are handled within the EU.

Youth Conference in Prague

November 09, 2022

EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, in cooperation with the European Parliament office in the Czech Republic, is organising the first Youth Conference in Prague for students at Czech middle schools and universities, which will be part of the activities of the conference on the Future of Europe. The conference aims to provide young people with a platform and opportunities to be part of the Europe-wide discussions on the future of Europe.

INVITATION: Café Evropa Online: COVID-19 Passports - how will we travel in the summer?

June 22, 2021

We kindly invite you to another debate within the Café Evropa series, this time on the topic: "Covid Certificates - how will we travel in the summer?" The debate is organized by the European Commission in the Czech Republic and the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy in cooperation with Eurocentrum Prague. The media partner of the debate is Deník.cz. The debate will take place online on Tuesday 22 June from 5.30 pm. We look forward to your participation!

TA3: The EU is calling for easier travel. Can the member states agree?

May 04, 2021

The director of the EUROPEUM Institute, Vladimír Bartovic, commented today on the covid passports, which should be operational from 1 July. The problems faced by the introduction of the Digital Green Certificate and what exactly would the pass mean for citizens have been addressed in the interview.