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A Chinese government delegation will visit the Bulgarian Black Sea ports of Varna and Burgas to study opportunities for investment in their transport infrastructure, the transport ministry in Sofia announced on Friday.

Chinese leaders, meeting ahead of an agenda-setting conference, pledged on Dec. 14 to keep the country's economic growth in a "reasonable range" in 2016 by expanding domestic demand and making supply-side improvements. 

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has accepted an invitation of Prime Minister of China Li Keqiang to visit China.

The visit will take place in late 2015 or early next year.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli on Wednesday discussed the economic and political cooperation between the two countries.

On behalf of Premier Li Keqiang, Zhang invited Vucic to visit China, which will host this year's summit of China and 16 Central and Eastern European countries.

A delegation of the People's Republic of China, headed by Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli, arrived on a three-day visit to Serbia on Monday.

They will discuss with Serbian officials the development of overall relations and reconstruction of infrastructure facilities in Serbia.

Former Chinese security chief Zhou Yongkang, the highest ranking ex-official to be investigated for corruption in decades, was sentenced on June 11 to life in prison at a secret trial, state-media said.

Cosco Pacific is said to be in pole position ahead of the tender for the privatization of Piraeus Port Authority (OLP).

The new terms provide for the preferred bidder to get 51 percent of the company, expanding to 67 percent if they implement investments of 350 million euros in the first four years.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had a phone conversation today with his Chinese counterpart, Premier Li Keqiang.

According to an announcement released by the PM’s office, their discussion focused mainly on ways to further improve the multi-level cooperation between the two countries over the next months.

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Greece's new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has been invited to visit Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, a government source said Wednesday.

Li Keqiang called Tsipras to congratulate him on his electoral victory and say «he would work to deepen and widen the historic ties between the two countries», the source said.

[AFP]