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Travel the ex-communist region between the Baltic, Black and Adriatic seas, and, sadly, you will not find one united, modernizing government. Instead, there is sleaze and racism in Slovakia's government, eccentricity and petulant incompetence in Poland, an admission of blatant lying by Hungary's prime minister, and no government at all in the Czech Republic.
Western Europe could do more. The mean-minded protectionism aimed at the ex-communist countries has undermined belief in the fairness and neutrality of European rules. Why can rich countries' banks move capital freely throughout the single market, when poor countries' plumbers and dentists may not sell their services where they like?
Perhaps. But now there is another factor: Russia. The past week has seen more signs of Russia's slid...
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... costs, mission operating expenses, and capital expenditures. The military budget is also used to ... 319 350 Hungary Luxembourg 0 0 0 22 25 Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 Total 12135 15421 6590...
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... November 2005. Capital Markets Model Case Act (mass securities litigation... Slovakia. Representative Action. Scope. Consumer pr...
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..., in terms of both financial and political capital. . As opposed to intrastate conflicts, which conti... 7 Poland 0.52 Portugal 12 Romania 5 Slovakia 7.7 Spain 13.47 Turkey 3.1 UK 9.1 US 10.49 Source:...
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... Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and Estonia are enjoying rapid ... is globalisation at work, the flow of capital, of technology of foreign-direct investment to pro...
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... saving and businesses from investing in capital. The most competitive tax system is efficient, fai... Ireland, Hong Kong, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia and Turkey, have marginal effective tax rates belo...
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The fall of communism in late 1980s and the post-communist socio-economic and political transition determined a resurgence of Eastern European immigrants as a new phenomenon in United States. Examining Eastern European immigrants will increase the understanding of today's diverse immigrant population and their adaptation in the host society. Using the data from the 2002-2004 Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the Current Population Survey, the purpose of this article is to facilitate an understanding of the characteristics of Eastern European immigration. Systematic research on Eastern European immigrants could increase the understanding of today's diverse immigrant population and their adaptation to the new society.
... Eastern European immigrants' human capital (education level), length of US residence and thei..., Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia, and three aspirants, Albania, Croat...
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....S., Finland, Germany, Czech Republic and Slovakia, will participate. "It's a good, high-profile even... event here, as once again, the Manitoba capital rides in with a solution to a Hockey Canada issue....
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... like the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, and the Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia, and ... areas of emphasis include abolishing capital punishment and torture, support for the Internatio...
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The common phenomenon in all these countries is transition fatigue," said Gergely Hudecz, a political analyst with the DZ Bank in Budapest. "The electorate has had enough of reforms.
"People thought there was something like a Marshall Plan for the eastern part of Europe that would automatically allow us to reach the richest countries in the union," [Mikulas Dzurinda] told The Associated Press. "Now I notice something like frustration."
Still, 15 years ago, "we produced tanks and military goods for all armies of the former Soviet bloc and we produced no car, no automobile," he said. "Now Slovakia produces no tanks but one million cars per year."
...-government rallies rock the Hungarian capital. Political intrigue in Poland holds up new roads a...