Leaders from the European Union and the Western Balkans will hold a summit in Albania's capital on October 16 to discuss the path to membership in the bloc for the six countries of the region. The main topics at the annual talks -- called the Berlin Process -- are integrating the Western Balkans into a single market and supporting their green and digital transformation. Serbia and Montenegro were the first Western Balkan countries to launch membership negotiations a few years ago, followed by Albania and North Macedonia last year, while Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo have only begun the first step of the integration process.
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