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A 6 billion euro ($6.5 billion) development plan for the Western Balkans is a clear signal of the European Union's commitment to the economic and democratic transformation of the Western Balkans, Montenegrin Prime Minister Milojko Spajic said on May 16.
North Macedonia’s premier calls on EU to fulfill promise given to Western Balkans Talha Ozturk | 12.03.2021
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North Macedonia needs to find solutions to bilateral issues with Bulgaria before starting accession negotiations with the EU, said the bloc’s commissioner for neighborhood and enlargement.
“North Macedonia has maintained a steady pace in the implementation of EU reforms [.] It is important that mutually acceptable solutions are found to pending bilateral issues between North Macedonia and Bulgaria,” Oliver Varhelji said at the virtual Economic Forum Tirana – titled EU and the Western Balkans: Fulfilling long-awaited promises.
He noted that Albania has fulfilled the conditions for the first intergovernmental conference with the EU, thanks to important reforms on the electoral law, the rule of law, and the justice system, including the vetting of judges and prosecutors.