Image: Informo.bg Situation in the Western Balkans A key element of the European Union’s (EU) conditionality in the Western Balkans for accession is regional cooperation. The aspiring countries must cooperate with each other by, for example, reducing trade barriers and improving intra-regional infrastructure. This analysis will review the development (or […]
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Photo: imperiya.by Part 2: the liberal economic reforms, the troubled 70s and lessons for contemporary Bulgaria 1965 Economic Reforms In order to address the structural problems of Yugoslavia’s foreign-trade policy, the Belgrade government introduced a major economic reform in 1965, which was a “complete abandonment” of classical Marxist theory (Margold, […]
Photo: imperiya.by Part 1: Yugoslavia between the regional trade blocs (1948-65) The Balkans was a politically and ideologically diverse region during the Cold War. Bulgaria and Romania were parties to the Warsaw Pact, Albania sided with the People’s Republic of China during the Sino-Soviet split, after which the country was […]