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The European Union will disburse close to 200 million euro ($235 million) to Albania, Montenegro and North Macedonia in the coming days as their implementation of the EU's Growth Plan for the Western Balkans is running well, enlargement commissioner Marta Kos said on Monday.

Montenegro withdrew a record-high 245 million euro ($288 million) of European Union funding in 2025, as compared with 106 million euro absorbed in 2024 and 187 million euro in 2023, European affairs minister Maida Gorcevic said.

The overwhelming victory of Progressive Bulgaria (PB) coalition led by former president Rumen Radev should improve political stability in Bulgaria and enhance governability, despite the uncertainties related to the incoming government's economic and fiscal priorities, Fitch Ratings said on Friday.

The European Commission said on Thursday has approved, under the European Union state aid rules, a 37 million euro ($43 million) Croatian measure to support the construction of an industry centre for the gaming sector in the eastern Croatian town of Novska.

The European Union member states have decided to start drafting Montenegro's EU accession treaty, enlargement commissioner Marta Kos said, noting it will be the first time since 2013 the EU is starting to work on such a document for a new member state.