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Bulgaria, Serbia improving military co-operation

Joint training operations and preparation for multi-national exercises are the focal points of military co-operation between Bulgaria and Serbia.

Bulgaria soldiers are working with troops from Serbia on joint exercises and co-operation. [AFP]

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rating has remained at a two-year maximum level for the last two weeks.

According to the data published by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (WCIOM) on March 6, quoted by the ITAR-TASS news agency, 67.8% of the respondents approve of Putin’s work. 

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said on Tuesday during talks with Azerbaijani Minister of Economy and Industry Shahin Mustafayev that investment in production is the only way for Serbia to emerge from the crisis.

BELGRADE - The police arrested three foreigners in Kraljevo, central Serbia, within the action aimed at provision of international legal assistance to Great Britain authorities, Serbian Prosecutor for Organised Crime Miljko Radisavljevic said.

The action was conducted in several countries against an international organised criminal ring involved in frauds, Radisavljevic told Tanjug.

EU nudges western Balkans toward economic reform

Improving the financial climate will attract investment, the Union said. In other business news: Bulgaria and Macedonia seek more funding for Corridor 8.

The EU believes that financial reforms will mean a better business climate and greater economic prosperity in the western Balkans. [AFP]

Troika officials are due to meet Bank of Greece Governor Giorgos Provopoulos on Wednesday amid a growing split between Athens and its lenders over how much money will be needed to cover the capital needs of local banks.

Government officials resumed stalled negotiations with troika envoys on Monday in a bid to reach an agreement on the economic reforms that Greece must implement to secure further rescue funding.

BELGRADE - The deputy prime ministers of Serbia and Croatia, Aleksandar Vucic and Vesna Pusic respectively, have said that the two countries will not drop mutual lawsuits for genocide before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), but they agree that this is the issue of the past which must not encumber the present relations.

Politicians in Bosnia have been trying to stir up bad memories of the 1990s conflict in a bid to undermine and discredit the nationwide protests against economic hardship and corruption.

Balkan countries foster their military industries

Regional governments recognise the economic potential of increasingly export-oriented domestic firms.

A worker performs quality control of ammunition produced at the UNIS GINEX company in Gorazde. [UNIS GINEX]