@transport-community.orgSafer rail journeys, smoother border crossings 🚆🇪🇺
Together with @erarailways.bsky.social, we supported #ERTMS training in Luxembourg for railway experts from the #WesternBalkans, Ukraine, Moldova & Türkiye.
Learn more 👇
www.transport-community.org/news/transpo...
We are #TogetherConnected 💙
@transport-community.orgBetter-connected, greener #airports in the #WesternBalkans ✈️
Our Director Linkaits met @aci-europe.bsky.social’s Director General Jankovec in Brussels to discuss airport development, decarbonisation & stronger rail & public transport links in line with EU standards.
@pubaffairsbruxelles.eu#WesternBalkans: Violent anti-government protests erupt in #Albania's capital | Le Monde
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@berghoffnd.bsky.social"Social cohesion is about managing disagreement without breaking relationships."
At #GenevaPeaceForum with @undp.org, our Christina Horváth-Stenner called for stronger regional cooperation across #EasternEurope, #WesternBalkans & #SouthCaucasus through shared learning & locally rooted peacebuilding.
@dragosionita.bsky.socialThe EU has more economic leverage in the #WesternBalkans than any of its competitors. Access to the Single Market is a powerful incentive for reform. But that leverage depends on whether candidate countries believe the EU will deliver what it promises.
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@berghoffnd.bsky.socialHow can regional cooperation strengthen social cohesion?
Join us & @undp.org at @gpplatform.ch on 15 Oct, 09:00 CEST, with our Head of Europe Unit Christina Horváth-Stenner, to explore cohesion across #EasternEurope, #WesternBalkans & #SouthCaucasus.
@dragosionita.bsky.socialJoin 30 young people from the #WesternBalkans in Belgrade to exchange ideas and help shape a democratic and inclusive future based on European values.
📍Belgrade Security Conference, 15–18 November 2026
✅ All expenses covered
📅 Apply by 25 October ⬇️
belgradesecurityconference.org/about-bsc/bs...
@transport-community.org🚛 Tender open!
Help improve TEN-T rest areas and safe, secure truck parking in the #WesternBalkans.
⏰ Apply by 6 November 2026, 23:59 CET
Details 👇
www.transport-community.org/tenders/open...
We are #TogetherConnected 💙
@dragosionita.bsky.socialIn the last 22 years, economies in the #WesternBalkans have made a modest headway in narrowing the gap with their EU counterparts. In 2025, the region’s average GDP/capita reached 42.9% of the EU average – an improvement of 15.5 percentage points since 2003.
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@dragosionita.bsky.socialInflation is creating an increasingly uneven economic picture across the SE Europe, with #Greece and #Croatia reporting some of the strongest price increases in the region while several economies in the #WesternBalkans are experiencing slower inflation.
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@transport-community.orgGood news for rail in the #WesternBalkans 🚆🇪🇺
🔹 Niš–Leskovac passenger trains set to return today after EU-supported upgrades
🔹 New Zagreb–Novi Sad freight service via Bosnia and Herzegovina was launched
More connections. More possibilities.
We are #TogetherConnected 💙
@dragosionita.bsky.social“We are working towards better connections between people for the future. #Bulgaria serves as a gateway to #Europe for the #BlackSea region and for #Turkey. The #WesternBalkans play a crucial connecting role here.”
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@transport-community.org📢 We are hiring a Transport Acquis and Legal Desk Officer!
Use your legal expertise to help advance the integration of the #WesternBalkans into the #EU transport market.
🗓️ Deadline extended by 31/10/26
Details 👇
www.transport-community.org/job-opportun...
We are #TogetherConnected 💙
@iamo.bsky.socialHow can #empowerment and the targeted support of #women help to improve quality of life and support the sustainable development of #RuralAreas in the #WesternBalkans? Read more in #IAMOPolicyBrief 53: t1p.de/rp7xp
@egmontinstitute.bsky.social📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by Ardit Orana
@egmontinstitute.bsky.social
“Rethinking EU Enlargement as Grand Strategy in the Western Balkans”
#EUEnlargement #WesternBalkans #Geopolitics
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/ys69ynfp
@transport-community.orgConnecting cities. Bringing communities closer 🚆💙
At #CSF2026 organised in Pristina by @OpenSocietyWB, we called for restoring passenger rail connections across the #WesternBalkans to make travel easier and support regional growth.
@pubaffairsbruxelles.eu#WesternBalkans: #Kosovo strikes president deal after days of protests, by @bronwynjones.bsky.social | Rapporteur
www.rapporteur.com/news/kosovo-...
@anecstandards.bsky.socialDay 2 of the Empowering the Western Balkans training is underway! 🚀
ANEC is ready to take the floor with a session on AI & standardisation and what this means for consumers.
@dragosionita.bsky.social“Democracy gap in the #WesternBalkans is often framed as a lack of the reform capacity, but think it can be framed also as a lack of political incentives. The political elites have not yet been convinced to do the right things for the citizens.”
europeanwesternbalkans.com/2026/10/06/e...
@hajde4eu.bsky.social🔴 #CSF2026 live: #Hajde4EU Team Leader Behrooz Motamed-Afshari on the 2025 regional assessment against the DG NEAR Guidelines for EU Support to Civil Society, hosted by OSF Western Balkans & Kosovo 2.0
Watch 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmIu...