First green light from EU states to Growth plan for Balkans

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, MAR 6 - "The ambassadors to the EU have agreed on the negotiating mandate of the EU Council on a future reform and growth instrument for the Western Balkans" worth 6 billion euros in grants and loans, aimed at accelerating the region's economic convergence with the EU, said the Belgian rotating presidency of the EU Council in a tweet. (ANSA).