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Starting January 1, Greece replaced the fee for staying in tourist facilities with a new fee, for resistance to the climate crisis, in the amount of 50 cents to ten euros per day, depending on the type of accommodation and the time period of the year. According to the ministerial...

The three Berlin Process agreements between North Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo, on free movement in the region using ID cards; recognition of university diplomas; and the recognition of the professional qualifications of doctors, dentists and architects, signed on November 3, 2022, enter into force on Thursday. The agreements are...

Serbia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dačić said that the double standards, when it comes to Serbia, can be seen in the fact that the attack by a group of Albanians from Kosovo on the Macedonian police in 2015 was not a terrorist act, but the events in Banjska...

The Greek non-profit child welfare organization "The Smile of the Child", whose main goal is the protection of children and their rights, published a post on its official Facebook page about the missing girl from Skopje, Vanja Gjorchevska. “It is not an official amber alert, but a photo and information...

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić stressed on Thursday in a video posted on his official Instagram account that he will never sign the independence of Kosovo. “Just as they said that they were against sanctions against Russia, and that I would personally introduce them after April 3 and after those elections,...

Greece did not agree with the letter of the 27 EU member states on opening the first chapters with Albania. A possible reason for this is the arrest of the mayor of Himare, Freddie Belleri, who is an ethnic Greek, after which Athens accused that his rights were being...

If it is proven that Serbia was in any way involved in the recent attack in northern Kosovo, I believe we should reconsider our participation in the Open Balkan initiative, says Macedonian Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani. “After the September 24 events in Kosovo, I think that Serbia should make efforts...

The EU's growth plan is like no other plan before, because you don't have to make reforms to be judged later, but they will allow faster access to the European common market. Each government of the six countries of the Western Balkans has agreed that they will work together...

Bulgaria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned North Macedonia's Ambassador in Sofia to a meeting about "recent public comments by politicians in the neighboring country and their false statements related to the Republic of Bulgaria," the Bulgarian MFA said in a press release. Without disclosing any specifics on the politicians or...

Bulgaria can decide how it will be using the revenues it makes from the €10/MWh tax on Russian gas imports transiting through Bulgarian territory, the European Commission confirmed. Last Thursday, Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov announced that consultations are underway between Bulgaria and the European Commission on the energy tax...