Since regaining independence some twenty years ago Latvia, a small, open economy has been tormented by three economic crises: first one resulting from the economic transition (institutional change from centrally planned to free market economy),...
August 6, 2012 9:15 am / no comments
As The Warsaw Voice writes on Monday, March 26, there were protests of Solidarity trade union members against governmental plans to increase the retirement age. Several hundreds of protesters gathered in Warsaw, in front of the prime minister’s...
March 27, 2012 12:55 pm / no comments
After the general government deficit in Poland reached 7.8% GDP in 2010, at the beginning of 2011 Polish government presented a plan to reduce it to 3% GDP by 2012, a goal which is in line with Maastricht criteria. By the end of 2011 the European...
March 8, 2012 1:14 pm / no comments