“1989, the year of the European reunion, was a key year for the European continent and marked the beginning of an era of enormous political, social and economic development – especially in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) . This era came to a temporary end in 2008 when the first signs of the most serious financial crisis of recent history started to spill over from West to East. Today, the markets have stabilized and the economic outlooks are encouraging, although both the recent tensions in Ukr
In May 2004, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Cyprus and Malta joined the European Union (EU). Ten years later, the analysts of Raiffeisen Research look at the performance of the five Central European (CE) member countries in a special report and conclude that the EU enlargement was a success story – not only for the CE region, but also for Austria.
Leading ophthalmologists at the University Hospital "Alexandrovska" performed free eye examinations of more than 200 children under the age of 10 in the Municipal Library in Karlovo. The examinations are part of the University Hospital’s project "Do good - free eye examinations for children up to the age of 10". 12 394 Levs were raised to support the project within the fifth donation campaign of Raiffeisenbank "Choose to Help" 2013. The Library, which is a kind host of the charitatble initiative