Albania agnostic growth forecast (by M. Holzner; pp. 1-2) Keywords economic forecasts, GDP growth, inflation Countries covered Albania Topics Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy Bosnia and Herzegovina economic recovery and new political constellation (by J. Pöschl; pp. 3-5) Keywords economic...

Import intensities of production in the New EU Member States in 1995 and 2006 (by Leon Podkaminer; pp. 1-5) Keywords import intensity, trade, input-output Countries covered New EU Member States, China, Turkey, Japan, Russia, USA Topics International Trade, Competitiveness and FDI A note on...

Russian Federation private consumption and investments flourish (by P. Havlik, pp. 1-3) Countries covered Russia Topics Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts and Policy Ukraine mounting inflationary pressures (by V. Astrov, pp. 4-6) Countries covered Ukraine Topics Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts...

Higher global grain output but still fairly high food prices (by Zdenek Lukas; pp. 1-4) Keywords agricultural production, demand for food, food prices, biofuels Countries covered Wider Europe Topics Sectoral studies The speed of catch-up depends on human capital (by Roman Stöllinger; pp. 5-9)...

The land market in the new EU member states (by Zdenek Lukas) Countries covered Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia Topics Agriculture and Food Industry One year of EU enlargement trade prospects from the Austrian perspective (by Julia Wörz) Countries covered Czech Republic,...

Eurozone crisis and fiscal austerity push half of the CESEE region into recession (by Vasily Astrov; pp. 1-3) Keywords economic forecasts, GDP growth, inflation Countries covered Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine Topics...

Albania misty growth rates (by M. Holzner, pp. 1-3) Countries covered Albania Topics Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts and Policy Bosnia and Herzegovina economy glory, political worry (by J. Pöschl, pp. 4-5) Countries covered Bosnia and Herzegovina Topics Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts and...

Unstable Balkans (by Vladimir Gligorov; pp. 1-4) Keywords political tensions, unemployment, austerity Countries covered SEE Topics Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy Not a very Greek tragedy (by Jan Toporowski; pp. 5-7) Keywords public debt, financial market, monetary policy, currency union...

MENA in transition any lessons from CESEE? (by Peter Havlik and Sándor Richter; pp. 1-7) Keywords MENA, transition Countries covered MENA, CESEE Topics Other The EU and Russia both important for Ukraine (by Vasily Astrov; pp. 8-9) Keywords Ukraine, trade association, Russia, EU Countries...

Summary German (PDF) Summary French (PDF) Summary Serbian (PDF) This report has also been published at the EU’s website http //ec.europa.eu Summary In the period after the political changes in the year 2000, GDP growth in Serbia was rather rapid and compares favourably with other transition...