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Vucic:Serbia wants closer cooperation with Republic of Korea

BELGRADE - Serbia wants sincere and friendly relations and closer cooperation, particularly in the economic sphere, with the Republic of Korea, a perfect example of a country whose hard work and discipline has lead to economic and societal progress, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said Monday.

Scare-mongering dominates Greek electioneering

It was not the way Greeks thought they would spend their Christmas this year. Actually, many had already planned their holidays long ago. Judging from the record number of bookings, many had chosen to spend their Christmas at the popular winter resorts on the slopes of Mount Parnassus. The crisis is over, claimed the tour operators.

IMF says Greece intends to treat program as precautionary

Greece does not plan to draw on money from the International Moentary Fund for the remainder of its loan program, an IMF spokesman said on Thursday.

"Certainly it's our understanding now that the authorities intend to continue the current fund arrangement on a precautionary basis," IMF spokesman Bill Murray told reporters in Washington.

I’m going slightly mad

Being one of the few Turkish economy pessimists sometimes makes me question my knowledge of economics. Luckily, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s annual report on Turkey arrived just in time to confirm my economic sanity- as I found many of the recurrent themes from my columns in the report.

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