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Syria’s president has failed to appease protestors, as he promised to make political reforms. The situation appears to be escalating....
Oman endorses another five-year development plan. The plan will contribute further to the so far apparently successful economic efforts by the government to diversify the economy....
Now that voters have handed PM Viktor Orbán what amounts to a blank cheque to govern, he is ready to begin the second phase of his governance: cleaning up the budget mess and spurring economic growth...
Hungary’s draft budget for 2011 aims to keep the deficit at less than 3% of GDP, meeting the Maastricht criteria for euro adoption for the first time since 1995....
Fidesz’s changes to the election law have made it hard for politicians to run for Budapest mayor. ...
Although Hungary currently has no urgent need for outside financing, the IMF loan served as a safety net should the country find itself in a tight spot....
The UAE and Dubai economies appear to be decoupled. The UAE is projecting growth of up to 4% next year, while Dubai continues to slump. Further contraction in Dubai is expected this year....
Macedonia registered year-on-year GDP growth of 1.2% in the fourth quarter of 2009. However, it is too early for the country to claim that its economy has completely recovered from the economic crisis...
The issue of adopting the euro is on the political backburner in Poland. The mounting public debt and the budget deficit make it impossible for Poles to join the Eurozone before 2016....
Data released by the Omani Central Bank and government show that Oman’s economy has fared better than predicted and better than most other GCC economies....
Hungary, which was close to bankruptcy at the end of 2008, made brutal spending cuts. The Greek government meanwhile responded to the crisis with lavishly spending money that it did not have....
Fidesz continues to dominate the polls, regardless of accusations that it does not have a program. The Socialists are pushing a more populist tone in order to mobilize their traditional voters....
Bulgarian GDP fell 5.1% in 2009 year-on-year – contracting for the first time since 1997, when GDP shrank 5.6%, according to preliminary data from the National Statistical Institute (NSI)....
The Czech economy unexpectedly contracted 0.6% in the fourth quarter of 2009. This followed two quarterly increases that had pulled the country out of recession....
The government presented its plan to tackle the budget deficit and soaring government debt at the beginning of February....
Romania’s economy is on the path to recovery at long last, but the government still faces a rough road ahead....
Unemployment is growing increasingly critical. Slovakia’s joblessness stood at 13.6% in December, making it the "leader" in CEE....
Montenegro’s loan negotiations with the International Monetary Fund hang in the balance after the IMF pinpointed several shortcomings in Montenegrin finances....
The latest polls show the greatest number of Macedonians supporting the governing coalition, but some of them indicate the main opposition party is closing the gap....
Kuwait's parliament last week passed a $104bn four-year development plan, the first for decades, proposed by the government....
Ungheria, ali tarpate per la Malev (February 4)
A Revised Portrait of Hungary's Right-Wing Extremists (February 3)
Verden er blevet mere udemokratisk (January 24)
Hungary PM backs down (January 20)
Circunscripciones a medida (January 19)
Uma lei eleitoral desenhada à medida do Fidesz (January 16)
