This volume examines Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. Analysing major political and economic events in these countries from the mid-1990s to the present, a detailed and accessible guide is provided

By the end of the 1970s Romania tourism was blooming and the hotel industry appeared to be strong and healithy... That bright period is still vivid in the minds of several generations of Romanians including the present politicians, whi believed that foreign tourist did not forgot their time...

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the distribution of funds by the National Program for Local Development (PNDL), Romania’s largest state funded budget program. It provides an objective assessment of the way state budget funds are allocated at the level of county councils and...