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The European Commission has positively approved Bosnia and Herzegovina's Reform Agenda - a key step toward releasing up to €976.6 million under the EU's Reform and Growth Facility.

Today, the European Commission adopted its annual Enlargement Package, presenting a comprehensive assessment of the progress made by the enlargement partners over the past twelve months.

Thank you, Prime Minister, dear Edi, for hosting this Forum here in Tirana. Ladies and gentlemen, One year ago, I came to Albania and to the entire region with a pledge. The pledge that the people and companies of the Western Balkans would start to experience the European Union...

Today, Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos begins a three-day trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina to underscore the EU's support for the country's European future.

Today, the sixth meeting of the Accession Conference with Albania marked the opening of negotiations on the so-called cluster 4: green agenda and sustainable connectivity. This cluster covers notably: transport and energy, the trans-European networks, and environment and climate change policies.

The European Union (EU) and representatives of the six Western Balkans partners (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia) mark a significant milestone in their collaboration on radiological safety with the conclusion of the EXTRA-EURDEP project.

We invite journalists working for broadcast, online, and print media in EU Member States to apply for a press trip to Montenegro, taking place from 22 to 26 September 2025 (including travel days on 22 and 26 september).

Minister Hakan Fidan and Commissioner Marta Kos met in Istanbul on July 25 to reaffirm the importance of Türkiye’s EU candidate status and its constructive role in fostering stability and prosperity across the broader region.

Some events in history cast a shadow that stretches across generations. The genocide in Srebrenica is one of them. It stands among the darkest chapters in Europe's collective memory.

Today, Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos and the leaders of the six Western Balkans partners (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia) gathered in Skopje

The EU-funded Western Balkans Guarantee 4 SME Resilience is supporting financing under favourable lending conditions

Today, the European Union and Bosnia and Herzegovina strengthen migration and border management cooperation by signing a new Status agreement between the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex)

The guiding principle of the Implementation Dialogue is to offer an opportunity for business support organisations and private sector representatives to meet with Commissioner Marta Kos for an open exchange on improved support for strategic investments...

Today, the European Commission has proposed to allocate €280 million from the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to support flood recovery in Austria, Czechia, Poland, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Moldova.

Following the successful launch of the European Union Diplomatic Programme for the Enlargement Region earlier this year, the College of Europe published on 15 April a new call for applications for the second edition of the programme

Today Commissioner Kos is travelling to Prague, Czechia, for a two-day working mission focused on strengthening political support for EU enlargement and enhancing cooperation with key stakeholders.

In the last couple of months, our world has changed fundamentally. What does this mean for the European Union? What does it mean for the Balkans? And for the enlargement process?

Starting today, municipalities in the Western Balkans can apply to benefit from the WiFi4WB (Wi-Fi for Western Balkans) initiative, which will provide free Wi-Fi hotspots to up to 500 municipalities across the Western Balkans.

In the early hours of Sunday, 16 March, a fire broke out in a nightclub in Kocani, North Macedonia, killing 59 people and injuring more than 155.