MIREES - Master of Arts in
Interdisciplinary Research and Studies on Eastern Europe

The Turkish Economy on the Way to the European Union: Facts and Figures

by prof. Mesut Eren

With over eight percent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in 2010, Turkey is the fastest growing economy in the European region. But this dynamic economy is still not being welcomed into the European Union with open arms. Under the rubric of the MIREES Open Lecture series, Prof. Mesut Eren presented the main facts and figures of the Turkish economy, and along with the students, speculated on some of the reasons why the EU resistance...

17th CEI International Summer School

Beyond Enlargement.
The Wider Europe and the New Neighbourhood

Faenza, Palazzo dei Naldi di Bondiolo
Via San Giovanni Bosco 1- Faenza - Italy

The CEI International Summer School "Beyond Enlargement. The Wider Europe and the New Neighbourhood" will take place in Faenza, from Sunday 4th to Saturday 17th September 2011.

Since 1995 the “Europe and the Balkans International Network - Centre for Eastern European and Balkan Studies”, established by the University of Bologna, has been organising a yearly Summer School for post-graduate students from Eastern Europe and from the European Union. Up to the ninth edition, held in 2003, the School was entitled “Post-Communist Transition and European Integration Processes". Starting from 2004 the School has the title: "Beyond Enlargement. The Wider Europe and the New Neighbourhood". This title change is explained by the enlargement of the EU towards ten East European Countries in 2004, seven of them belonging to the CEI area that represents the conclusion of the so called "post-communist transition", at least for this part of Eastern Europe. The recent policy of the EU on “Greater Europe and the new neighbourhood” offers new rooms for an interaction between...