"Trump’s Suspension of US Foreign Aid Hits Hundreds of Balkan Projects
[...]This has immediately affected a range of organisations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, the group of states dubbed the “Western Balkans Six” by international organisations.
From 2020 until the end of 2024, the United States invested US $1.7 billion in aid in the Western Balkans Six, supporting civil society organisations and state institutions and projects ranging from human rights and media to energy efficiency. [...]" balkan insight jan30,2025