EPICENTER in the Media

May 25, 2024

CHRISTIAN NĂSULEA MAKES AN APPERANCE ON DIGI24 DISCUSSING THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM’S ‘BEST PLACES TO LIVE’ REPORT

IES Executive Director Christian Năsulea appears on a Digi24 broadcast discussing the publishing of The World Economic Forum's list of the best places to visit in 2024. He gives his opinions on Romania's place at 43rd, why it got this rank in the first place and what policymakers can do to improve its place in the future.
May 24, 2024

TIMBRO’S AUTHORITARIAN POPLISM INDEX FEATURED IN ROMANIAN NEWS CHANNEL DIGI24

Digi24 examine the recent Timbro Authoritarian Populism Index's findings. Published by EPICENTER, approximately 26.9% of Europeans support political parties with authoritarian or populist ideologies, with Romanian ranking 7th in Europe for populist party support.
May 22, 2024

TIMBRO’S AUTHORITARIAN POPULISM INDEX FEATURED IN RZECZPOSPOLITA

EPICENTER member think tank TIMBRO's Authoritarian Populism Index has been featured in an article from the prominent Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita. Using the findings of the Index, the article discusses how Poland is among the countries with the greatest support for populist parties in Europe, ranking 5th overall.
May 17, 2024

INESS’ SINGLE MARKET STUDY FEATURED ON SME

INESS' recent article on the benefits of the European Single Market for Slovakia has made an appearance on SME - one of Slovakia's most widely published newspapers. Reflecting EPICENTER's wider views on the SM, it discusses the financial benefits for Slovakia since its induction and how to ensure this success continues into the future.
May 15, 2024

EURONEWS INTERVIEWS IES’ CHRISTIAN NĂSULEA ABOUT POTENTIAL MINIMUM WAGE RISE

IES Executive Director Christian Năsulea appeared on Euronews to discuss the recent Ministry of Labor and Social Solidarity formula that will be established to increase the country's minimum wage. It will take into account purchasing power, the level of average gross salary earnings and labour productivity, however this may pose future problems with the additional governmental regulation and economic consequences of such a decision.
May 15, 2024

CETA COMMENTS ON CZECHIA’S EU MEMBERSHIP ON SEZNAM ZPRÁVY

Štěpán Drábek, an analyst at EPICENTER's partner think tank CETA, appeared on the Seznam Zprávy news podcast to elaborate on how the accession to the EU helped Czechia and brought it into the group of richer countries. However, recent regulations are now destroying the idea on which the Union was founded, the idea of ​​a single and free market, which Drábek says is too important not to ignore.
May 14, 2024

DIGI.FM INTERVIEW THE IES’ CHRISTIAN NĂSULEA ON ROMANIA’S LAYOFF PROBLEM

Executive Director of the IES Christian Năsulea appears on the latest Romanian Digi.FM broadcast discussing how a total of 60,000 people were laid off by big tech companies in the first four months of 2024, including such big names as Google, Amazon and TikTok.
May 13, 2024

CHRISTIAN NĂSULEA OF THE IES APPEARS ON DIGI.FM TO DISCUSS RECENT INTEREST RATE POLICY BY THE ROMANIAN NATIONAL BANK

Digi.FM's radio excerpt features IES Executive Director Christian Năsulea discussing how on May 13th, there will be a meeting of the NBR regarding a possible decrease in interest rates, and how this may affect Romania's economy going forward.