Category: Economy

Text: ITU Photos: Actionpress/Virot Date: May 14, 2012 The purpose of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is to help raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICT) can bring to societies and economies, as well as of ways to bridge the digital divide. 17 May marks the anniversary of the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention and the creation of the International Telecommunication Union. WTISD –…

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Has democracy still a meaning in Europe? Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s, the dominant liberal political philosophy all over Europe resulted in the withdrawal of the State from its role of social catalyst, while giving the markets a role as social developer and economic re-distributor. The State has consequently given up its role of service provider in Europe. The current crisis is also the consequence of the political choices that let the financial…

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