...Petra Guasti The main focus of this article is the role of organized civil society in facilitating citizen engagement in Central and East European new EU member states after the EU accession and the recent economic crises. Using international comparative methodologies and data this article analyses...

...Nikolay Nenovsky; Kiril Tochkov; Camelia Turcu This paper traces the origins of the different monetary regimes adopted in Bulgaria and Romania in 1996–97 and examines their performance during the EU accession. The findings indicate that the constraints of the currency board in Bulgaria shifted...

... common denominator between them. But equally and more interestingly, there are distinctive national features which now, as bloc history recedes, are coming increasingly to the fore. 2009 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The Regents of the University of California. Keywords: Notary; EU accession...

.../$ - see frontmatter 2009Published byElsevier Ltd on behalf of TheRegents of theUniversity ofCalifornia. doi:10.1016/j.postcomstud.2009.07.001The unbearable lightness of membership: Bulgaria and Romania after the 2007 EU accession Svetlozar A. Andreev Committee of the Regions, University of Kent, Brussels...

...Phillip J. Bryson In the transition experience, the Czech and Slovak Republics have made some effort to achieve fiscal decentralization. From independence to EU accession, the devolution of power designed to strengthen the autonomy of local governments according to the principles of subsidiarity...

... by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2006 The Regents of the University of California EU accession EU and conflict management Czech Republic Austria Nuclear power Temelín The Temel ´n nuclear power plant and the European Union in AustrianeCzech relations Rick Fawn* School...