The European Commission announced on 6 November that it had opened bilateral negotiations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia to extend the EU’s domestic-rate roaming regime. [1]

Agreements must first be finalised and each partner must fully align with EU roaming rules before the Commission asks the Council to extend the roaming area. The Council authorised the talks in June. Opening negotiations does not itself remove surcharges for travellers between the EU and the region. [1]