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Bulgaria's Agriculture Ministry to Introduce Tax on Uncultivated Land

An expert group will start working on tax on uncultivated lands by end-May, Bulgaria's Agriculture Minister Dimitar Grekov announced at a meeting with agricultural associations

The new tax seeks to stimulate owners to lease uncultivated lands to cooperatives and to local companies in order to utilize fertile agricultural lands.

Bosnia Entities Split Power Company Profits

The two shareholders in Bosnia's power distribution company, Elektroprenos, which are the country's two entities on March 31 agreed to divide up the net profit of the company - some 50 million euro.

The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina will get 58 per cent of the sum while the other entity, Republika Srpska, will get 42 per cent.

Greece saw biggest rise in at-risk-of-poverty rate from 2011 to 2013, EC says


Greece saw the biggest rise in the European Union between 2011 and 2012 in terms of the proportion of its population that is at risk of poverty, according to the European Commission's latest Employment and Social Situation Quarterly Review, which was published on Monday.

WB content with progress of transport projects in Serbia

BELGRADE - Officials of the World Bank have met with Serbia's Minister of Transport in the outgoing government Aleksandar Antic and said they are satisfied with the progress of projects meant to improve the transport infrastructure in Serbia.

The World Bank mission was in Serbia from March 17 to 28 and met with Antic at the end of their visit.

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