The underying idea behand the foundation of the European Union is a single, integrated
and competitive market. The future of the entire Western Balkans region (Albania, Bosnia …

Purpose: In this paper, we lay out the analysis and provide an overview of the functions
carried out by the national competition authorities in the Western Balkan countries and …

Competition policy in the Western Balkan countries has recently gained in significance, in
parallel with the acceleration of their EU accession process. Competition policy played a …

Regional cooperation among the parliaments from Western Balkan countries started in
2004, when the idea of conducting a regional project that focuses on the role of parliaments …

The control of state aid allocation is an important part of competition policy, due to the
selective nature of state aid and possibility of favoring market participants. Establishing of …

The establishment of a favourable legal and institutional framework is a crucial precondition
for the successful implementation of the transition process in ex-socialist countries. The …

The aim of this paper is to determine competitiveness level of eight South East European
countries (SEE-8) with special focus on Western Balkan Countries (WBs). Robust data base …

This article looks at the post-accession difficulties of new member states to fulfill the
demands of EU membership and considers the degree of Europeanization in the area of …

In the process of negotiations with the EU candidate countries, one of the acquis chapters
related to the sectoral issues, is the competitiveness policy on the closure of which depends …

This article aims to examine the changes of National competitiveness in Bulgaria and
Lithuania in the context of economical integration into European Union (EU). The integration …