Intelligence Unit

Turkey's top police intel chief and two former police intel unit heads may face up to 25 years in prison each in the investigation launched into the murder of prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.

British publishing company Pearson on Aug. 12 said it had agreed to sell its 50-percent stake in The Economist Group, owner of prestigious magazine The Economist.

The share is being sold for 469 million ($730 million, 663 million euros), split between The Economist Group itself and Italian investment firm Exor, which is controlled by the Agnelli family, Pearson said in a statement.

BELGRADE - Over a half of corporate leaders in Serbia expect their companies to grow in the year to come, shows the Capital Confidence Barometer research conducted by Ernst & Young (EY) consulting house.

"The judiciary will [need to] proceed with this matter in an independent way so there is no question of political pressure for or against any conviction, which has to be proved by the court in the coming months, if indeed the case does come to court," said Gabriel Partos, an analyst for Central and Eastern Europe at the London-based Economist Intelligence Unit.  

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Bulgaria ranks 46th in the world in terms of business environment for the period 2014-2018, surpassing Romania and Italy, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit.

Bulgaria has moved one spot ahead compared to the previous ranking for the period 2009-2013, BGNES reports.

France’s Total and Germany’s E.ON plan to withdraw from a pipeline scheme to bring Azerbaijan’s gas to Italy, an Azeri official said, as falling Italian demand puts energy projects there into doubt.

Greece has the worst education system in the 28-member European Union, according to a global league table compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit for the British publishing firm Pearson which shows Asian countries overtaking Scandinavian nations that have traditionally excelled in this area.