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BELGRADE - Serbian Economy Minister Zeljko Sertic met on Wednesday with the representatives of Japan Business Federation 'Keidanren' and discussed the promotion of Serbian-Japanese economic cooperation.

This year's edition of the European Researchers' Night will take place on September 26 in six Bulgarian cities from the early afternoon till around midnight.

Davenport hopes Serbia will send positive message

Equality and prohibition of discrimination are an integral part of the European legal acquis, Michael Davenport said on Wednesday

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin assured his Bulgarian counterpart Daniel Mitov, that the gas transit from Russa is not jeopardised, said Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry in a press statement.

The meeting between Mitov and Klimkin took place during the 69-th General Assembly of the UN, which takes place currently in New York.

During the large-scale international operation Archimedes a total of 187 people have been arrested on the territory of Bulgaria, and 127 criminal proceedings have been opened.

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BELGRADE - A decline in the number of babies and economic migrations will cause irreparable damage to the Serbian economy and society as a whole in less than 20 years, show analyses by the Business Support Network.

An ex-officer with the Bosnian Serb Army testified at his commander Ratko Mladic’s war crimes trial that Bosniak forces deployed snipers in Sarajevo but his brigade never targeted civilians.

BELGRADE - Representatives of the Japan Business Federation KEIDANREN, who are staying on a visit to Belgrade in order to consider possibilities for investing in Serbia, were acquainted on Wednesday with reform processes which are aimed at improving the business climate, Jadranka Joksimovic, minister without portfolio in charge of the EU integration, stated on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - An exhibition of the Legacy of Milos Crnjanski of the Serbian National Library opened at the Serbian Cultural Centre in Paris on Wednesday, before a large crowd, the library has stated.

The exhibition is the first one after the redecoration of the centre, whose library will bear the name of Milos Crnjanski, a famous Serbian and writer.

Bulgaria does not and will not participate in the US-led coalition against the Islamic State (IS) and the matter is not discussed by the government, said caretaker Defence Minister Velizar Shalamanov, quoted by Mediapool.bg.

According to him, Bulgaria had limited combat abilities and the air force does not have the equipment to participate in air strikes with such intensity.