Liberal democracies

A survey by the Washington-based non-profit International Republican Institute, coordinated by US performance-based consulting company Gallup Organization, reveals that far more people want the country to join the European Union than its Kremlin-backed alternative.

London's World Travel Market this month offered some fresh positive signs regarding British visitors to Greece next year.

Located only 400 kilometers south of Greek summer resorts popular with Serbians is the capital of Greece and the cradle of western civilization, Athens.

One thing is certain - as long as it has Athens, Greece will always be a rich country, and the world's greatest cultural power.

Only one in seven Catalans thinks that the dispute with Spain will lead to independence, while for two-thirds of the people in the richest province of Spain the crisis is damaging the economy, a sociological study said today, quoted by Reuters.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government is set to establish a ministerial team to monitor the situation regarding Croatia's troubled food concern Agrokor to prevent a potential fallout in the Serbian market.

The reduction of value-added tax on ferry tickets would give the Greek islands an economic boost without provoking a negative fiscal impact, the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) argues in a study titled "The Contribution of Passenger Shipping to the Greek Economy."

The Serbian government on Thursday set up a ministerial team to "analyze and monitor" the situation in Serbia related to problems in operations of Agrokor.

The team will also monitor the situation on the domestic market when it comes to companies linked to the troubled Croatian giant that are doing business in Serbia.

BELGRADE - The European perspective of the Western Balkans will be among the fundamental priorities of Bulgaria's upcoming EU presidency, President of the National Assembly of Bulgaria Dimitar Glavchev said Monday, noting Bulgaria was supportive of tangible progress on Serbia's EU path.

BUDAPEST - Serbia will continue to make a principled and concrete contribution to regional stability, peace and security, Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic said at a Budapest conference of Western Balkan parliament speakers on Friday.

The trend of mass migration of Greek firms and freelancers to Bulgaria and Cyprus, where taxes and social security are significantly lower than those of Greece, continues. This is what Kathimerini writes, quoted by expert.bg