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...
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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...
While the declaration issued at the close of the Western Balkans Summit held in Sofia on May 17 fell short of promising EU entry to any of the six Western Balkans states...
Leaders of the six Western Balkans states and the European Union met in the Bulgarian capital Sofia on May 17 for their first summit in 15 years. “The summit was a...
Emerging Europe takes a closer look at this year’s EBRD Transition Report, and hears from the bank’s chief economist, Sergei Guriev.
Senior officials and representatives from the Western Balkans have committed to improving gender equality by endorsing a communiqué on improving access to economic...
Emerging Europe’s best early-stage, scale-up and growth companies have until May 18 the opportunity to apply for the first CEE-Released programme, launched on...