Wednesday, 31st December 2025

Western Balkans

EU Invests €175 Million in Montenegro Rail Upgrade

The has approved a €175.6 million package to modernise the 39-kilometre Bar–Golubovci railway line in , a key section of Rail Route 4 on the extended...

Western Balkans 2030: A Region Out of Excuses — and Out of Time

Long before the lights dimmed and the opening remarks began, the Sava Centre was already heavy with the kind of anticipation that only arrives...

What 2030 Really Asks of the Region

The Western Balkans has accumulated more plans and strategic frameworks than almost any region of its size. Yet none of these documents, no matter...

Damien Sorrell, EIB

The Western Balkans Reset

Damien Sorrell on why EU accession has become an investment strategy, which projects will reshape the region, and what must change before 2030. For decades,...

Green Transition: From Commitments to Action

or years, the green transition in the Western Balkans has been framed as a moral imperative or an environmental aspiration. At the Western Balkans...

Tim Lardner, UNOPS Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia

The 2030 Test for the Region

Why delivery, not ambition, will determine the Western Balkans’ path to a more integrated and prosperous decade. At the “Western Balkans 2030” conference in Belgrade,...

Digitalisation & Modernisation — Smart Economies, Stronger Region

mid discussions of energy security, climate adaptation and long-term investment, the Western Balkans 2030 conference revealed one domain where the region can move not...

Labour & Demographics

The Adria Workforce Crunch Has Arrived

The story of the Adria region’s economy in 2025 comes down to a simple truth: growth now depends on finding people, not ideas. What...

Gordan Kolak, KONČAR’s President of the Management Board

The Quiet Powerhouse of Europe

How a Central European industrial leader is quietly building global scale For much of its history, KONČAR was seen as a national industrial pillar, closely...

By Edin Mehic

AI and Small Countries: Why Size is no Longer a Disadvantage

Small countries have always lived with a quiet disadvantage. Their disadvantages include limited capital, narrow markets, and modest political influence. In the industrial economy,...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Advances Armed Forces Modernization

The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina has approved several multi-year modernization projects for the Armed Forces, including...

North Macedonia to Welcome Two Major High-Tech Foreign Investments

North Macedonian Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski announced two major foreign high-tech investments, one from Turkey and one from Germany,...

The Year Tech Became the System

AI stopped being a clever add-on and became the backbone—of power grids, regulation, capital, and national strategy. For years, artificial...

New Online Tool Makes Learning Slovenian More Accessible

The textbook, Naslon, is available in seven languages and focuses on practical language skills needed in everyday and official...

Croatia Unveils €2.18 Billion Defence Modernisation Plan

Croatia has approved a €2.18 billion military modernisation package, marking one of the country’s most significant defence investments to...
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