A new Western Balkans trade and transport facilitation project worth 140 million US dollars will reduce both time and cost of trade across the Western Balkans. The World Bank project will finance the design, development, and implementation of...
Tag - Albania
Participants at the second Western Balkans Digital Summit have signed an agreement that will significantly lower roaming costs in the countries of the region. The...
Economic growth in the Western Balkans accelerated from 2.6 per cent in 2017 to 3.8 per cent in 2018 and is projected to average 3.7 per cent in 2019-20, according to...
Hungarian banking group OTP has completed the acquisition of Banka Societe Generale Albania (SGAL), the Albanian subsidiary of the Société Générale Group. “I am...
The US State Department has named Albania as both a source country of cannabis and, increasingly, a transit country for cocaine and heroin commanded largely by organised...
Kosovo has banned all forms of gambling for the next 10 years in an attempt to crack down on crime after two members of staff were murdered in separate incidents at...
The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) has published its new growth forecasts for economies in CESEE up to 2021. The main conclusion of the...
Croatia’s parliament has proposed changes to the country’s companies law in order to facilitate the easier establishment of enterprises in the country. Among...
A selection of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them here...
Young people across Central and Eastern Europe are unsurprisingly claiming that corruption is the single biggest problem facing the region. A number have also –...
Labour market performance in the Western Balkans continued to improve, albeit at a slower pace than the previous year and despite stronger economic growth in the region...
A selection of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them here...
