Outgoing Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai warned the country's main political parties on February 22 of the potential rise of the far-right Jobbik party in April's upcoming elections, calling the party a 'monster that threatened democracy'. Jobbik (which campaigns on a broadly ethnic-nationalist policy platform)'s popularity has increased steadily throughout the economy's... 2010-02-25

Industrial production in Ukraine continues to rebound according to latest data from the State Statistics Committee, with output expanding 11.8% y-o-y in January, compared to growth of 7.4% and 8.6% in December and November respectively. In contrast, at the same point last year, output fell 34.1% y-o-y. Though a tentative macroeconomic recovery across the region has certainly helped... 2010-02-26

We forecast the level of public sector debt in Slovenia to rise further in 2010, to 48.0% of GDP. A weak macroeconomic recovery will keep budget revenues weighed down, while the government's ongoing fiscal stimulus will simultaneously elevate expenditures. Beyond 2011, an expected regional and domestic demand recovery should lower the public sector borrowing requirement and as... 2010-03-01