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A car bomb exploded in front of the Central Bank building in Greece's capital Athens. Damage was reported on neighboring buildings and shops up to 200 meters away, but no-one was injured, according to Greek newspaper Kathimerini's English website.

The perimeter around the bank was sealed off by police.

The court on Wednesday flatly rejected all motions filed against the government backed law refusing to discuss the 14 disputed provisions that mainly tackled the time span of the law and the range of professions subjected to checkups.

“A procedure is not opened for the articles 1, 3, 4, 14, 15, 18, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 36 and 40” the court’s press service informed briefly.

Romania's Senate voted Tuesday to approve a draft law providing EUR 100 M of financial aid to the Republic of Moldova.

SIMANOVCI - Leader of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Aleksandar Vucic stated on Wednesday that the plan of the future government's work would soon be completed and presented to the public while the names of the ministers would be discussed during the weekend.

Greece's largest toy seller Jumbo reported a 7.6 percent rise in sales for the nine months to March on Wednesday thanks to double-digit growth in Cyprus and Bulgaria.

The figure is higher than the company's outlook for an increase in sales of between four and six percent in the 12 months to June 2014.

KRUSEVAC - Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Chepurin said in Krusevac on Wednesday that he expects good cooperation with a new Serbian government.

Russia and Serbia have always had friendly relations, and what is good for Russia is good for Serbia too; the stronger Russia, the better for Serbia, the Russian ambassador said in Krusevac.

Bulgaria came 44th among 132 countries by Social Progress Index that ranks countries by social and environmental performance.

Leaders of Progressives and Socialists meet

BELGRADE -- Aleksandar Vučić said after meeting with Ivica Dačić that he "does not want a partisan government," but "wants to unite Serbia and enter difficult reforms."

"Geological Treasure of Serbian Land" to open on April 10

BELGRADE -- The "Geological Treasure of the Serbian Land" exhibition will open at the SANU Gallery of Science & Technology on April 10.

It will present a collection of minerals, rocks and fossils belonging to the Belgrade-based Faculty of Mining and Geology.

BELGRADE - The government of future Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic must be a real team where everyone should have the same goals and work towards them, European Parliament member Doris Pack has said, expressing hope that Serbia will speed up reforms.