Seit der wiedergewonnenen Unabhängigkeit führen die baltischen Staaten tiefgreifende Reformen durch und verfolgen zielstrebig die EU- und NATO-Mitgliedschaft. Sie sind Beispiele einer erfolgreichen Transformation, was auch die jüngsten Fortschrittsberichte der Europäischen Kommission...

This paper considers the education of the labour force based on an analysis of trends in and the relationships between job polarization and skills mismatch. Both job polarization and skills mismatch have become topics of increasing interest, but relationships between the two have been relatively...

The analysis of Baltic trade statistics and gravity estimates reveal that Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have rapidly integrated into the international division of labour with a distinct EU focus. The Baltic States have taken a road towards the EU common market which pays particular attention to...

Resident Fellow Zsolt Darvas takes a look at the issue of the Baltic states - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - and the challenges facing those three countries in the aftermath of the financial crisis. He argues that because it is in the broader European interest to prevent a collapse in the...

In this report the actual state of the economic and structural development, the progress towards establishing a market economy, and the provision of infrastructure in the Baltic states Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania after five years of independence is analysed. According to a set of relevant...

Deutschland und Litauen haben ihre sicherheits- und verteidigungspolitische sowie militärische Kooperation in den letzten Jahren stetig ausgebaut. Die Stationierung der Bundeswehr in Form der verstärkten Vornepräsenz, die im vergangenen Jahr getroffene Vereinbarung über ein zusätzliches...