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Balkans United for Clean Air: The public pressure a key tool to get information about air quality

The local and state institutions must inform the citizens in a timely manner, similarly to when the water quality in the supply system drops, or when the solar ultraviolet radiation increases. The public pressure remains a crucial factor in improving the monitoring system and fulfilling one's right to be informed about the pollution levels, stress the Balkans environmental organizations...

Polish Legacy, Balkan Heritage: the Perspective of North Macedonia – online panel

An online public debate organized by two Polish universities will present the legacy of cultural exchange between Poland and North Macedonia and the current context of EU enlargement towards the Western Balkans and its cultural and identity dimension, paying a special attention to Poland’s role in this process. The event will take place on 18th December at 16:00 via Facebook...

Possible meeting between Mogherini and Western Balkan prime minsters in December

The European Commission is considering the possibility of a meeting between high-level foreign policy official, Federica Mogherini, and the prime minsters of the Western Balkans, in the second half of December. The media in Serbia, citing sources in Brussels, report that the Western Balkan six include - Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia - and for now there is...

Western Balkan prime ministers to meet Kurz for working breakfast while Zaev cancels his visit

Todau in Vienna, prime ministers of the Western Balkans will have a working breakfast with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, which will be attended by European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy Johannes Hahn and European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society Mariya Gabriel. Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev canceled his participation due to internal political developments in the country. According to...

Kurz: Balkans is our priority, EU should end negotiations with Turkey

The agreement between Skopje and Athens proves that persistent negotiations and diplomacy bring results, says Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in an interview with the Greek daily Kathimerini, and he went on to stress the Austrian support for the European perspective of the Western Balkan countries. “We warmly welcome the agreement between the two sides. It proves that persistent negotiations and...

Hahn and Dimitrov to discuss “What does the next decade hold for the Western Balkans” in London

On the margins of the London Summit, which will be held on Monday and Tuesday at Chatham House, the British Royal Institute for International Affairs, a panel discussion will be held on the topic "Beyond Berlin: What's does the next decade hold for the Western Balkans?". The event will be co organized by Chatham House, the European Fund for the...

Dimitrov from Thessaloniki: We share the same fate as the EU, but we’re still not at the table

We share the same fate with the EU, but we are still not at the table, said Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov at the third quadrilateral ministerial meeting between Macedonia, Greece, Albania and Bulgaria, which takes place today in Thessaloniki, reports MIA. Dimitrov thanked Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov for being the country's chairman...

Russian MFA on Strategy for the Western Balkans: Our principle is not “with us or against us”

Russia sees no obstacles in developing relations with countries that want to become members of the European Union, and does not approach them with the principle "with us or against us," said a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zaharova when she was asked to comment on the European Commission's Strategy for EU Enlargement with countries from the...

Osmani expects Macedonia to join the EU fast track by 2025

The EU Enlargement Strategy is one of the most important initiatives of the European Commission for the region, said Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Bujar Osmani at today's coordinative working breakfast with ambassadors and their representatives from Western Balkan countries. The meeting was held ahead of the publication of the European Commission's Strategy for Enlargement with the Western Balkan...

Main topics at Summit in April, digital connections for citizens of the Western Balkans

Digitalization and digital knowledge can be the mechanism by which people from the Western Balkans will be able to integrate much faster and more easily into the European Union, said the Minister of Information Society and Administration Damjan Mancevski after meeting with EU Commissioner Mariya Gabriel in Sofia. He added that digitalization, ie digital integration of the Western Balkans, is...

On January 15th, the Bulgarian ambassador will present its EU program to Parliament

On January 15th, the Bulgarian Ambassador to Macedonia, Ivan Velikov Petkov, will stand before the Parliamentary Commission on European Affairs, to present the program and priorities of the Bulgarian Presidency with the Council of the European Union. Otherwise, Bulgaria takes over the EU's presidency over the next six months and have four priorities - the future of Europe and its...

Hahn: 2018 will be a decisive year for the Western Balkans, let’s shape the future together

European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, at celebrations for New Years, thanked all partner countries of the European Union, including Macedonia, for the cooperation during 2017 and said that in the new year, 2018, will be decisive for the Western Balkans. He tweeted the following on his Twitter account:   At the end of this challenging year I...

Zaev and the prime ministers of the Western Balkans meet Mogherini tomorrow

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev will hold an informal meeting with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini tomorrow in Brussels, together with the prime ministers of the Western Balkan countries. The focus of the third meeting, held at the initiative of Mogherini, will be on the current developments in the region, as well as the European perspective for the...

The next two years will be good for the enlargement of the EU, says Hahn

EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, stated the next two years will be good for enlargement, according to Austrian newspaper “Wiener Zeitung”. "The European Commission sees new opportunities in the coming years to bring the Western Balkans closer to the EU", said Hahn, adding that enthusiasm could bring disorder and that countries should commit themselves to...

Young people in the region have a negative attitude towards immigrants

Young people from countries in the Western Balkans, have a negative attitude towards immigrants, even though most of them have never come into contact with an immigrant. The main reason for the youth’s negative attitude towards immigrants is the negative perception of the religion of Islam. This was shown by research, and a survey on the perception and the attitudes of...

Zaev: We are ready for cooperation for the countries of the region to become NATO members

With our presence at the Summit of the Adriatic Charter countries, we said that we are ready to cooperate in the interest of the citizens of our countries and through the integration processes to bring the region to the large family of NATO, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at the opening address of the Summit of the countries members...

Angjushev: We received a 70 million euro grant from the EU for the railroad to Bulgaria

From a total of 194 million euro grant for infrastructure in the Western Balkans, Macedonia received 70 million euros at the Summit in Trieste for the completion of the railway track from Beljakovce to Kriva Palanka, reported today Vice President for Economic Affairs, Kocho Angjushev. He added that this irrevocable funding is enough to cover 46% from the total...

The Western Balkans leaders endorsed an action plan for economic integration in Trieste

The six Western Balkans countries, among which is Macedonia, endorsed the Multi-annual Action Plan on a Regional Economic Area in the Western Balkans (MAP), at the summit in Trieste today, announced the Regional Council for Cooperation that is authorized to monitor the whole process. The MAP’s goal is to enable an unobstructed flow of goods, services, capital and highly skilled...

Western Balkan leaders committed to cooperation and mutual respect

The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security, Federica Mogherini hosted an informal gathering with all the Prime Ministers of the Western Balkans to discuss the European perspective of the region, announced Mogherini’s cabinet. They said that during the meeting, all participants reaffirmed their full commitment to continue working on the process of integration into the European Union. “They reiterated...

Zaev will be attending dinner with Mogherini and the Prime Ministers of the Western Balkans tomorrow

Tomorrow, the leader of SDSM, Zoran Zaev, will be travelling to Brussels to attend an informal dinner with the Prime Ministers from the Western Balkans and the High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union, Federica Mogherini, confirmed SDSM. Last week, Mogherini sent invitations to the six Prime Ministers of the Western Balkans for dinner in Brussels,...