EU and EBRD step up access to finance for SME in Western Balkans EU and EBRD step up access to finance for SME in Western Balkans Businesses to benefit from €85 million joint package to ease impacts of COVID-19 pandemic. The European Union (EU) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

OECD has published a document "CoVID-19 Crisis in Montenegro". Here are their findings on socio-economic issues in Montenegro Montenegro Anti-Covid19 measures Developments: On 25 April 2020, the National Coordination Body announced the plan to mitigate measures in four phases (the first phase covering the lockdown measures), with the final aim to

Cabinet's decisions made without holding session (15/05/20) Montenegro Montenegro Cabinet's decisions made without holding session (15/05/20) The Montenegrin Cabinet, without holding a session and based on the obtained consent of the majority of members, gave its consent on Thursday, 14 May, to Amend the Medium-Term Plan of the Investment and Development Fund

Building shared consensus on data - €3million in CEF grants for Blockchain Building shared consensus on data - €3million in CEF grants for Blockchain The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) is making €3 million grant funding available for projects looking to contribute to the European Blockchain Service Infrastructure (EBSI). Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies have

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

Tourism Ministers voiced strong support for national and EU measures for the swift and effective recovery of tourism sector Tourism Ministers voiced strong support for national and EU measures for the swift and effective recovery of tourism sector The tourism sector has experienced an immense and unexpected decline in demand due to

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

Alliance for Montenegro - economic package presented- PM Marković presents Government's new package of economic measures to recover from coronavirus pandemic: Recovery path will not be easy, but we will come out of this stronger Alliance for Montenegro - economic package presented PM Marković presents Government's new package of economic measures to

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

Coronavirus Economic Impact: Montenegro plans a response PM of Montenegro forms working group to develop plan of measures to support economy, entrepreneurs and citizens to address impact of coronavirus pandemic   Prime Minister of Montenegro Duško Marković formed today a working group to prepare proposals for a new package of measures to support Montenegrin

Fundraising campaign against CoVID19 in Montenegro Continues Fundraising campaign against CoVID19 in Montenegro Continues Donation of EUR half a million to the National Coordination Body for Communicable Diseases by Samih Sawiris, owner of Orascom development, which is building the tourist resort Luštica bay in Montenegro, confirmed the statement made by Prime Minister