Western-Balkan Countries Have Made Progress in Combating Corruption and Organized Crime

Western Balkan countries have made progress in combating organised crime and corruption, but those remain the key challenges on their path to European Union membership, senior EU officials said at a ministerial forum that opened in Zagreb on Thursday, Hina reports.


Over the next two days, the sixth ministerial forum "Justice and Home Affairs - The EU and the Western Balkans" will discuss cooperation in the areas of justice, freedoms, and security.

Praising the progress the Western Balkans had made over the past ten years, European Commission Vice-President Jacques Barrot said that corruption and organised crime still presented a huge challenge to the countries in the region.

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