Coronavirus: Commission proposes €3 billion macro-financial assistance package to support ten EU neighbouring countries Coronavirus: Commission proposes €3 billion macro-financial assistance package to support ten EU neighbouring countries The Commission has adopted a proposal for a €3 billion macro-financial assistance (MFA) package to ten enlargement and neighbourhood partners to help them to
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Letter to the EC: WB6 ministers react on EU’s export restriction on medical equipment
Letter to the EC: WB6 ministers react on EU's export restriction on medical equipment FM Darmanović and regional heads of diplomacy send letter to EC: Western Balkans to exempt from export restrictions on medical equipment. FM Darmanović and Western Balkan heads of diplomacy send letter to EC: WB6 to be exempt
EU Response to CoVID19 – Western Balkans
EU Response to CoVID19 - Western Balkans EU Response to CoVID19 - Western Balkans As part of the global response to the coronavirus outbreak, the European Commission has announced up to €38 million in immediate support for the Western Balkans to tackle the health emergency caused by coronavirus and reallocation of €374
CoVID-19: Montenegro makes ports available to Balkan countries
covid-19 : PM Markovic tells WB leaders: Closing markets and blocking resources is not European behaviour, Montenegro makes ports available to neighbours CoVID-19: PM Markovic tells WB leaders: Closing markets and blocking resources is not European behaviour, Montenegro makes ports available to neighbours Prime Minister Duško Marković spoke today with Austrian Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz,
The Economic Momentum of Western Balkan Countries
South Eastern Europe Economy in Focus
When leaders of the EU’s current 28 members gathered last month to discuss membership applications from Albania and North Macedonia, there was optimism that the accession process would be given a green light. But a small group of countries, led by France, objected to starting detailed talks with the Western
Western Balkans Summit Poznan 2019 held
estern Balkans Summit 2019: Poland welcomed the Heads of Government of the Berlin Process participants, as well as representatives of the European Institutions, International Financial Institutions, OECD, the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), and the Regional Youth Cooperation Office. The Poznan Summit builds on the previous Berlin, Vienna, Paris, Trieste and London
Roaming Fees dropped in the South-Eastern Europe
Starting 1.7.2019, citizens and businesses in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo* and Serbia will pay less while using their mobile phones when they are roaming within the region. Consumers will see a substantial reduction of their roaming charges within the region, with calls becoming up to eight times
Priorities for the future of the WB6 – Western Balkans Six
estern Balkan Six (WB6) comprise Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo* and Republic of Macedonia, with a total population of about 18 million and a GDP of approximately €80 billion. While the region had seen above EU average growth rates of 5.3% in the early 2000s, today these economies show
Montenegro: Council for Cooperation with Emigrants established
ccording to the Law on cooperation with emigrants, Government of Montenegro has nominated members of the Council for cooperation with emigrants. The Council has 77 members, and is composed for emigrants, Government and other institution representatives, as well as other persons, according to the law. The members of the Council are: Emigrant members: ALBANIA:
WB6 Berlin Summit 2016: A new impulse for regional cooperation
he six Western Balkan economies – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia – are united by the common goal of joining the EU. However, they still face divisions, both infrastructural and political, and are confronted, among other things, by a dire economic
