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Albanian PM shoots down Starmer’s hopes of asylum seeker “return hub”

19 hours ago | intellinews.com | Clare Nuttall

The UK is working with Albania and other countries from the Western Balkans in an attempt to reduce illegal migration, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said on May 15 during his first official visit to Albania. However, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama firmly rejected allowing the UK to set up a “return hub” – a centre for individuals who have exhausted all legal options to remain in Britain – on its territory.
EU Council president urges Kosovo to de-escalate tensions in the north

1 day ago | intellinews.com | Valentina Dimitrievska

European Council President António Costa, during an official visit to Kosovo on May 14, stated that the lifting of European Union measures against the country depends on the de-escalation of tensions in its northern region. Speaking at a joint news conference with President Vjosa Osmani in Pristina, Costa emphasised that Kosovo’s progress on the European path hinges on both calm in the north and the normalisation of relations with Serbia, Koha.net reported.
EBRD2025: What’s next for the Baltic energy sector after disconnecting from Russia?

1 day ago | intellinews.com | Clare Nuttall

In February 2025 the three Baltic states disconnected from Russia’s energy grid, the culmination of a 15-year pan-regional project that was suddenly accelerated after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But after the three countries joined the European grid, making a decisive break from energy dependence on Russia, what’s next?
EBRD2025: Moldova aims to double its economy within a decade

2 days ago | intellinews.com | Clare Nuttall

Moldova plans to double the size of its economy within the next ten years, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development and Digitalisation Doina Nistor said on May 13. Speaking at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) annual meeting in London, Nistor outlined an ambitious reform agenda aimed at transforming the small Eastern European country into a resilient, innovation-driven economy more closely integrated with the European Union.
EBRD2025: Croatia pushes for regional stock market integration

2 days ago | intellinews.com | Clare Nuttall

Croatia is pushing to deepen cooperation between stock markets in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), aiming to strengthen liquidity, attract investors and ultimately move the region from frontier to emerging market status, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Marko Primorac told a panel hosted by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London on May 13. Primorac said Croatia was working with other countries form the region to align their capital markets.
EBRD2025: EBRD to launch operations in Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire and Benin as expansion into Africa continues

3 days ago | intellinews.com | Clare Nuttall

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is preparing to launch operations in three Sub-Saharan African countries as part of its strategic expansion beyond its traditional regions, the bank’s president, Odile Renaud-Basso, said on May 12. “We are going to expand our horizons,” Renaud-Basso told a press conference ahead of the EBRD’s annual meeting in London.
EBRD2025: Croatia seeks to build on decade of economic progress

3 days ago | intellinews.com | Clare Nuttall

Croatia has come a long way in the last decade and even more so since it started to rebuild its economy at the end of the Yugoslav war of the 1990s. The country’s achievement of macro economic stability, A-grade investment ratings and entry to both the Schengen area and Eurozone were the focus of a May 13 panel at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) annual meeting in London.
EBRD cuts 2025 growth forecasts citing tariffs and global uncertainty

3 days ago | intellinews.com | Clare Nuttall

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has revised down its 2025 growth forecast for the regions in which it operates, citing heightened global trade tensions, tariff hikes and persistent geopolitical uncertainty. In its latest Regional Economic Prospects report released on May 12, titled “Uncertain Times”, the EBRD forecasts an average growth rate of 3.0% for 2025, down from the 3.2% predicted in February.
Albania, Montenegro to be first Western Balkan candidates to join EU, European Council president says

3 days ago | intellinews.com | Denitsa Koseva

Albania and Montenegro are the most likely next EU members, Antonio Costa, president of the European Council, said in an interview with Euronews. Costa’s remarks come amid growing concerns in Brussels over geopolitical competition in the Western Balkans, particularly in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. That conflict has accelerated accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova, sparking fears that Western Balkan states could be sidelined.
BEYOND THE BOSPORUS: Who says PKK guns won't be used under a different name?

3 days ago | intellinews.com | Akin Nazli

A congress of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) resolved to end all activities conducted in the name of the PKK, the militant organisation said on May 12. The announcement included an additional note: “The congress decided to dissolve the PKK’s organisational structure and end its armed struggle.” Observers might speak of weasel words. If the PKK is dissolved, its armed struggle, waged against Turkey for 40 years partly from hideouts in northern Iraq and Syria, disappears with it.