Armenia and Azerbaijan recent economic developments and policy challenges (by V. Astrov, pp. 1-5) Keywords comparative study, economic growth, macroeconomic analysis Countries covered Armenia, Azerbaijan Topics Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts and Policy Agricultural support consequences of an...

Turkey's economy situation report and outlook (by Josef Pöschl, Hermine Vidovic and Julia Wörz) Countries covered Turkey Topics Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts and Policy Turkish Straits as a chokepoint for energy transit (by Vasily Astrov) Countries covered Turkey, Russia Topics Energy...

Grain surplus throughout the CEE region (by Zdenek Lukas) Countries covered Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Ukraine Topics Agriculture and Food Industry Macroeconomic developments in Turkey a long-term view (by Aykut Kibritcioglu) Countries covered Turkey...

Economic consequences of the Georgian-Russian conflict (by P. Havlik and V. Astrov, pp. 1-11) Keywords Georgia, Russia, conflict, war Countries covered Georgia, Russia Topics Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts and Policy EU Structural funds in Central and East European Countries (by R. Römisch,...

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...

The Central, East and Southeast European (CESEE) economies will experience on average a minor rebound of economic growth to 1% in 2010 which will speed up to 2.5% in 2011 and 3.5% in 2012. GDP growth will be higher in the CIS countries and in Turkey, about average in the Central European NMS and...

The report analyses recent economic developments and short- and medium-term prospects of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Southeast Europe including Turkey, as well as Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and China. Separate chapters present an overview of developments in the European Union's...

After a long period of convergence, Central, East and Southeast Europe experienced a deep recession in 2009. The relatively moderate GDP decline (-3.6%) on average for the new EU member states (NMS) reflects Poland's weight in the group, the only EU country to have recorded positive GDP growth...

GERMAN: Die mittel- und osteuropäischen Länder (MOEL) sind spätestens seit September 2008 von der Krise der Weltwirtschaft ebenfalls betroffen. Vor allem die Industrieproduktion und der Außenhandel leiden unter den Folgen des Nachfrageeinbruchs. Das reale BIP-Wachstum verlangsamte sich...

Fast economic growth - in excess of 5% per year - continues in most New EU Member States (NMS). Growth in Bulgaria and Romania (which joined the EU on 1 January 2007) was also accelerating throughout 2006. Everywhere, except Hungary, GDP growth has been driven predominantly by domestic demand....