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 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   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 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

Ministers exchanged views on enlargement and the stabilization and association process, focusing on Albania and the Republic of North Macedonia. They gave their political agreement to the opening of accession negotiations with both countries. On this basis, a written procedure has been launched for the formal adoption of Council conclusions. It is

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 EU decided last month not to open membership talks with Albania and North Macedonia just yet and a broader discussion on the future of the EU is ongoing. But there is positive economic momentum in the Western Balkans, with more foreign investment coming in, and it needs to be

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

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

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

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

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