US EditionDamage Caused by Blockades of Western Balkan Truckers Already Amounts to Hundreds of Millions
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The owner of the road freight transport company "Unitrag Pižon", Dušan Nikolić, said today that they have not yet received any notification from the EU on how to resolve the problem with the length of stay of professional truck drivers who export goods to EU and Schengen countries and import final products and intermediate goods to the Western Balkan countries.
Workers from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Northern Macedonia started blockades account detention and deportation of the block; more than 100 Bosnians were deported in 2025
Truck drivers from four Western Balkan countries are blocking freight terminals at border crossings to the Schengen area for the third day today due to dissatisfaction with the introduction of the new Entry/Exit Control System (EES). According to economists, the financial damage due to the inability to export is already several hundred million euros.
The owner of the company "Unitrag Pižon" for the transportation of goods in road traffic, Dušan Nikolić, said today that they have not yet received any notification from the EU about the way to solve it.
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Hundreds of truck drivers are blocking Balkan borders to protest an EU rule that allows them to travel within the Schengen area for only 90 days in six months. Damages are already reaching 100 million euros per day.
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