Political Risk

BMI View: A renewed drive to privatise Croatian state-owned industries is promising but we are concerned about the timeline of the process being delayed as has been the case in previous... 2006-10-05

BMI View: The preliminary results of the Bosnian parliamentary and presidential elections on October 1 suggest that difficult political times will be ahead. The constitutional structure... 2006-10-02

BMI View: Bulgaria and Romania will enter the European Union on January 1, 2007, though will face the strictest monitoring conditions of any accession states to date. We believe... 2006-09-27

BMI View: The source of jubilation for Romania and Bulgaria this week, coveted EU membership in 2007, also brought bad news for EU candidate Croatia, and aspiring neighbours Serbia,... 2006-09-27

BMI View: Macedonia still needs to settle its dispute with Greece over the right to use the name 'Republic of Macedonia'. This is a key issue which will need to be resolved before... 2006-09-18

BMI View: A series of bomb attacks at end-August will have only a limited impact on BMI's view of both security and political risk.

BMI View: The elections on October 1 are key for Bosnia. This will be the last time the country goes to the polls before the UN High Representative gives up his formal powers to intervene... 2006-09-04

BMI View: Having spent two months putting together a seven-party administration, the new Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation (VMRO-DPMNE)-led government of Prime Minister... 2006-09-04

BMI View: The will to accede has prompted heroic efforts to pass legislation from a recalled Romanian parliament this summer. However, the glue that binds the ruling coalition... 2006-08-18

BMI View: Israel's foray into Lebanon on July 12 was bound to lead to parallels being drawn in Turkish minds about their grievances with Kurdish guerrillas based in northern Iraq,... 2006-07-31