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3rd Conference on Advancing Renewable Investments – guarantees of origin could drive Europe’s green energy integration
21 November 2025 - As CBAM nears implementation, the Ljubljana conference highlighted the tools to accelerate integration with the EU, the Energy Community Secretariat said
Maćić: Exempting Serbia from CBAM for electricity would mean disastrously fast decarbonization; carbon tax will also block market coupling with EU
11 November 2025 - The European Commission has acknowledged that problems with applying CBAM to electricity exist, but has not yet offered solutions, says Ljubo Maćić, special advisor at Serbia’s Economics Institute
Renewable electricity should not be subject to EU’s CO2 import tax
23 October 2025 - The European Commission may solve CBAM's unintended effects on renewables in the Western Balkans, Director of the Energy Community Secretariat Artur Lorkowski said in an interview with Balkan Green Energy News
Energy Community’s CBAM Readiness Tracker: Western Balkans still far from exemption as full implementation nears
20 October 2025 - The Energy Community’s 2025 CBAM Readiness Tracker suggests efforts to meet the exemption criteria for electricity are gaining momentum
Serbia proposes taxes on greenhouse gas emissions, imported carbon-intensive products
03 October 2025 - The draft Law on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Tax and draft Law on Carbon-Intensive Product Imports Tax in Serbia both envisage EUR 4 per ton of CO2 equivalent
EU mulls steps to prevent bypassing of CBAM
05 September 2025 - Brussels fears exporters from third countries could ship low-emission goods to the EU, while selling high-carbon products in other markets
Šahmanović: Montenegro expects first large private wind and solar plants to be online in 2026
19 August 2025 - Admir Šahmanović, Minister of Energy and Mining, spoke with Balkan Green Energy News about the ministry’s achievements so far and plans for the future.
Federation of BiH prime minister says ETS could be introduced by end-2025
04 August 2025 - Nermin Nikšić announced joint steps by entity and state institutions aimed at establishing an emissions trading system by the end of 2025.
Serbia adopts Just Energy Transition Plan until 2030
01 August 2025 - Serbia now has a Just Energy Transition Plan until 2030, with suggestions how to mitigate of the impact of reducing fossil fuel use
Germany supports Serbia in clean energy supply, environmental protection
22 July 2025 - Serbia and KfW signed a EUR 135 million loan for the second phase of the Green Transition Development Policy Operation (DPO II) program
Energy Community marks 20th anniversary as integration pillar for Southeastern Europe
17 July 2025 - The Energy Community Ministerial Council held its annual informal meeting in Athens, where the organization was founded twenty years ago
Clean transition, decarbonization among priorities in EU’s draft budget
17 July 2025 - Within the EU's proposed long-term budget, the EUR 409 billion European Competitiveness Fund is for strategic technologies including for the clean transition and decarbonization