With almost 1.6 million applications in 2017, the twelve countries of emerging Europe whose citizens needed visas to visit the 26 Schengen countries in 2017 accounted...
Tag - Macedonia
The Macedonian Ministry of Transport has applied to the European Investment Bank (EIB) for funding for two new infrastructure projects in the Kriva Palanka municipality...
NATO leaders agreed on July 11 to invite Macedonia to begin accession talks to join the Western alliance, extending its reach in the Balkans in defiance of Russia...
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...
The Bulgarian capital Sofia played host on July 7 to a 16+1 summit between China and 16 countries of emerging Europe which are part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative...
Santiago Croci, acting manager of the Doing Business Unit at the World Bank, talks to Shakhil Shah about the bank’s 2018 Doing Business report, and how its results...
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...
Greece has agreed to recognise its northern neighbour under a new name, the Republic of Northern Macedonia, ending a long-running and often bitter dispute over rival...
Whether you are an international company looking to start a business abroad or a local investor trying to start your own company, it is important to know the basic...
The EU Summit on the Western Balkans, held in Sofia on May 17, was meant to be the showpiece event of Bulgaria’s presidency of the European Union. In the end, it made...
Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev was found not guilty by a court in Skopje on May 21 of soliciting a 200,000 euros bribe. The prosecution had claimed that Mr Zaev...
The need to strengthen and improve regional economic cooperation within the Western Balkans has been set as a priority both by the European Union and the Western Balkans...
