Russia in the global financial storm (by P. Havlik, pp. 1-4) Keywords economic forecasts, GDP growth, inflation Countries covered Russia Topics Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts and Policy Ukraine 'hard landing' in sight (by V. Astrov, pp. 5-7) Keywords economic forecasts, GDP growth, inflation...

Russian Federation signs of fragile recovery (by P. Havlik; pp. 1-3) Keywords economic forecasts, GDP growth, inflation Countries covered Austria, Russia Topics Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts and Policy Ukraine ongoing credit crunch (by V. Astrov; pp. 4-6) Keywords economic forecasts, GDP...

No take-off in Central, East and Southeast Europe so far (by Vasily Astrov) Albania the remedy is worse than the disease? (by Mario Holzner) Bosnia and Herzegovina still making up its mind (by Vladimir Gligorov) Kazakhstan low oil prices create devaluation pressure (by Olga Pindyuk) Kosovo...

Graph of the month Europe Brent Spot Price, fob per barrel, in current USD and euro and real year 2005 euro (p. 1) Opinion corner Russia-Ukraine conflict do Western sanctions have any effect? (by Vasily Astrov, Vladimir Gligorov, Peter Havlik, Michael Landesmann and Olga Pindyuk; pp. 2-6)...

Bulgaria growing economy, widening external deficit (by Anton Mihailov) Countries covered Bulgaria Romania becoming attractive for investors (by Gábor Hunya) Countries covered Romania Croatia worsening external imbalances (by Hermine Vidovic) Countries covered Croatia Macedonia growth returns...

This paper discusses the transition agenda and provides the key economic characteristics of selected Middle East and North Africa countries (MENA) in comparison with selected Central, East and Southeast European countries (CESEE). We intend to identify some regularities in transition processes...