This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. As part of the EU for Green Agenda initiative in Serbia, EIB Global co-organised the conference on boosting green transition financing in Serbia, together with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Delegation of the European Union to Serbia, and the Ministry of Environmental Protection, in […]Serbia: €29 million invested under the EU for Green Agenda initiative
February 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. As part of the EU for Green Agenda initiative in Serbia, EIB Global co-organised the conference on boosting green transition financing in Serbia, together with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Delegation of the European Union to Serbia, and the Ministry of Environmental Protection, in […]EBRD and EU scale up investments supporting Serbia’s green transition
February 3, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. Reconstruction of Vlasinske system to strengthen the country’s hydropower capacity When Marko Filipović joined Serbia’s electric power company, EPS, in 2012 as one of the country’s top 110 engineering students, the reconstruction of the Vlasinske hydropower system had already been a topic of discussion for quite […]Serbia: European Union provides €160 million for the sustainable growth of SMEs through EIB Global, Banca Intesa and Intesa Leasing partnership
November 29, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. To spur growth, employment, and the green transition, the European Union has provided a €160 million financial package to support Serbian businesses. This initiative, which was announced today at a ceremony in Belgrade, is the result of a partnership between EIB Global of the European Investment Bank […]EBRD and EU launch SME Go Green programme in Serbia
November 7, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Union (EU) are stepping up their support for green economy investments in Serbia. The EBRD, with the support of the EU, is launching a new credit line to local financial institutions for on-lending to small […]Serbia: EIB Global to invest €73 million to speed up decarbonisation of automotive industry
July 24, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. EIB Global, the arm of the European Investment Bank (EIB) devoted to activities outside the European Union, is providing a €73 million loan to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) Serbia, part of the Stellantis Group, to modernise, equip and adapt its car manufacturing facility in Kragujevac to produce a […]Serbia: EU and its bank EIB Global provide €96 million to modernise electricity distribution network and improve waterborne transport
July 19, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. During his first visit to Serbia, the European Investment Bank (EIB) Vice-President, responsible for the Western Balkans, Robert de Groot attended the signature ceremony for an €80 million loan with Elektrodistribucija Srbije d.o.o (EDS), Serbia’s electricity distribution company, to replace obsolete electromechanical metering devices with around 400 000 smart […]EBRD €30 million loan to Serbia for renewable heat generation
July 12, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a loan to Serbia of up to €30 million to finance investments in renewable heat generation in several district heating companies in the country, along with related energy-efficiency measures including the modernisation of heat substations and […]EU signs agreement with Serbia to strengthen migration and border management cooperation
June 26, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Union and Serbia signed an agreement on operational cooperation in border management with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex). The Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, together with the Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Ivica Dačić, […]Serbia did not fulfil its commitments to free and fair elections, say MEPs
February 13, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Elections in Serbia on 17 December 2023 were not held in just conditions, according to MEPs, who call for an independent investigation into the irregularities. Due to the incumbents’ persistent and systematic abuse of institutions and media to gain an unfair advantage, the latest […]MEPs call on Kosovo and Serbia to normalise relations
May 11, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Parliament stresses normalising relations between Belgrade and Pristina is a priority and a precondition for the EU accession of both countries. In two reports adopted on Wednesday, MEPs urge Serbia and Kosovo to engage in the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue, and secure without delay a comprehensive, […]How technology helped Serbia save 180 million sheets of paper in less than 4 years
April 8, 2021 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Joe Myers, Writer, Formative Content Serbia’s government has made digitalization a focus.It began rolling out electronic e-government services in June 2017.Since then, it estimates it has saved around 180 million sheets of A4 paper. Digitalization and e-governance can […]Enlargement reports: MEPs fully support Western Balkans’ European future
March 26, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia need to continue focusing on fundamental reforms, say MEPs in resolutions adopted on Thursday. In their reports assessing the progress made by Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia in the last two years, MEPs warn that advancement by […]5 things to know about the Western Balkans
November 8, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Douglas Broom, Senior Writer, Formative Content When leaders of the EU’s current 28 members gathered last month to discuss membership applications from Albania and North Macedonia, there was optimism that the accession process would be given a green light. […]Will Western Balkans respond positively to EU initiatives?
February 7, 2018 by Leave a Comment
The European Commission announced yesterday its strategy regarding the perspective of EU enlargement with the Western Balkans within the next decade. Six initiatives will be the guidelines of the EU which must be fulfilled in order to be able for these countries to complete the necessary steps for their accession process. The EU seems to […]The European Union’s Balkan Double Standard
August 11, 2016 by 1 Comment
This article was written for the Sting by one of our passionate readers, Mr Daniel Jankovic. The opinions expressed within reflect only the writer’s views and not The European Sting’s position on the issue. Over the past several years, analysts and commentators have noticed a rising tide of domestic support for the Croatian homegrown Nazi movement […]Migration has set EU’s political clock ticking; the stagnating economy cannot help it and Turkey doesn’t cooperate
October 29, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The more action clauses a document of a Western Balkans-EU agreement contains, meant to “improve cooperation and step up consultation between the countries along the migration route”, the less cooperation there will be. That was the case last Sunday 25 October when 11 leaders of Balkan and EU countries met in Brussels. They knew very […]Why the 33,000 staff European Commission did not have a real contingency plan for the refugee crisis?
September 25, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Last Wednesday the EU leaders convened in Brussels to discuss the migration crisis in view of the decision made by the Interior Ministers one day ago. The Heads of States finally decided to “work together in a spirit of solidarity and responsibility” supporting the positive vote taken by the majority of Ministers at the Extraordinary […]Migration crisis will keep deteriorating as common EU political will is simply not there
August 28, 2015 by 1 Comment
The migration crisis in the European Union was the main issue of the Western Balkans Summit yesterday in Vienna, but was largely overshadowed by the deaths of at least 20 refugees who were found dead in a truck in Austria. This tragic event shocked everyone in the Summit who expressed the need for immediate actions by […]The EU pretends not knowing what happens in the Western Balkans
October 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
It’s more than a joke, it’s a clear deception or even an imperialistic attitude of the European Union, towards the countries wanting to join it, to tell them that they pass Commissioner Štefan Füle‘s test of the “five fundamentals”. Of course this doesn’t apply to Turkey or Iceland, because both of them seem to have […]
