{"id":470473,"date":"2026-11-06T15:12:23","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T14:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/11\/06\/costi-roaming-a-zero-nei-balcani-occidentali-lue-avvia-i-negoziati\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T16:37:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T15:37:25","slug":"zero-roaming-charges-in-the-western-balkans-the-eu-begins-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/11\/06\/zero-roaming-charges-in-the-western-balkans-the-eu-begins-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"Zero roaming charges in the Western Balkans: the EU begins negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels &#8211; <span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"it\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">The European Commission has <strong>launched negotiations to integrate Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia into the EU\u2019s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/europa.eu\/youreurope\/citizens\/consumers\/internet-telecoms\/mobile-roaming-costs\/index_en.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roam like at home<\/a>&#8221; scheme<\/strong> ( i.e. calls and mobile data usage at the same rates as at home).<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">This will allow people travelling between the EU and the Western Balkans to make calls, send messages, and use mobile data without incurring additional roaming charges.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Once the agreements have been finalised and the partners have fully aligned with EU roaming rules, the Commission will invite the Council to extend the EU roaming area accordingly.<\/span><\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Roaming charges for calls and internet usage outside one\u2019s own country have now been abolished in the 27 EU Member States, in the countries of the European Economic Area (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2025\/06\/17\/brussels-to-extend-roaming-to-ukraine-from-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from 1 January this year, including in Ukraine and Moldova<\/a>, making a total of 32 countries on the European continent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels &#8211; The European Commission has launched negotiations to integrate Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia into the EU\u2019s &#8220;Roam like at home&#8221; scheme ( i.e. calls and mobile data usage at the same rates as at home). 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