Country Risk Rating
Hungary
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...
2010-02-25Lithuania
According to a statement by Lithuania's Finance Ministry in late February, the government of Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius is planning on setting a firm target date for eurozone...
2010-02-25Estonia
Ratings agencies Fitch and S&P both raised their outlooks for Estonia's sovereign rating to 'stable' from 'negative' on the back of an increasingly favourable outlook for...
2010-02-22Lithuania
Latest unemployment data from Statistics Lithuania shows official unemployment spiking to 13.8% in Q3, up from 5.9% at the same point last year. More importantly from a social stability...
2010-01-28Slovenia
On December 30, the government of Slovenia announced plans to syndicate a benchmark bond worth at least EUR1.0bn in 2010 for budget financing. While a specific date for the issue...
2010-01-22Estonia
A draft Estonian law intended to change regulations governing the statistics office has been criticised by the European Central Bank (ECB) as increasing political influence over the...
2010-01-22Estonia
The Estonian parliament approved the government's 2010 budget plan on December 9. The vote passed comfortably with 55 members in favour and only 39 votes against in the 101-seat Riigikogu....
2009-12-17Slovakia
Smer remains the most dominant political force in the country, and will undoubtedly form the next government following the parliamentary election, in our view. Indeed, in a survey...
2009-11-20
