This report provides an overview of the implementation status of the ten Small Business Act for Europe (SBA) principles, and monitors progress made since 2016. It identifies the ongoing challenges facing SMEs in these economies and makes recommendations for overcoming them.
This factsheet provides information on performance and challenges faced by SMEs in Albania in recent years.
This factsheet provides information on performance and challenges faced by SMEs in Bosnia and Herzegovina in recent years.
This factsheet provides information on performance and challenges faced by SMEs in Kosovo in recent years.
This factsheet provides information on performance and challenges faced by SMEs in Montenegro in recent years.
This factsheet provides information on performance and challenges faced by SMEs in North Macedonia in recent years.
This factsheet provides information on performance and challenges faced by SMEs in Serbia in recent years.
The European Union Film Festival in Kosovo concluded with an award ceremony at Kino Armata in Pristina in the presence of film lovers and Juan Biurrun, the Deputy Head of the Political, Press and Information section of the EU Office in Kosovo. The best actress award was given to Eli Gashi for her role in the short film “A manual for breaking up”. Redon Kika’s documentary “I have never been on an airplane” won best short documentary, with the best short film award going to Loreta Berbatovci for “Daniel”.
The festival started on 21 July and lasted for nine days, during which Kosovars had a chance to enjoy both local and international movies. Screenings were organised online and in Priština/ Prishtina, North Mitrovica and Gjakova/Djakovica.
The European Film Festival is one of the most important events of European and world cinematography. With a tradition spanning over 30 years, the festival is held annually and is supported by the European Union and organised and supervised by CineEuropa.
Ten participants from Albania, Bosnia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia attended BIRN’s three-day workshop on producing high-quality stories about the past centred on the experiences of war crime victims. The “Youth Memory Transfer” workshop held in Tuzla, Bosnia, from 25-29 July provided ten young people from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia with comprehensive training on fact-checking, storytelling and transitional justice reporting.
The workshop started with talks given by Marija Ristić, BIRN’s Regional Director, and Lamija Grebo, BIRN journalist, who shared with participants how to tell a story in compelling way while at the same time covering journalistic ethics and standards related to the reporting of war crimes, the culture of remembrance and other sensitive topics. The last day of the workshop was dedicated to interviews with survivors of the 1992-5 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After two days of preparations, group assignments and lessons, the participants interviewed ten people who had survived wartime atrocities from the Tuzla and Podrinje area.
This workshop is part of the Balkan Transitional Justice programme that aims to broaden public understanding of transitional justice issues in the former Yugoslavia, and is supported by RYCO within the fourth open call for project proposals co-financed by the European Union.
