The index published in Economic Freedom of the World measures the degree to which the policies and institutions of countries are supportive of economic freedom. The cornerstones of economic freedom are personal choice, voluntary exchange, freedom to compete, and security of privately owned property.
Nine months after the beginning of the Arab Spring, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF)’s Virtual Academy invites you to join the international online conference “Facebook Revolution?” on 19 – 30 September 2011.
In the last week of August, a workshop on basic liberalism for the new staff members of the Regional Office of the Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation in Bangkok was conducted.
Wanita Gerakan is gravely concerned for Malaysia’s image in upholding human rights and its aims at stopping human trafficking by the recent Australian High Court’s decision blocking the swap deal of 800 asylum seekers in Australia sent to Malaysia and 4,000 refugees in Malaysia sent to Australia.
Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has addressed the court for the first time in his trial on sodomy charges.
Dr. Werner Hoyer, German Deputy Foreign Minister and member of the liberal German Free Democrat Party (FDP) visited three Southeast Asian countries – the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Despite the apparent local furore and international splash that the recent Bersih 2.0 electoral reform rally is said to have created, a local pollster believes the event’s immediate impact on Malaysians is practically negligible.
Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom and Goethe Institute, in cooperation with Merdeka Center for Opinion Research Malaysia and Lembaga Survei Indonesia, asked 2,500 young (15-25 yrs.) Muslims in Malaysia and in Indonesia what they think about their country, their society and their family.
The 2011 Economic Freedom Network Asia (EFN) annual conference will take place from 10th to 13th October in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This year’s theme: “Competition: Engine for Prosperity”
