European energy security a concern common to both the EU and Russia (by P. Havlik; pp. 1-2) Keywords energy security, gas supply, structural reform Countries covered Russia, EU Topics Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy The current state and prospects of the Russian energy sector (by V. Astrov;...

Kazakhstan an economic assessment (by V. Astrov, pp. 1-4) Countries covered Kazakhstan Topics Macroeconomic Analysis and Forecasts The twin deficits myth and real problems (by K. Laski and R. Römisch, pp. 5-8) Countries covered non-specific Topics Macroeconomic Analysis and Forecasts Global...

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 recent economic downturn The decline in GDP during the recession has been concentrated in manufacturing and construction and triggered significant (though smaller) declines in basic services (distribution, hotels and restaurants, and transport). The decline in manufacturing production was...

Trade and economic integration in the CIS an evaluation (by Vasily Astrov, Peter Havlik and Olga Pindyuk; pp. 1-3) Keywords trade, economic integration Countries covered CIS Topics International Trade, Competitiveness and FDI Volume and variety of intra-bloc trade in an expanded European Union...

Graph of the month Share of foreign value added in the exports of selected countries Opinion corner What might be the economic consequences of a potential territorial break-up of Ukraine? (by Vasily Astrov) Trade integration, vertical specialisation and employment growth in the new Member States...

The report analyses recent economic developments and short- and medium-term development prospects, covering the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Southeast Europe including Turkey, together with Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and China. Separate chapters present an overview of...

Summary The European Union has reached a critical juncture in dealing with the fallout from the 2008 financial meltdown that started in the USA and spread to engulf banks and the financial markets of Europe. The ensuing recession or stagnation in many member countries was compounded by austerity...

Serbia after Djindjic (by Vladimir Gligorov) Countries covered Serbia EU enlargement assessing the impact of transfers (by Sándor Richter) EU membership and income level convergence the experience of the Cohesion Countries (by Kazimierz Laski and Roman Römisch) Selected monthly data on the...

Converging/diverging European regions (by R. Römisch, pp. 1-4) Keywords Regions, EU, Convergence Countries covered European Union, New EU Member States Topics Regional Development The new EU members' potential for trade in services (by J. Wörz, pp. 8-12) Keywords Trade, Services Countries...