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PODGORICA - Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic and Prime Minister of the People's Republic of China Li Keqiang said Tuesday that the two countries have excellent bilateral relations based on friendship and strengthened through economic cooperation that shows great potential.

A late selling spree on the Greek bourse day had turned profits into losses by closing time, as traders remained nervous ahead of Wednesday’s first vote for the new president in Parliament. Early signs that the tide could be turning in favor of the government’s presidential candidate Stavros Dimas are still too small to create a winning momentum and appease the markets.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic opened the Fourth Economic Forum of China and 16 Central and Eastern European nations in Belgrade on Tuesday afternoon.

Welcoming the participants, Vucic noted that it is an honour to host the meeting in Belgrade, a place where the economies of the East and the West meet.

BELGRADE - Trade and Economic Office and Cultural Center of the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria opened on Tuesday at a ceremony in Belgrade, in the presence of Bulgarian Ambassador to Serbia Angel Dimitrov, who said that even after 135 years of diplomatic relations the ties between the two countries continue to strengthen in all areas.

Serbian PM opens economic forum of China, 16 CEE nations

BELGRADE -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic opened the Fourth Economic Forum of China and 16 Central and Eastern European nations in Belgrade on Tuesday afternoon....

"China interested in region as transit toward EU"

BELGRADE -- Former Yugoslav countries can expect significant Chinese investments in infrastructure, as the path leading China to the EU market, says Vladimir Gligorov.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic met with Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister for Coalition Policy and Public Administration Rumiana Bacharova on Tuesday to discuss ways of improving the economic relatins between the two countries, and especially their trade.

BRUSSELS - The Council of the European Union commended on Tuesday the progress Serbia made in internal reforms and in the normalization of Belgrade-Pristina relations, noting, however, that there is still work to be done.

BELGRADE - Serbia can achieve the projected economic growth of two percent in 2017 by increasing investments that will launch exports, President of the Fiscal Council Pavle Petrovic said on Tuesday.

Members of the Budget Committee in Bulgaria's Parliament voted in favour of amendments to the Penal Code which provide for heavy penalties for concealed evasion of social insurance contributions.

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