Western Balkan countries are taking further steps to join the Single Euro Payments Area
The process of joining the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) by the Western Balkan countries continues in 2025, with the establishment of the SEPA Steering...
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Montenegro and Albania join the geographical scope of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA)
by EWB
The article has been updated. BRUSSELS – On Thursday, Montenegro and Albania became the first-ever enlargement countries to join the geographical scope of the Single...
[PR] „Quick” and „cheap” loans for expensive and aggravated capital project implementation
by EWB
Concluding direct agreements on capital infrastructure projects without public bidding increases the risk of corruption. This could be observed in the agreement concluded by the...
Hidden economy at very high levels and increasing throughout the Western Balkans
by EWB
WESTERN BALKANS – The hidden employment has overall increased in five out of six Western Balkans economies. Serbia is the only country in which the...
Zovko: The spending of money from the Economic and Investment Plan for the WB will be strictly controlled
by EWB
BRUSSELS – The money intended for the Western Balkans through the European Economic and Investment Plan will have to be justified through projects, said Željana...
EC proposes relaxing the rules of origin for Western Balkan goods to boost trade
by EWB
BRUSSELS – The European Commission yesterday adopted a package of proposals that aims to increase trade between the European Union and neighbouring countries in the...
EU-WB economic policy dialogue: Focus on measures for fiscal, economic and social policy response to the crisis
by EWB
BRUSSELS – Representatives of the EU Member States, the Western Balkans and Turkey, the European Commission and the European Central Bank, as well as representatives...
NIN Economic Power Index: WB economies behind Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia in 2019
BELGRADE – Romania and Bulgaria are economic front-runners in the region, followed by Croatia in third and Serbia in fourth place. These are the results...
EU announces €3.3 billion in support for the Western Balkans
by EWB
BRUSSELS – The European Commission announced today a €3.3 billion financial support package for the Western Balkans on Wednesday, mobilized jointly with the European Investment...
EBRD Summit: Participants call for investments in Western Balkan countries
by EWB
LONDON – Prime Minister of the EU Presiding country Croatia Andrej Plenković urged investors at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Summit to...