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January 27, 2026 | Financial

North Macedonia nets EBRD loan

Money will be used to modernise freight operations and purchase new locomotives.

November 7, 2025 | Infrastructure

Bulgaria and North Macedonia agree cross-border tunnel

Project is expected to cost €2bn.

April 24, 2025 | Infrastructure

Increased investment in better rail connections across the Balkans

Three of the European Union’s (EU) nine key transport corridors, collectively known as the TEN-T network, cross the Balkans. Mark Simmons looks at how the Balkan corridors are progressing and highlights some of the key rail projects underway in the region.

April 17, 2025 | Infrastructure

A strategic vision for regional integration in the Western Balkans

After decades of chronic under-investment, railways in the Western Balkans are undergoing a significant transformation as they aim to become a key part of the wider European transport network. Championed by sector organisation Transport Community, real change is on the horizon, as Mark Simmons discovers.

January 23, 2025 | Infrastructure

Kumanovo - Beljakovce line reopens in North Macedonia

Work to rehabilitate 31km line forming part of TEN-T Corridor VIII has cost €78m.

January 11, 2024 | Europe

North Macedonia project secures €560m funding package

EU, ERBD, and EIB all contributing to the project to improve connectivity with Bulgaria.

November 28, 2023 | Infrastructure

Serbia and North Macedonia agree to upgrade Niš - Skopje line

The existing Niš - Skopje line will be upgraded first, followed by the construction of a new line.

November 3, 2022 | Infrastructure

North Macedonia begins €200m works on link to the Bulgarian border

Project includes sections of line rehabilitation and construction as part of European Corridor VIII.

August 26, 2022 | Infrastructure

North Macedonia awards €200m upgrade and construction contracts

Contracts cover work on Pan-European corridors VIII and X.

October 21, 2021 | Freight

Agreement to complete Adriatic Sea - Black Sea connection

Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Albania have signed an agreement to complete Corridor 8.

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