Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will today (9 July) announce that the UK will commit £10 million to help build digital skills and employment prospects for young people in the Western Balkans. The Foreign Secretary will make the announcement at the first day of the Western Balkans Summit, joined by European […]
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The UK and Austria co-hosted the Western Balkans Economy Ministers Meeting of the Berlin Process in Vienna on 4 July 2018. The Berlin Process aims to boost regional co-operation among the Western Balkan countries and their European integration. The meeting took place at the start of the Austrian Presidency of […]
Policy paper: Western Balkans Economy Ministers Meeting, 4 July 2018: ...
The Western Balkans Summit began today with a meeting of Economy Ministers in Vienna. Held at the British Ambassador to Austria’s Residence and chaired by Foreign & Commonwealth Office Permanent Under Secretary Sir Simon McDonald and Austrian Minister of Economy Margarete Schramböck, the meeting brought together Ministers and representatives from […]
Press release: Western Balkans Summit begins with the Economy Ministers ...
A well functioning government communications service that has, at its heart, transparency, professionalism and accountability, is a cornerstone of a healthy and stable society. The more we invest in quality transparency and effective communication, the more it would provide return on investment for us. These were the central messages at […]
World news story: Communication as the force of transparency in ...
Thank you, Prime Minister, thank you for the warm welcome. I’m delighted to be here in Skopje as we mark the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Macedonia and the UK. I’m proud to be the first British Prime Minister in almost 20 years to visit this beautiful country. As […]
Speech: PM speech in Macedonia: 17 May 2018
Prime Minister Theresa May will underline the UK’s unconditional commitment to maintaining Europe’s security and upholding European values on her visit to Macedonia today (17 May 2018) – the first visit to the Western Balkans by a serving UK Prime Minister for almost 20 years. The PM will begin the […]
Press release: PM pledges ongoing UK support for building stability ...
This week we marked the successful completion of our programme assistance on monitoring administrative justice in Macedonia, or how state institutions act in providing the services that citizens need from them. The last in the series of events was a debate instigated by the review on the appointments in the […]
World news story: Debating the appointments in public sector in ...
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) Economics Unit’s economic factsheets summarise key economic data for over 180 of the world’s economies on just 2 pages. They offer a snapshot of economic data under headings such as trade/investment, economic development and government finance. Source: UK & Macedonia
Research and analysis: Macedonia economic factsheet
My Lord Mayor, Your Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen. I’m going to talk about Britain’s global role and our work with our allies around the world but I turn first to the events of this remarkable week because never before has there been a collective expulsion of Russian diplomats on the […]
Speech: Foreign Secretary’s Mansion House speech at the Lord Mayor’s ...
Public finance is everyone’s business. This was the key message sent from the Fiscast economic forum organised today to mark the successful completion of the programme assistance we have run on public finance management with the implementing partner Finance Think. The economic forum which took place in Skopje today gathered […]