Balkans

  • Sep 27, 2005
  • 6 min read

BALKANS: Recent disorders have damaged education

A well-educated labour force has proved crucial to economic success in the transition countries...

Balkans
  • Jun 28, 2005
  • 7 min read

BALKANS/EU: Entry hold-up could destabilise region

French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said yesterday that EU expansion after Bulgaria and...

Balkans
  • Jun 17, 2005
  • 6 min read

CENTRAL-EASTERN EUROPE: FDI attracts suspicion

The development and successful transition of the new EU member states and other CEE countries are...

  • May 12, 2005
  • 11 min read

EASTERN EUROPE: CEE firms target Balkans potential

Leading Central and East European companies have, through mergers and acquisitions, established...

Balkans
  • Apr 15, 2005
  • 2 min read

BALKANS: IMF favours FDI as solution to deficits

Rapid growth may be expected in South-eastern Europe, driven by EU-inspired economic reform, IMF...

Balkans
  • Mar 11, 2005
  • 1 min read

BULGARIA/GREECE/RUSSIA: Next step in Aegean pipeline

A memorandum on the Bourgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline will be signed by the three governments...

Bulgaria
  • Feb 23, 2005
  • 6 min read

CENTRAL-EASTERN EUROPE: Economic crime hard to counter

Economic transition in the region has created opportunities for economic crime to flourish, while...

  • Jan 17, 2005
  • 1 min read

CROATIA: Pro-ICTY incumbent wins second term

With 99% of the votes counted, President Stjepan Mesic was declared the winner of Sunday's...

Croatia