Eastern Europe

Economy

• Recovering from a deep recession
• Jobless rates in the region climbed to about 10 percent
• 4.7 million people jobless
• Car production is where most of the jobs are
• Car production is said to increase economy by 3.7%

Economy Continued

• Downward economic growth begins to slow down
• Expect economy to grow 1.9% in 2015
• Benefiting from increased domestic consumption
• Low amounts of exports

Childhood Problems

• Most children are growing up with only one parent
• Living arrangement begin to put a strain on the children
• Many families are in distress
• Physical force when it comes to punishment
• Lack of birth registration

Religious Problems

• Religious freedom is still an issue
• Divided churches
• Mix of religions cause religious tension
• Competition between state and religion
• Churches are forced to face religious differences

New Europe Old Problems

• Facing problems from 20yrs ago 
• Time before collapse of Soviet Union
• Falling economy
• Living in the past of communism and old government
• Can't resolve old problems, so how can they ever resolve new problems

Political Crisis

• Canada is setting jets to attack Eastern Europe
• Huge social and political crisis rising
• NATO is sending support to Eastern Europe
• Troops in the face of Russia
• Trying to ease tension with Russia

Resources

• http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-22/eastern-european-unemployment-rate...
• http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-05-15/east-european-gdp-growth-quicke...
• http://www.childinfo.org/files/disparities.pdf
• http://www.focus-economics.com/en/economy/region-outlook/Eastern_Europe
• http://www.economist.com/node/8864317

Resources Continued

• http://assembly.coe.int/ASP/Doc/XrefViewHTML.asp?FileID=9678&Language=en
• http://www.neweasterneurope.eu/about-nee/advertise-with-nee/1014-issue/1014...