Economic Convergence and Intra Regional Foreign Direct Investment in the European Union DIMITRIOS KYRKILIS University of Macedonia Thessaloniki, Greece PANTELIS PANTELIDIS University of Piraeus Piraeus, Greece Dimitrios Kyrkilis, Assistant Professor, Department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies, University of Macedonia, 156 Egnatia str., GR 54006, Thessaloniki, Greece. Tel: 30-31-290475, fax: 30-31-286590, e-mail: dkirkilis@bstdb.org Pantelis Pantelidis, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Piraeus, 80 Karaoli and Dimitriou str., GR-18534, Piraeus, Greece. Tel: 30-1- 4142293, fax: 30-1-4142328, e-mail: pantel@unipi.gr Key words: regional integration, economic convergence, FDI. Type of paper: Competitive paper.