A Promise for Rapid Transformation of the Balkans
17 May 2018 was a special day for the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Hercegovina [BiH], Kosovo, [FYR] Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia; hereafter: WB6). On that day, the European Union (EU) WB6 summit took place in Sofia, confirming officia...
US withdrawal from the Iran Deal: Damage Minimization
Last Friday (May 18th), the European Commission announced the measures it will take to protect the European Union (EU) companies from adverse effec...
President Macron, One Year Later
This past May 7th marked the first anniversary of Emmanuel Macron s arrival in the Élysée Palace, heralding a change in the country....
What Will Be the Future Cost of Pensions?
According to the data published by the Polish Central Statistical Office (GUS), pension and disability pension entitlements of households accrued i...
Why are Polish students not interested in study loans?
The popularity of student loans varies significantly across countries. According to the OECD report Education at a Glance 2017 , almost 90% of Engl...
Poland’s budget deficit and public debt: Is the situation really as good as it looks at first gla...
According to the preliminary estimates published by the Polish Central Statistical Office on 4th of April, the general government deficit in Poland...
Post-Varna EU-Turkey Relations. Neither a break-through nor a break-up
The long-awaited European Union (EU) Turkey summit that took place in Varna, Bulgaria on March 26th ended on a rather bitter, if unsurprising note,...