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Slovenia / Political Risk
POLITICAL RISK - Coalition Test The coalition government is set to come under severe pressure as it attempts to implement a harsh austerity plan amid a deep recession. Surveys published by national daily Delo show government approval falling, while a vast majority are against sharp fiscal tightening. Furthermore, under pressure from Brussels and the opposition, the government is...
2013-05-24Macedonia / Economy
Macedonia's economy will return to growth this year following no growth in 2012. With industrial production growth back in positive, the coming months will likely see more confirmation...
2013-05-24Serbia / Economy
BMI View: Serbia's current account deficit has continued to widen over recent months, reaching an annualised 8% of GDP in Q113, in line with our forecast of 9% by year-end. While the...
2013-05-24Country Risk Rating
Slovenia
POLITICAL RISK - Coalition Test The coalition government is set to come under severe pressure as it attempts to implement a harsh austerity plan amid a deep recession. Surveys published...
2013-05-24Bosnia-Herzegovina
POLITICAL RISK - Poor Performance The European Parliament has again criticised Bosnia-Herzegovina for not making enough progress on legal and human rights reforms, endangering its integration...
2013-05-24Serbia
Serbia and Kosovo appear to be getting closer to implementing the recent European Union-brokered agreement, as the prime ministers of Serbia, Ivica Dačić, and Kosovo,...
2013-05-24Macedonia
The opening of EU accession talks for Macedonia are likely to suffer another setback as opposition to Macedonia's inclusion in the bloc has grown of late. Having managed to resolve...
2013-05-24Macedonia
Macedonia's economy will return to growth this year following no growth in 2012. With industrial production growth back in positive, the coming months will likely see more confirmation...
2013-05-24Serbia
BMI View: Serbia's current account deficit has continued to widen over recent months, reaching an annualised 8% of GDP in Q113, in line with our forecast of 9% by year-end. While the...
2013-05-24Macedonia
Budget outlays have been steadily on the rise in Macedonia, at a considerably faster pace than government intakes. In the first four months of 2013, total government expenditure rose...
2013-05-24Slovenia
BMI View: Unemployment in Slovenia ticked down in March for the first time in six months, coming in at 13.4%, from 13.6% in February. We currently forecast unemployment hitting 13.0%...
2013-05-24Romania
BMI View: Despite the Romanian authorities recently failing in a bid to privatise a large railway freight company, a requirement as part of the June review of the country's Stand-By...
2013-05-24Bosnia-Herzegovina
BMI View: The political crisis in the Muslim-Croat Federation will worsen after Prime Minister Nermin Niksic and seven other ministers from his party walked out of the government. Party...
2013-03-28Romania
The EU has further delayed a decision on whether Romania should be admitted to the EU's Schengen area of borderless travel, after a March 7 meeting of home-affairs ministers from the...
2013-03-15Albania
The Albanian government has been criticised by the EU Commission for planning to push forward its bid to become a member of the EU via a referendum. Stafan Fule, the EU commissioner...
2013-03-15
