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The aim of the paper is to establish the future intervention priorities in building a new programme that would target the economic development in the research area. The used methodology included an adapted A'WOT analysis - an initial SWOT analysis and a prioritization of the items through an expert questionnaire. In the present paper we analyze the experts' opinions and the areas where intervention is needed for the optimum strategies for the 2014-2020 financial frame. These should rely on the strengths in the Guidelines for Applicants, the rules for projects implementation and the institutional system, it should consider changes on the weak points concerning the programme objectives, the Guidelines for Applicants and the beneficiaries consultations, it should make use of opportunities coming from the crossborder status, European Union frame and economic opportunities and overcome the differences coming from crossborder status, membership of two different supranational structures and the economic gaps. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper measures changes in environmental quality in transition countries from 1987 to 2000 because of economic growth and environmental reforms. Indication of property rights may accelerate the growth process, as well as the composition effect on the environment. Thus, we compare transition countries that are not yet members of the European Union offering poorly defined property rights with EU-member transition countries offering better-defined property rights. We find that although EU-member transition countries exhibit an inverted U-shaped relationship between pollution intensity and economic growth, with a turning point at $5,710, non EU-member transition countries do not support such a relation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The financial crisis has highlighted the need for an EU framework for bank recovery and resolution. The European Commission proposed on Wednesday a series of measures to introduce European standards in terms of bank recovery and resolution. These standards ensure that in future the authorities will have the means to intervene decisively before the onset of both problems, and in the first phase of a possible crisis. The proposed tools are divided into powers of "prevention", "early intervention" and "resolution". This article aims to show what exactly to aspect from these measures and what European Bank Union means. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]