The current format of negotiations on the normalisation of relations between Serbia and Kosovo under the auspices of the EU has come to a complete standstill...
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Ratings agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P) has affirmed its long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on Albania at B+/B, with a...
NATO continues to expand its reach throughout emerging Europe. The alliance is set to open an airbase in Albania, which will be NATO’s first in the Western Balkans. The...
French bank Société Générale has officially announced that 99.74 per cent of its Bulgarian assets (held in Société Générale Expressbank) have been bought by DSK Bank...
A number of emerging European countries rank amongst the worst in the world for modern slavery, according to the 2018 Global Slavery Index (GSI), published by The Walk...
Albania has taken measures to reduce plastic waste and pollution by introducing a ban on the import, manufacture, use and sale of lightweight plastic bags. The country’s...
Advanced economies remain the global leaders in trade logistics, finds Connecting to Compete, a new World Bank Group report. Across the board, most countries have...
Albanian women are stepping into the agriculture sector. In the village of Qelëz in the Puke region, the female community have built 10 greenhouses and the first local...
In a report published on July 12, the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) acknowledges the progress made by Albania in implementing its...
The London summit on the Western Balkans which took place on July 9 and 10 was another event that, as part of the Berlin Process, reiterated the EU’s commitment to the...
Fifteen years ago, during the EU summit in Thessaloniki in 2003, EU leaders promised the Balkan countries that the door to EU membership would be open to them. Today...
After a lengthy debate, the EU Council has concluded that Skopje and Tirana will be able to open accession talks in June 2019 if they make sufficient progress towards...
