The European Investment Bank (EIB) announced on July 9 that it will expand its investment portfolio in the Western Balkans, prioritising competitiveness, innovation and...
Tag - Western Balkans
There is an elephant in the room which is the size of the European Union itself: EU member states are no longer committed to enlargement. To them, the Western Balkans...
The economy of emerging Europe is cooling down, but much less than expected in spring. As a result, forecasts for 2019 from the Vienna Institute for International...
The Czech Republic has taken over the presidency of the Visegrád Group (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia; V4) just as it faces a number of different...
At a time when Albania was expected to make significant progress in its accession talks with the European Union, some member states are unwilling to support negotiations...
I was in Belgrade this past May, at the annual NATO Week, co-hosted by the courageous and indefatigable Jelena Milic of the Center for Euro-Atlantic Studies, Ambassador...
Zsuzsanna Hargitai, director for the Western Balkans at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has said that the countries of the region will need...
Enlargement has been at the heart of the European integration project. The original six founding member states have welcomed 22 new members since 1973. Each enlargement...
It’s absolutely critical that business owners ensure their success goes hand-in-hand with the interests of the local community. The Balkans’ moment in the spotlight is...
Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to Central, East and Southeast Europe (CESEE) declined in 2018, according to a new report from the Vienna Institute of...
Economic growth in Central and Eastern Europe is expected to slow to 3.3 per cent next year from 3.7 per cent in 2019, as growth slows in major trading partners...
In its latest assessment report looking at the implementation of reforms in the Western Balkans, the European Commission has recommended that the European Union should...
