The Commissioner for Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, announced on Wednesday 25 March that €38 million would be made available as immediate support for health sectors in the Balkan countries. He added that the European Commission planned to reallocate more than €373 million to social and economic recovery.
Of the €38 million, which is made up from funds that have so far not been spent or allocated, Albania and North Macedonia will each receive €4 million, Bosnia and Herzegovina €7 million (see EUROPE 12453/12), Montenegro €3 million, Serbia €15 million, and Kosovo €5 million.
€46.6 million will be allocated to Albania for economic and social recovery, €11 million of which will be allocated for social protection. €73.5 million will go to Bosnia and Herzegovina, €62 million to Kosovo (of which a maximum of €13 million is to be used to support the country's budget), €78.4 million to Serbia, €50 million to Montenegro and €62 million to North Macedonia (€9 million of which is for the private sector and €3 million for budget support). (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)