Finance minister

The banking forum of central and eastern European states will bring together finance ministers and national bank governors and many experts in the field.

Vujovic will speak at an introductory panel alongside the finance ministers of Croatia, Slovakia, Armenia, Georgia and Lithuania, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement.

 Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev and the Ministry of Finance yesterday reminded that science has been historically underfinanced. The Finance Minister's statement made it clear that more money would be spent on young scientists rather than on institutions.

Bulgaria's economy will grow with 4% in 2017, the autumn macroeconomic forecast of the Bulgarian Ministry of Finance shows.

The Finance Ministry expects that the country's economy will mark 3.9% annual increase in the next three years.

Inflation will increase gradually, mainly under the pressure of oil prices and domestic consumption.

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced Albania's new government Sunday. For the next four years, 13 ministers will aid him in running the country after his Socialist Party, PS, won an overwhelming majority in the June 25 elections.

The government has sought to end speculation that Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos will be removed from his post as part of an imminent cabinet reshuffle.

Resorting to humor, the prime minister's office said that "Tsakalotos must move from Preveza where he is taking his holidays" and come back to Athens to assume his duties as finance minister.

BELGRADE - The parliamentary committee on finance, budget and control of public spending on Tuesday accepted Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's proposal to re-appoint Pavle Petrovic as president of the Fiscal Council.

The EU has praised Serbia's economic growth, outlining challenges regarding structural reforms and competitiveness.

This has been announced by the EU Delegation to Serbia and the Finance Ministry, Tanjug reported.

Things tend to go sour in Greek-German relations at pivotal times. Athens just doesn't get Berlin at all and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras seems to glean all the wrong messages from developments in the German capital.

German Foreign Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has confirmed that the issue of Greece was discussed on the sidelines of a meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bankers in the Italian city of Bari.

"I expect a solution," Schaeuble said on Friday.
 

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek said March 18 that Turkey has sent almost $1 billion worth of aid to Somalia since 2011 as a part of the country's Africa strategy.