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EBRD Adopts New Country Strategy For Montenegro
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has adopted a new country strategy for Montenegro for the period 2021-2026 with three priorities:
Strengthen private sector competitiveness
The EBRD’s key priority in...
Bulgaria: EIB And Sofia Municipality Sign €60 Million Loan For Sustainable Mobility Projects
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Sofia Municipality have signed a €60 million framework loan to promote sustainable urban mobility in Bulgaria’s capital. The...
Why Cutting Western Balkans’ Roaming Prices Is Good For Consumers And Businesses
CEO of Telekom Srbija Group, a provider of fixed-line, mobile, television and internet communication services to over 11 million...
Construction Starts On Electricity Interconnector Between Albania And North Macedonia
Work has started on the construction of a new power substation in Ohrid, a key component of the...
Schengen Enlargement Could Revitalise EU Integration Process In Western Balkan
Bulgaria, Croatia, and Romania, alongside Cyprus and Ireland, represent the only EU member states outside of the border-free...
ReLOaD 2 – Strengthening The Partnership Between Local Authorities And Civil Society
The second phase of the Regional Programme on Local Democracy in the Western Balkans (ReLOaD2), worth 13.5 million...
Hungary’s 4iG Signs Agreement To Buy Telenor Montenegro
4iG, Hungarian IT service management company, has signed a non-binding agreement to acquire Telenor Montenegro from PPF Group,...
EU – Western Balkans Ministerial Meeting On Employment And Social Affairs
A meeting of the EU-Western Balkans Minister for Labor and Social Policy was held within the Slovenian Presidency...
EIB President Werner Hoyer Lauds Achievements Of The Berlin Process
Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), the bank of the European Union, spoke at the...
North Macedonia To Exit Coal By 2027
North Macedonia will be the first country in the Western Balkans to quit coal. The country will close...
Roaming Free Region with EU Support
Today, the “Roam Like at Home” regime in the Western Balkans enters into force. From 1 July, all...
EU Announces 30-bln-Euro Investment Plan In Western Balkans
The European Union (EU) plans to invest around 30 billion euros (36.5 billion U.S. dollars) in the Western...
Team Europe: EIB Supports Serbia’s Energy Security With €25 Million
A new gas interconnector will connect the city of Niš with the Bulgarian capital Sofia. This will considerably...
New Enlargement Methodology Will Be Applied To Montenegro And Serbia
The Council agreed on the application of the revised enlargement methodology to the accession negotiations with Montenegro and...
Germany, Slovakia Oppose ‘Disjointing’ Albania’s, North Macedonia’s EU Path
After the EU Enlargement Commissioner suggested separating the start of Albania's and North Macedonia's EU membership talks, Germany...
Prime Minister Edi Rama Wins Third Mandate In Albanian Elections
Albania’s ruling Socialist Party (SP), led by Prime Minister Edi Rama, has won Sunday’s election with 48% of...
Greece Removes Quarantine For Travellers From EU And Other Countries
Greece has lifted its quarantine requirement for travellers from the European Union provided they have been vaccinated or...
Kosovo: Expectations High Following Elections, UN Envoy Tells Security Council
Recent elections in Kosovo reflected a strong desire for change, the head of the UN mission there, UNMIK,...
Skopje Launches Mass Coronavirus Vaccination With Russia’s Sputnik V
Vaccines are available for police officers, Interior Ministry employees, pharmacists, pre-school and school teachers as well as other...
Kosovo MPs Elect Lawyer Vjosa Osmani As President
The 38-year-old leader received backing from the parliament in a vote boycotted by a Serb party. Ex-President Hashim...
Romania Has 1.4 GW Of Wind Farms In The Pipeline
Romania could get another 1.4 GW of wind farms in the next five years. The investments are estimated...
EIB President Hoyer And Prime Minister Zaev Agree To Boost Green Investments
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will continue to invest in the social and economic development of the Republic...
Porsche Raises Stake In Croatia’s Rimac Automobili To 24%
German sports car manufacturer Porsche increased its stake in Croatian electric vehicle developer and producer Rimac Automobili to...
Romania’s Nuclearelectrica 2020 Net Profit Up 28%
Nuclearelectrica, the operator of Romania's sole nuclear power plant (NPP) Cernavoda, said on Thursday that its net profit...
Commission Launches The Secretariat Of A New Initiative For Coal Regions In The Western Balkans
The Secretariat of a new initiative to help coal regions in the Western Balkans and Ukraine transition away from...
Albin Kurti And His Left-Leaning Coalition Won Victory In Kosovo
Albin Kurti and his left-leaning coalition won a victory in Kosovo’s national election on February 14 — less...
Peter Stano: The Decision Of Kosovo On The Embassy In Jerusalem Is Regrettable
Brussels reminded Pristina that all the bloc's embassies are located in Tel Aviv
The European Union warned Kosovo on...
The EIB Group Boosts Financing For The Western Balkans In 2020
As presented at a press conference today, the European Investment Bank Group (EIB) invested €873 million in the Western...
Serbia’s EMS Acquires 5% Of Shares Of Montenegrin Power Transmission System
Transmission system operator (TSO) Elektromreža Srbije acquired 5% of the shares of Montenegrin TSO Crnogorski Elektroprenosni Sistem (CGES)...
Croatia’s LNG Terminal Starts Commercial Operation
Croatia’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility has started commercial operations on January 1, right on schedule.
The...
Romanian PM Promises More Aid To HoReCa
Romanian prime minister Ludovic Orban said he favored extending the technical unemployment benefits to the firms subject to...
Oil And Gas Industry Commits To New Framework To Monitor, Report And Reduce Methane Emissions
In a move that will help tackle one of the biggest and most solvable contributors to the climate...
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Swiss Regent Lighting Opens Factory In Serbia
Swiss company Regent Lighting opened a factory in Svilajnac, central Serbia.
The factory has an area of 6,500 square meters...
€177.6m For Development Of Digital Economy, Innovative Business
Prime Minister Ana Brnabic chaired today the first session of the Council for Encouraging the Development of Digital Economy,...
FDA Panel Backs COVID-19 Boosters Only For Elderly And High-Risk
Dealing the White House a stinging setback, a US government advisory panel overwhelmingly rejected a plan Friday to give...
EIB Continues Supporting Faster And Greener Economic Growth And EU Accession Of Serbia
The European Investment Bank (EIB), the bank of the European Union, will continue to provide hands-on support for fast,...
EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajcak To Visit Serbia
The European Union Special Representative (EUSR) for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue and other Western Balkan regional issues, Miroslav Lajčák, will...