Development

"Manifesting one's own identity and distinctness is an action of citizenship," epic German thinker Hannah Arendt famously said.

This applies also to states and people. Manifesting one's identity and distinctness is actually an action of universal citizenship and the hallmark of nation-states.

The meeting between Greece’s lenders and the Greek government will take place on Wednesday noon with the representative of the International Monetary Fund, Delia Velculescu, being the center of attention since she will be holding the “keys” of the agreement on program review and debt relief .

The European Commission has called on countries on the Balkans migration route "to do more to provide shelter for people fleeing conflict or poverty."

In a report published on Wednesday, the EC also told these countries they "now need to urgently speed up the provision of reception capacities."

The results of the November 2015 balance of payments released last week have confirmed an ongoing trend: The foreign resource inflow that has been financing Turkey's growth for 12-13 years dropped radically in 2015, and this could be considered a sign of a new era rather than a temporary trend. A new climate has gone into effect and the growth paradigm based on foreign resource inflow has actua

BELGRADE - The Serbian Ministry of Economy released on Wednesday that it would allocate over RSD 166 million to back projects to improve conduct of business, attract investments and open new jobs in industrial zones in municipalities and cities.

According to a release, the Ministry of Economy allocated 166,430,000 for purposes of realisation of the programme.

The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved Monday a USD 378.425 M loan for the development of Ukraine's energy sector.

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Serbia ranks 77th on Legatum Prosperity Index

BELGRADE -- Serbia ranks 77th according to the Legatum Prosperity Index, while Norway claimed the first place on the list of 142 countries.

In the first eight months of 2014, Macedonia attracted €176 million in FDI, which was 11 €million less than the same period last year, data from the Central Bank show.

Macedonia attracted only €251 million in FDI in 2013, which was the worst score in the region, below Kosovo, which attracted slightly more - €259 million.

Bulgaria has remitted almost 84% of Afghanistan's debt accumulated in the 70s and 80s of the 20th century and rescheduled the remaining debt for 10 years.

The Government today approved the intergovernmental agreement between the two countries signed on September 17 to settle the debt totaling USD 50.6 million, Dnevnik.bg informs.

Bulgaria's 2015 poverty line will be set at BGN 286 per month, said the government press office.

It is by 14% higher and is to be discussed at today's government meeting.

The poverty line is calculated on data of the National Statistics Institute on household budgets, prices and inflation and aims at covering a set of basic living needs.