Montenegro, a member of NATO and candidate to join the EU, began inoculating its population with Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine on 20 February but has struggled to contain COVID-19 contagion. Montenegro applied for the European Union … 2002 - Yugoslav, Montenegrin and Serbian leaders sign EU mediated accord to set up new state, to be called Serbia and Montenegro, in place of Yugoslavia. The EU was not always as big as it is today. Europe Montenegro's peculiar path to EU membership. Leaders of EU countries and of membership candidates Montenegro, Serbia, North Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and Kosovo met in Sofia to discuss their accession prospects to the bloc at a so-called Berlin Process summit, jointly chaired by Bulgaria and North Macedonia. 2006 - Montenegro … Bulgaria is one of the EU’s 27 nations. Montenegro, which started to be recognized by many European Union member states with the declaration of independence, signed a Visa Liberalization and Readmission Agreement with the European Union on 1 January 2008. By 2010, the European Commission had a favorable opinion on its application and granted Montenegro candidate status, with seven areas identified as requiring improvement before negotiations could begin. Serbia, is the only other country from the region with ongoing accession negotiations since 2015. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accession_of_Montenegro_to_the_European_Union Montenegro makes progress towards EU in areas of trade, customs, industry, taxation. Notable is Bobotov Peak in the Durmitor Mountains, which reaches 8,274 feet (2,522 metres) and is the country’s highest point. This was stated at today’s meeting of the Subcommittee on Trade, Industry, Customs and Taxes. When European countries started to cooperate economically in 1951, only Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands participated. The Montenegrin mountains were the most ice-eroded section of the Balkan Peninsula during the last glacial period. Montenegro applied for EU membership in 2008, after declaring independence from the federation of Serbia and Montenegro in 2006. PODGORICA – The European Union expects Montenegro to firmly stand on the European road as the leader in the integration process within which it has advanced the most, the bloc’s special envoy for the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue on the normalisation of relations and other Western Balkans issues, Miroslav Lajčák has said in Podgorica on Thursday, FoNet reported. Montenegro applied for membership of the EU in December 2008 and has had the status of a candidate country since 2010. Montenegro, which is not part of the EU, has so far operated a laidback stance on Covid restrictions making it a good bet for booking a summer holiday for later this year. Further progress of Montenegro in the areas of trade, customs, industry and taxes is a pathway to economic strengthening and full membership in the European Union. The high mountains of Montenegro include some of the most rugged terrain in Europe and average more than 7,000 feet (2,000 metres) in elevation. Montenegro is a leading candidate to meet the 2025 accession date, suggested by European Commission. But for years this small Balkan country has been using the euro as its currency. Montenegro is not a eurozone member; not even a member of the EU. EU countries, candidate countries and other European countries. Further, Montenegro is in a leading position on its path towards EU accession, compared to the other five aspirants from the Western Balkans.