1. Introduction.- 2. Convergence of the EU member states in Central-Eastern and South Eastern Europe (EU11): a framework for convergence inside a close regional cooperation.- 3. Towards a new growth model in CESEE: three challenges ahead.- 4. Regional dynamics in EU11.- 5. How the European Union made Poland European Again.- 6. Transformation of the financing and foreign trade model of the Hungarian economy after EU accession.- 7. Macroeconomic trends in the Baltic States before and after accession to the EU.- 8. Bulgaria and Romania: The Latecomers to the Eastern Enlargement.- 9. Convergence of non-EU countries in the CESEE region.