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BELGRADE - Alain Richard, special representative for economic diplomacy in the Balkans of France's foreign ministry, told Serbia's Minister of Economy Zeljko Sertic on Wednesday that French companies were interested in buying certain Serbian enterprises from various fields.

Parliament?s General Assembly accepted in the early hours of April 1 an international agreement between Turkey and Japan for the construction of Turkey?s second planned nuclear plant.
 
With the approval, the legal framework for the construction of the plant has been laid. 

Germany and France view Greece?s overtures toward Russia as a sideshow and won?t be drawn into a debate on the matter, three government officials said.

Croatia may be a very Catholic country by secular European standards, but that has not stopped a satirical movie about the Church called "Svecenikova djeca" ("Priest's Children"), from being a hit with movie audiences.

Now it is going to shown to French audiences, too, supported by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

No one can predict what the future holds for any country in the world, more so with regard to its economy, which is affected by a variety of factors, often out of its control.

Six world powers and Iran will meet again later on Wednesday in a bid to reach an outline accord reining in Tehran's nuclear programme, after failing to agree crucial details such as the lifting of U.N. sanctions by a Tuesday deadline.
   

MIAMI - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the current world number one in men's tennis, has reached the quarter-finals of the Miami Masters tournament by beating Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-7 (3-7), 7-5, 6-0 in the fourth round late Tuesday CET after coming from behind.

After several days of talks between representatives of Greece?s government and its creditors in Brussels on a proposed list of economic reforms, eurozone finance ministry officials are to discuss progress and the prospects for a deal during a teleconference call on Wednesday.

After several days of talks between representatives of Greece?s government and its creditors in Brussels on a proposed list of economic reforms, eurozone finance ministry officials are to discuss progress and the prospects for a deal during a teleconference call on Wednesday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande pressed Greece?s government to come up with an economic plan that its creditors can approve, saying time is short.