The European Union is considered to be the biggest actor in the world economy, because it covers a significant percentage, approximately 20%, of global exports and imports. Thus, knowledge of the provisions of the EU’s common commercial policy is an acute need and a topical issue not only for...

The world nowadays is structured on 90% economic interest and on 10% other interests. The development of globalization, the new structures that increase in the world and the new market evolution, from the real to virtual space involve new criteria of adaption at this new reality. The field of...

Migrant communities have become a main issue for most studies in this field. Romanian migrants experience the process of transnationalism from an economic and also affective perspective. In the heart of the debate of this paper lie the transnational practices which help or hinder integration...

For decades to come, the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) will underpin the competitiveness of our economy, the efficiency of our public services and our quality of life.ICT sector accounted for a substantial part of EU GDP and of Moldova.But the question is what is the value...

The beginning of the 1990’s illustrated a reference moment for the former Soviet countries, inclusively for Romania, in all the hypostases admitted by the challenge of transition to market economy. Most of nations explored the complex reconversion process, which was intended to be a gradual...

In order to observe the structural changes of the export specialization processes in Romanian regions, compared to the European Union (EU-27) during the 2000-2011, I used the regional and EU data pertaining to exports organized on sections of the Combined Nomenclature. The analysis involved,...

The European Neighborhood Policy promotes a diversity of significant initiatives which have permitted the EU and its neighbors to develop stronger relationships in all policy fields. One of the main objectives of this policy is promoting sustainable development. This article has three sections....

When the EU launched the Eastern Partnership (EaP) in May 2009, it did so with much rhetoric about projecting its soft power into Eastern Europe. Yet today, the EU's soft power project seems to have stalled, with developments in the region being less than favourable. By being another...

The benefits from FDI and its effect on regional disparities is one of the major issues to current debates about regional development. This paper provides further understanding by analyzing the new role of “place” in the context of globalization and the emergence of a new kind of bilateral...

Article presents results of research on impact of current economic crisis on economic and social development of the EU, Central and Eastern European and Eastern Partnership countries. Research was conducted with a goal of defining changes in basic economic concepts, their directions, dynamics...