AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoGames of Chance Funding: North Macedonia has approved a Draft Law on Games of Chance that earmarks 3% of gambling levies for the North Macedonia Film Agency, restoring a funding stream abolished after a 2016 Constitutional Court ruling and sending the plan into parliament. The agency says the money will back domestic film production, script and project development, postproduction, a cinema network, and children’s audiovisual content, while helping clear debts and reopen calls. NATO & Connectivity: Bulgaria’s foreign minister urged unity at NATO talks in Sweden, while also pushing faster regional connectivity—specifically Corridor VIII and a cross-border railway tunnel—during meetings with North Macedonia’s Timco Mucunski. EU Pressure on Trade: A Bruegel report warns Western Balkan firms face rising non-tariff barriers and border delays even as EU integration deepens. Aviation Shake-up: Lufthansa is ending the Frankfurt–Skopje route, pointing passengers to Vienna connections.
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