25th Edition

Central and South-Eastern Europe 2025

Edited By Europa Publications Copyright 2025
840 Pages
by Routledge

A comprehensive survey of the countries and territories of this region, incorporating the latest economic and political developments. General Survey Essays by acknowledged experts in the region cover a variety of topical issues. In addition, appendices discuss the religions of the region and the Russian Baltic territory of Kaliningrad. Country Surveys Individual chapters for each... Read more

PART ONE General Survey

  

Politics and Populism in the Visegrad States

 

KAREN HENDERSON

 

The Impact of the People’s Republic of China in South-Eastern Europe

 

ANASTAS VANGELI

 

Russian Influence in South-Eastern Europe

 

DIMITAR BECHEV

 

The Baltic Transformation: From Communist Subjugation to Democratic Sovereignty

 

SANDIS ŠRĀDERS

 

Modern Greece in South-Eastern Europe

 

OTHON ANASTASAKIS

 

 

 

Appendix 1: The Religions of the Region

 

 

Appendix 2: The Kaliningrad Region

  

PART TWO Country Surveys

Sections on geography, chronology, history and economy, as well as statistical surveys, directories and bibliographies for each country

 

 

ALBANIA

 

 

History

 

KLODIANA BESHKU (revised by GENTIOLA MADHI)

 

Economy

 

LUCA J. UBERTI

 

 

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

 

 

History

 

MARKO ATTILA HOARE

 

 

Economy

 

WILL BARTLETT

 

 

BULGARIA

 

 

History

 

EMILIA ZANKINA

 

 

Economy

 

DANIELA BOBEVA (revised by CVETE KONESKA)

 

 

CROATIA

 

 

History

 

MARCUS TANNER

 

 

Economy

 

TENA PRELEC

 

 

THE CZECH REPUBLIC (CZECHIA)

 

 

History

 

FILIP KOSTELKA

 

 

Economy

 

LENKA FILIPOVÁ and Dr MARIOLA PYTLIKOVÁ

 

 

ESTONIA

 

 

History

 

ANDRES KASEKAMP

 

 

Economy

 

URMAS VARBLANE

 

 

GREECE

 

 

History

 

DAVID LEA

 

 

Economy

 

ROBERT E. LOONEY

 

HUNGARY

 

 

History

 

TOBIAS SPÖRI

 

 

Economy

 

GÁBOR SCHEIRING and MÁTÉ VERES

 

 

KOSOVO

 

 

History

 

OTHON ANASTASAKIS

 

 

Economy

 

LUCA J. UBERTI

 

 

LATVIA

 

 

History

 

INDRA EKMANIS

 

 

Economy

 

DAUNIS AUERS

 

 

LITHUANIA

 

 

History

 

KĘSTUTIS GIRNIUS

 

 

Economy

 

KĘSTUTIS GIRNIUS (revised by CVETE KONESKA)

 

 

MONTENEGRO

 

 

History

 

FLORIAN BIEBER (revised by CLAUDIA LAŠTRO)

 

 

Economy

 

MILENA KONATAR AND JOVAN ƉURAŠKOVIĆ 

 

 

NORTH MACEDONIA

 

 

History

 

DIMITAR BECHEV

 

 

Economy

 

WILL BARTLETT

 

 

POLAND

 

 

History

 

ANITA J. PRAZMOWSKA

 

 

Economy

 

ANNA VISVIZI

 

 

ROMANIA

 

 

History

 

TOM GALLAGHER

 

 

Economy

 

CVETE KONESKA

 

SERBIA

 

 

History

 

MARKO ATTILA HOARE

 

 

Economy

 

CVETE KONESKA

 

 

Autonomous Province:

 

Vojvodina

 

Bibliography

 

 

SLOVAKIA

 

 

History

 

ANDREW RYDER

 

 

Economy

 

ANDREW RYDER

 

 

SLOVENIA

 

 

History

 

CATHIE CARMICHAEL

 

 

Economy

 

ALEN TOPLIŠEK

 

 

PART THREE Who’s Who of Central and South-Eastern Europe

 

 

PART FOUR Regional Information

 

 

REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

 

 

RESEARCH INSTITUTES

 

 

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS)

 

 

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (PERIODICALS)

 

 

Index of Regional Organizations

Biography

Europa Publications’ regional publications are compiled by a team of editors and researchers, with introductory and country-specific material provided by specialists in their field.