Citizens living in Macedonia and this summer should stop phones when they go on holiday in European countries. The latest news about roaming charges Balkans find out below.

At the summit in Sofia, the European Union did not remove roaming for Western Balkan countries as hoped for Balkan countries, including Macedonia. Europeans have decided to start the process of price reductions, but there is no specific deadline for when this can happen.

The Information Society Ministry said that the European Union summit has allocated 30 million euros for investments in networks for the region and in the meantime a plan to cut prices.

“The latest information we got in touch with EU Commissioner Maria Gabriel said that the specific timeframe and measures for the implementation of roaming-related activities will be presented on June 26 in the digital hall in Sofia of the EU for the Western Balkans “, say the Albanian ministry, follows albinfo.ch.

Mobile operators say that so far no one has asked them to start the tariff reduction procedure.

Since 2014, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina have launched initiatives to remove roaming in European Union countries. So far, any such attempt was unsuccessful. Once Bulgaria has taken over the EU Presidency, the country reactivated this initiative. roaming charges balkans

So far, Macedonia has been able to reduce roaming costs with Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.

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