Getting back to business in emerging Europe (by S. Schadler; pp. 1-6) Keywords real convergence, crisis, fiscal policy Countries covered New EU Member States Topics Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy The crisis of the euro area and the need for a structural reform (by K. Busch; pp. 7-11) Keywords...

wiiw Managing Director retires (by Kazimierz Laski, pp. 1-2) Countries covered non specific Topics Other Further expanding agro-food trade of the NMS-4 in Europe (by Zdenek Lukas and Jan Mládek, pp. 3-7) Countries covered Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia Topics Agriculture and Food...

The miracle of Brussels a compromise on the long-term budget of the European Union (by Sándor Richter) Countries covered European Union Topics Economic Integration Chinese direct investment abroad economic and political objectives (by Waltraut Urban) Countries covered China Topics Foreign...

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 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...

The periodically returning debates and the disappointing bargaining on the financial perspectives for 2007-2013 have led to the proposal of a comprehensive review of the EU budget in 2008/2009. This provides an opportunity for initiating fundamental reforms of the revenue side of the EU budget....

The 'juste retour' attitude, namely each EU member state's priority for securing the best possible individual net financial position vis-à-vis the community budget over any other consideration concerning the community budget is stronger than ever. The differences across member states in terms...

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....

The 1st of May 2007 marked the third anniversary of the accession of the new member states (NMS) to the European Union the economic balance of the first three years is a clear success for the whole EU. Over the period 2001-2003 GDP in the NMS had increased by 3.1% per year on average; over the...