This paper deals with the spatial relationship between national and European regional policies. Spatial coherence of these two types of policies in two CEE countries – in the Czech Republic and Slovakia – is discussed. Our findings point at a higher spatial coherence of national and European...

With reference to the general importance of transport infrastructure for regional devel-opment, this paper takes a different approach to the analysis of the European Union cohesion policy funding and views it in terms of transport oriented business entities. It analyses the data matrix of...

The cohesion policy of the European Union represents a significant part of its budget and delivers interventions across all regions of the EU. There is little consensus on its efficiency, and its links to fostering convergence on the regional level are uncertain. Nevertheless, regions were shown...