{"id":3163319,"date":"2021-09-29T12:06:41","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T12:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webalkans.eu\/president-von-der-leyen-visits-the-western-balkans\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:17:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:17:00","slug":"president-von-der-leyen-visits-the-western-balkans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webalkans.eu\/en\/president-von-der-leyen-visits-the-western-balkans\/","title":{"rendered":"President Von der Leyen visits the Western Balkans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\">President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, is in the Western Balkans this week (28-30 September) ahead of the EU-Western Balkans Summit\u00a0on 6 October.<\/span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\">Her three-day visit began with her arrival on Tuesday morning in Tirana, where she was received by Prime Minister Edi Rama, and President Ilir Meta. Together with the Prime Minister, von der Leyen attended the inauguration of the Korab Mu\u00e7a School and\u00a0Europa\u00a0Kindergarten, which was rebuilt with EU funds under the\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eu4schoolsportal.al\/\">EU4Schools<\/a><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">programme after the devastating 2019 earthquake.<\/span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\">She then travelled to Skopje, where she met Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, as well as President Stevo Pendarovski and visited a youth cultural centre\u00a0 with Prime Minister Zaev.<\/span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\">On Wednesday morning, President\u00a0von der Leyen\u00a0arrived in Pristina, where she met with President Vjosa Osmani and Prime Minister Albin Kurti and visted an EU-funded kindergarten. 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