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BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will pay a two-day official visit to China September 9-11, and participate in the World Economic Forum in Tianjin, the government's media relations office said in a release.

Serbia now ranks 94th on competitiveness list

BELGRADE -- Serbia has risen seven spots on the World Economic Forum's global competitiveness list for 2014 and is now 94th among 144.

This is according to the Foundation for the Advancement of Economics, the Beta news agency reported.

By Dimitra Manifava

Greece climbed 10 spots this year in the World Economic Forum’s competitiveness chart, which was published on Wednesday. However, the country remains constrained by corruption in public administration, a lack of transparency and the inefficiency of the state, according to the Global Competitiveness Report.

Bulgaria ranks 54th out of a total of 144 countries in The Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015 of the World Economic Forum.

For a third year in a row, Bulgaria has improved its score.

In the 2014-2015 edition of the report, Bulgaria outperforms a number of EU countries, including Romania, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia, Croatia and Greece.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets with the representatives of large companies from all over the world as part of a two-day World Economic Forum (WEF) event.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel met with the representatives of large companies from all over the world as part of a two-day World Economic Forum (WEF) event in Berlin.

 WEF report highlights barriers to improving business environment, notes high numbers of scientists, students

By Dimitra Manifava

BELGRADE - Coordinator of the City on Water project Aleksandar Karlovcan stated at a panel organised by Tanjug News Agency late on Sunday that the project master plan will be presented to the public in a month.