, excepting Russia and most post-Yugoslav countries. Despite weak growth in the EU, exports of the accession countries (and of … Ukraine) performed quite well. This must be attributed to the ongoing growth in labour productivity and related cost … prospective EU membership of the candidate countries. The general concern over potential loss of competitiveness due to …

The transition countries approach EU enlargement with GDP growth outperforming the 'old' EU. In 2003, Poland's economy … some moderate slowdown in Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia and Slovakia. A definite growth slowdown was only … recorded in Serbia and Montenegro. Russia and Ukraine performed very well, registering significant and balanced growth. The …

Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. A challenge to the enlarged Union's (EU … Belarus, Russia and Ukraine as well as in China. For each country, it provides a forecast relating to GDP growth, inflation … positive growth figures recorded by the global economy as a whole. Central and Eastern Europe, together with Russia, Ukraine …