Nach der in Kopenhagen beschlossenen EU-Erweiterung zum 1. Mai 2004 stellt sich die Frage, wie sich die Beziehungen zu den westlichen Balkanstaaten (Balkan-5: Albanien, Bosnien und Herzegowina (BiH), Kroatien, die ehemalige jugoslawische Republik Mazedonien, Serbien und Montenegro) und zu den...

For decades, countries aspiring to join the European Union (EU) have been linked to it through migration. Yet little is known about how migration affects individual support for joining the EU in prospective member states. We explore the relationship between migration and support for EU accession...

To mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, this paper aims to assess developments in Central, East and Southeast Europe (CESEE) over the past three decades, and to look forward to what the next 30 years might bring. First, we measure the convergence of per capita income, wages...

In a rapidly changing economic environment companies deepen their cooperation, which entails in all sectors of the economy. The progressive increase in market concentration, especially in the banking sector, has a purpose, which is to increase the benefits from the operation of various...

This paper reviews and assesses financial stability challenges in countries preparing for EU membership, i.e. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey. The paper mainly focuses on the period since 2016 (unless the analysis requires a longer time...