Dates to watch in 2013

11.-12.1. The Czechs elect their president, for the first time by a direct vote 

15.-16.1. Euromoney conference – The Central and Eastern European Forum – will be held in Vienna

14.2. Flash estimates of the 4Q2012 GDP will be released

February - Latvia officially applies for Eurozone membership

19.3. Energy conference "Inside Ukraine" of The Economist magazine to be held in Vienna

22.4. Eurostat published 2012 debt and deficit figures for EU countries

30.4. Slovak Council for Budget Responsibility will publish its first estimate of the country's "net wealth"

2.5. The Governing Council of the ECB will meet in Bratislava, Slovakia

May – ECB's  Convergence Report will most probably conclude that Latvia has met all criteria and may join the Eurozone in 2014

around 20.6. – Eurostat to publish GDP per capita in PPS, the 2012 figures. Slovakia will have matched Portugal and Greece.

1.7. Croatia becomes the 28th member of the EU

around 22.10. – Eurostat will publish estimates whether the countries meet their three-percent public finance deficit targets in 2013

November – TREND magazine awards Slovak firm, bank and an insurance company of the year

Europe according to GDP per capita

Eurostat's data for 2010 supplemented with missing countries (e.g., Ukraine, Kosovo) from the IMF and the World Bank.

Most Productive Regions of the Former Eastern Bloc

Here are the economic centers of Central and Eastern Europe, as seen by the Eurostat and their GDP per capita rank (% of the EU27 average in PPS):

Europe According to Slovaks

My contribution to the "Europe According to" mania :)