Tag: Western Balkans

The World Bank predicts that Macedonia will have an increase in its economic growth of 2.8%, which is the lowest in the region, according to the regular economic report for the Western Balkans. The increase, as stated in the report, is significantly slow due to the decrease in investments, which were affected by the political crisis. The increase was largely...

"The boycott of Parliament is turning into a kind of sport in the Balkan region, but the country's political debates need to be carried out in Parliament", said MEP Eduard Kukan, at yesterday’s conference in European Parliament called "The crisis of democracy in the Western Balkans". Talking about the political situation in Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro and Kosovo, Kukan said that...

The transportation of migrants between Gevgelija an Austria will not be carried out using a direct route, instead, every country in the Western Balkans, particularly those countries on the migrant route, will individually make arrangements for the movement of migrants to their final destination, at which the migrants intend to seek asylum, the Interior Ministry explained to 'Meta'. Furthermore, it...

At this moment in time, Macedonia has not stated how many refugees it will take in, announced Natasha Berto, a spokeswoman for the European Commission today. “All representatives of the 12 countries. the European Commission and the agencies of the Council of Europe, participated in yesterday's preliminary video-conference. We also have a list of contact persons, which are all named in the...

The leaders of the European Union at last night's meeting with the countries of the West Balkans in Brussels, adopted 17 points that are part of a short-term plan for dealing with the largest refugee crisis in Europe since the Second World War. The President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, nevertheless, stressed that it...