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The first Open Knowledge festival is coming up in Helsinki from 17 to 22 September, and Future Challenges wanted to send one writer to Finland to represent our community at this important event. We wanted to find someone with a great desire and the skills to go and make a good impression on behalf […]

András Inotai, Former Director General of the Institute for World Economics in Budapest, interviewed by Hauke Hartmann, Bertelsmann Transformation Index Senior Project Manager (Bertelsmann Foundation).

“There’s no telling, this might just be the case with any ‘New Cities’ we plan. We’re just unfit; it isn’t cynicism, it’s the nature of the beast.”

Anti-Smoking laws benefit the population: those who smoke may quit, those who have never smoked may never start, and people who work in restaurants, bar and other establishments are guaranteed a smoke-free work environment. However, these laws have faced the resistance of the community when they’ve passed, despite the fact that it is a law meant to protect their health.