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The Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, the Innovation Fund, the EU Delegation to Serbia and the World Bank marked today the completion of the Project for Support to Research, Innovation and Transfer of Technology in Serbia, funded with EUR 2.5 million from EU pre-accession funds (IPA) for 2013, and implemented in cooperation with the World Bank.

Maintaining the macroeconomic stability and fully implementing the reforms required to tackle the basic structural deficiencies of the Serbian economy will be the main challenge for the economic policy, says Sebastian Sosa, head of the IMF Office in Serbia.

Bulgaria has made very limited progress on reforms in the economy and this has led to weak investor interest in your country. Such an opinion expressed to Darik news the American economist, Prof. Steve Hanke.

Bulgaria ranked 11th in the Good Country Index, prepared by the team of independent British political consultant Simon Anholt, Manager.bg writes. 

Pro Romania Party Chairman Victor Ponta says the state budget for 2019 is a "fake," not a realistic and serious one, and the manner in which it is attempted to be passed through Parliament proves there is no desire for "a real debate and analysis."

As the World Bank's board considers nominations for the institution's next president (Donald Trump is expected to nominate David Malpass, the US Treasury department's top official on international affairs), there are two critical ways he or she can make the bank more effective.

The IMF mission is led by James Roaf.

The talks dealt with the realization of infrastructure projects and the projects planned within the new investment cycle, the Serbian government announced.

During a meeting of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov with representatives of the business, he informed them about a decision of the World Bank to create establish services center in Sofia, which would lead to opening of another 200 high-tech jobs, writes the Bulgarian National Radio.

Lower interest rates on loans and a stable banking system will be among the positive effects of joining the Eurozone, Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said at the traditional annual meeting of the business and government on 29th of January. The forum is dedicated to Bulgaria's road to the Eurozone and the effects on the economy.

The head of the Department for Emergency Situations (DSU), secretary of state Raed Arafat, on Tuesday stated in Constanta that a project is currently being developed to train dispatchers of the ambulance, emergency and firefighting services for a "fully integrated" dispatch system.