The Western Balkan region is expected to enter a recession in 2020, with all six countries forecast to experience negative growth as they continue to grapple with the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Regional growth in the Western Balkans is forecast to be between -3 and -5.6 percent, according to
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Macro-financial assistance package: €3 billion to the EU neighborhood
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
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
Ensuring availability of essential goods to Western Balkan countries
Ensuring availability of essential goods to Western Balkan countries Ensuring availability of essential goods to Western Balkan countries Joint proposal prepared by the Permanent Secretariat of the Transport Community and the CEFTA Secretariat to facilitate the transport and trade of essential goods within the Western Balkans The spreading of COVID-19 in the last
Initiative for regional conference on defence against coronavirus
Initiative for regional conference on defense against coronavirus Initiative for regional conference on defence against coronavirus The World Health Organization fully supports the initiative of Prime Minister of Montenegro Duško Marković to organise a regional conference on defence against coronavirus – WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge told the Montenegrin Prime Minister today. PM Marković said,
CoVID-19: EU stands by Montenegro in the fight against Coronavirus
EU stands by Montenegro in the fight against COVID-19 EU stands by Montenegro in the fight against COVID-19 The European Union (EU) stands by Montenegro and all countries of the Western Balkans, to help them address both the COVID-19 outbreak and its aftermath. The EU has made available €3 million to address some
The Economic Momentum of Western Balkan Countries
Montenegro takes over the Central European Initiative CEI presidency
The Heads of Government of the CEI Member States or their representatives as well as high-level representatives of international and regional organizations and institutions gathered in Rome on 19 December for the concluding event of the Italian CEI Presidency, the CEI Summit. PV @DuskoMarkovicCG danas u Rimu, na poziv PV 🇮🇹@GiuseppeConteIT na
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
EU-MKD-ALB: A geo-strategic and historic mistake of the EU
EESC criticizes European Council decision to deny the opening of accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania, it's a geo-strategic and historic mistake The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is deeply disappointed about EU leaders' decision to further postpone opening accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania at the European
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