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On 12 -15 May, Sarajevo welcomed media professionals for a regional workshop aimed at enhancing audience engagement in Public Service Media (PSM).

On 22 May 2025 H.E. Karla Wursterová, Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to Italy, paid an official visit to the CEI - Executive Secretariat. The Honorary Consul of Slovakia, Luca Davide Farina, was also present.

The Meeting of the Parliamentary Committee of the Central European Initiative (CEI) Parliamentary Dimension was held in Belgrade on 20-21 May 2025, under the Serbian CEI Presidency, bringing together parliamentary delegations from CEI Member States under the theme “Partnership within the framework of the Central European Initiative: Support

On 20 May 2025, CEI Secretary General Hon. Franco Dal Mas, met in Skopje with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Republic of North Macedonia, Timcho Mucunski.

The CEI-Executive Secretariat and the Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative (RAI) Secretariat and have signed a new two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the period 2025-2027, reaffirming the commitment of both parties to regional cooperation and the fight against corruption.
The CEI continues to demonstrate its strong commitment to fostering regional dialogue and supporting European integration.

 A follow-up meeting on the study for the potential reactivation of passenger railway connections along the Trieste–Ljubljana–Zagreb–Belgrade route was held today - promoted by the CEI with the support of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region.

The Central European Initiative (CEI) and the Slovene Writers’ Association (SWA), within the Vilenica International Literary Festival, have launched the Call for Applications 2025 of the CEI Award for Young Writers

The 5th edition of the CEI Piano Forum was successfully held on 8 May in Sacile (Italy) in the framework of the FVG International Piano Competition.

The final stop of the CEI-EBRD Roadshow in the Western Balkans took place in Tirana on 8 May 2025.

The international conference “Young music for a young Europe” was organised in the framework of the Palmanova International Music Competition on 4 May 2025.

The CEI, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) jointly presented in Skopje on 7 May 2025, the results and impact of operations supported by the CEI

The CEI - Executive Secretariat took part in the Italy-Croatia Business Forum held in Zagreb, on 6 May 2025 attended by Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani; Croatian Minister of Economy Ante Šušnjar and Croatian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Gordan Grlić-Radman.

On 6 May 2025, the CEI and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation - presented in Belgrade the latest activities of the CEI Fund at the EBRD. 

As part of his ongoing round of political consultations with representatives of the CEI Member States, Secretary General. Hon. Franco Dal Mas, visited Ljubljana on 5 May, where he met with Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, Tanja Fajon.

The CEI joins the many around the world mourning the loss of Pope Francis, an authoritative voice of our time, who, until the very end, bore witness to a pontificate committed to addressing imbalances and inequalities in the pursuit of justice and peace among peoples.

Last October the CEI was granted observer status at the intergovernmental committees of the Council of Europe’s Youth Department.

On 15 April 2025, the CEI Committee of National Coordinators gathered at the premises of the Serbian Mission to Brussels, under the Serbian CEI Presidency 2025.
Partners of the GreenPATH project, co-funded by the Interreg Central Europe Programme, convened in Trieste for the third Steering Committee meeting on 15–16 April 2025.
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