Jan Muś jest analitykiem w Zespole Bałkańskim Instytutu Europy Środkowej w Lublinie.
Jan Muś, PhD, works as an analyst in the Balkan Department at the Institute of Central Europe in Lublin, Poland.
The relations between the EU and the Western Balkans have been based on wrong assumptions that the liberalization of trade between the two blocks will solve the problems of the latter. The scenario, which was so successful...
In a published quarterly report on the current account Slovenia’s central bank provides some apparently optimistic numbers. And so between January and April 2020, Slovenia’s current account surplus amounted to EUR1.1bn,...
The Croatian government plans to make another step towards joining the Eurozone in the second half of 2020, following few exercises recently carried out by the European Central Bank and the relevant Croatian authorities.
Before the outbreak of the pandemic the unemployment in the Western Balkans dropped significantly, but it is still unclear how the pandemic will affect the labor market in the region. There is some hope due to the idea of...
Croatian economy is especially prone to international shocks. Dramatic spread of coronavirus, followed by drastic fall in supply&demand chains badly affected Croatian economy, which did not even have enough time to...
The most recent Corruption Perception Index of Transparency International shows some disquieting facts concerning the Southeast Europe. Doing business there requires a different perspective on corruption and nepotism, which,...
Most of the Southeast European member states show decrease in the government debt as a share of GDP, as shown in a report published by the Eurostat. The EU debt as a share of GDP declined slightly in the Q3’19 q/q. In the...
The EU has been present on the Macedonian market for years and European FDI stimulates the high-value exports and lowers the trade deficit benefiting both parties.
IntraCEFTA trade of Albania reflects a relatively strong economic ties with the neighbors, although it constitutes only a small part of overall foreign exchange of this country.
Signing and implementation of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (cefta) by Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has been marked by few setbacks, notably in area of agricultural products. Over 10 years later CEFTA still cause...