Factsheets

Transport infrastructure - TEN-T projects
Development of transport infrastructure should help to unveil full potential of the European common market. Visegrad countries are integral part of some of the TEN-T priority transport axes.

Demographic changes and challenges
Ageing Visegrad
Like most developed countries also Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary will very soon face the situation, where fewer people will have to create the resources, which will have to change the structure of public finances.

Regional development and structural funds
Cohesion policy in Visegrad
Will the regions of Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia be able to take the full advantage of the major part of the EU cohesion funds still to be used in the current programming period? What are the main challenges and problems?
Euro versus national currencies in Visegrad countries
Slovakia was the first country in Visegrad which adopted euro as a national currency in January 2009. Due to financial and economic crisis and consequent problems with fulfilling convergence criteria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and also Poland postponed their plans for entering eurozone.
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