Tag: North Macedonia

Energy Knows No Boundaries

At the recently held conference of RES Serbia 2021, Viktor Andonov, Energy Advisor to the Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, was one of the most notable guests. According to him, such an...

Energy Community Summer School: Applications for 2022 now open!

The Energy Community Secretariat is pleased to launch the call for applications for the 2022 Energy Community Summer School. The Summer School offers a unique opportunity for up to 48 postgraduate students...

Study Paves way to Better Understand Causes of Energy Poverty and Proposes Policies for its Mitigation in the Energy Community

The Secretariat published a study on addressing energy poverty in the Energy Community Contracting Parties. The study estimates the number of energy poor households, analyses the legal frameworks for the protection of...

Annual Implementation Report 2021: Modest Reform Gains as Energy Community Embarks on the Energy Transition

The Energy Community Secretariat’s Report published today reveals that the Energy Community Contracting Parties have made progress in reforming their energy and climate sectors. In fact, the average implementation score increased from...

Launch of the Western Balkans Coal Regions in Transition Public Perception Survey

The World Bank’s Energy & Extractives Global Practice, together with the Energy Community Secretariat, launched on 11 October the Western Balkans Coal Regions in Transition Public Perception Survey, to be conducted across the coal...

EBRD to Acquire Stake in Bulgaria’s Euroins Insurance Group

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) signed an agreement to acquire a minority stake in Bulgaria’s Euroins Insurance Group (EIG), one of the largest independent non-life insurance groups in central,...

Živinice joins the Clean Air Regions Initiative

The municipality of Živinice (Bosnia and Herzegovina) signed the declaration on the Clean Air Regions Initiative, raising the number of participants to ten. Mayors of ambitious municipalities signed the Clean Air Regions Declaration...

Decarbonisation of energy systems still at an early stage in Western Balkans

The Western Balkan 6 parties are progressing with the implementation of actions agreed by the Sofia Declaration on the Green Agenda, but their efforts are yet to deliver tangible results in terms...

Albania, Montenegro and North Macedonia Procure Electricity Trading Platforms in the First Half of 2021

The National Electricity Market Operator of North Macedonia, MEMO, and the Montenegrin Power Exchange, BELEN, launched this week public tenders for the selection of a service provider for the operation of the...

The First Glass Packaging Containers on the Streets in Sombor

The citizens of Sombor and the surrounding areas can start recycling glass, with the first 70 packaging waste containers being placed on the streets, and another 80 containers expected in the weeks...

Secretariat Welcomes European Parliament’s Resolutions on Enlargement Progress Reports

The European Parliament has recently adopted resolutions on the 2019-2020 Commission enlargement progress reports on Albania, Kosovo*, North Macedonia and Serbia. On the basis of the Secretariat’s expert input in the drafting...

North Macedonia’s Electricity Producer ESM Commits to Internal Carbon Pricing

North Macedonia’s state-owned electricity producer Elektrani na Severna Makedonija (ESM) has expressed its intent to design and implement an internal mechanism to price carbon emissions of its plants and operators by the...

MT-KOMEX – Bringing Smart and Easy EV Charging to the Western Balkans

Summary Sustainable transport is slowly but surely gaining ground also in the Western Balkan region. Belgrade-based company MT-KOMEX is building electric vehicle charging network in the region. Thanks to the partnership with Virta,...

Secretariat Initiates Dispute Settlement Procedures Against Four Contracting Parties in Relation to NERPs

Secretariat launched dispute settlement procedures against Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, North Macedonia and Serbia for not meeting their NERP ceilings for the reporting years 2018 and 2019. NERPs (National Emission Reduction Plans)...

EBRD, EU and Donors Support SMEs and Green Homes in North Macedonia

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing two loans of €3.5 million combined to ProCredit Bank Skopje in order to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to reach EU standards...

Land Consolidation Is the Missing Link for Farmers in North Macedonia

Coming from a family with a long tradition in agriculture, Ljupco Angelovski, a young family farmer in the village of Egri, North Macedonia, wanted to modernise his farm when he took it...

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