Billions of euros are flying around Europe also this year, and an attentive observer should not miss from whom and to whom they are wandering. Especially, when the bets of Slovak taxpayers are also in play.
This time we start in medias res....
February 4, 2013 10:56 am / 1 comment
A recession which has never gone, is coming back to the EU. The European Court of Auditors is warning again about inefficiencies. Italians stash a billion. Central banks do not believe one another.
The apparent calm of the situation in the...
January 29, 2013 6:16 pm / no comments
EU structural funds are one of the most important benefits that we, countries from CEE, enjoy after joining the European Union. Those are the funds that really help our countries catch up, give money which we see every day while driving on new...
January 24, 2013 12:15 am / 1 comment
The Irish are preparing their agenda, will we pay? Spanish retirees invested everything in bonds, not even knowing how. Congratulations to Ben.
Not that the function of the Presidency had any other meaning besides the generous earnings for catering...
January 22, 2013 2:32 pm / 1 comment
Within 4 months after the beginning of the next EU’s financial framework, the eight member states from Central and Eastern Europe will celebrate their 10th anniversary in the Union. With three of them – Slovenia, Slovakia and Estonia –...
January 16, 2013 1:26 pm / no comments
Did we see only Pyrrhic victories or a real overturn in the crisis last year? Greeks remain the worst pupil in the class, Spaniards pretend that nothing bad is happening, Cyprus is not interested and French exodus continues.
We have just had...
January 14, 2013 5:50 pm / no comments
Structural and cohesion funds represent more than a third of the EU’s budget. We will only be able to assess their importance if we are aware of the economic situation of member states. The volume of our region’s share has more than doubled...
January 10, 2013 12:23 pm / 66 comments
Abstract
The core stones of the EU have always been 4 freedoms which made the Union desirable and promising. However, the EU enlargement is not only physical – with new members joining, – but it is also increasing in powers and regulatory...
January 8, 2013 1:45 pm / 2 comments
The effectiveness of European structural and cohesion funds (SCF) has long been a contradictory topic, both for European institutions and researchers. This matter is particularly interesting for in-depth exploration, because of the lack of unambiguous...
December 16, 2012 11:31 pm / no comments