international community can help by resolving regional conflicts, assisting with trade and economic integration, and offering well …

The transition countries approach EU enlargement with GDP growth outperforming the 'old' EU. In 2003, Poland's economy … prolonged near-stagnation in the EU has had limited impacts on GDP growth in the transition (and even the accession) countries …, though remaining quite high. Moderate and fairly stable growth is also expected in other transition countries not yet …

output, construction, foreign trade and quarterly GDP figures confirm this development. The economic recovery in the 'old EU …, only Estonia and Lithuania currently meet all the Maastricht convergence criteria. A brief study of foreign trade data … reveals that in the Baltic States, foreign trade deficits are very high for goods even more so than for services. The NMS in …

The external conditions facing the transition economies slightly improved on balance during the year 2004. The eight … Macedonia), as well as in Belarus and Ukraine (Russia's GDP grew by 7% again). The transition economies have thus been one of … (except Slovakia) and in the remaining transition countries as well (except Romania, Serbia and Ukraine). Russian inflation …

in unit labour costs. Despite this (and despite growth being weaker than expected in the euro zone), NMS foreign trade … continues to perform excellently. Foreign trade has been even more instrumental in generating GDP growth in the first quarter of … 2005 than in the past. It should be pointed out, however, that NMS trade with the 'old' EU has grown at a relatively slower …

growth in Ukraine has been spectacular, reflecting weak investment demand and the deterioration of foreign trade. By and …

two years. It covers twelve transition countries Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia (FYRM), Poland … provide a broader view. In the recent past, more or less all transition countries were confronted with a slowdown of economic … three of the transition countries considered in this report -- Hungary, Poland and Slovenia -- give the impression of having …

For the first time since the transformation began, all transition economies recorded GDP growth in the year 2000. Some … of the traditional 'losers' grew much faster than the traditional 'winners' of the transition process. The average growth … not yet generally reduce trade deficits and current account deficits are still a major problem for some countries, though …

covers twelve transition countries Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia … as well, as industrial output growth faded and foreign trade lost its dynamics. In most of the CEECs, inflation dropped … strong real appreciation, yet given the slowdown in GDP and import growth, it did not lead to huge trade and current account …

After satisfactory performance of the transition countries in 2000, growth slowed down in 2001 as the external … contracted. This does not augur well for economic growth in the medium-term future. The contribution of foreign trade to GDP … advanced transition countries will remain relatively low (and the high Slovak deficit is expected to go down). In Yugoslavia …