today’s European Union (EU) and conclude that in some respects the proto-federation was more advanced than the EU, and thus …

and then, through an interactive approach we compare its structure and institutions with those of the European Union (EU … flexible federal taxation policies and basic economic freedoms and thus, it can serve as a benchmark for further EU integration. …

implementation. A comparative analysis between EU and US defense capabilities is displayed mainly through the issue of their defense …

. The results of the evaluation show that according to the criterion of democratisation, the Aetolian ranks first and the EU … last, while according to cohesion, the Aetolian ranks first and the EU last, while according to cohesion, the Aetolian and … Canadian rank as about equal while the EU again lags behind. …

Indian and the European Union (EU). We elaborate a set of criteria, democratization and cohesion, which include each four sub … criteria and conclude that the Achaean ranks first as to democratization, being the most democratic, with the EU a distant … third, while as to cohesion, the Achaean and Indian rank close together, with the EU again a distant third. …

The Portuguese growth and convergence experience after EU membership can be divided into two periods: 1986-1998, a … convergence period during which growth in the Portuguese economy accelerated and Portugal grew faster than the EU14 average; and a …, with Portugal falling behind relative to the EU14 in recent years as far as the former are concerned. In order to better …

The convergence of Serbia’s banking sector to the EU Member States banking sectors may be investigated by the … convergence level of Serbia’s banking sector towards the EU average was evaluated in relation to the two main groups - the old EU … Member States (EU15) and the new EU Member States (NMS). The reference groups for the banking sector in Serbia are the new EU …

-economic policy. This paper discusses the SME development in Poland since its accession to the EU in 2004. In this context, the … authors examine the question of whether the SME development policies following Poland’s integration into the EU has … EU has created a better environment for entrepreneurship development than it was in the pre-accession phase. In this …

domestic economy. It seems more certain that in near future Republic of Serbia shall become candidate for new member of EU … agriculture with those realized in one of the states that recently approached EU (Republic of Romania was singled out as a country … approaching EU. …