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Most Balkan countries showed a marked improvement in their ratings in the World Bank's latest "Doing Business" report, which measures 189 countries on the basis of regulations that either enhance or suppress business activities.

Macedonia remains the regional leader in terms of ease in doing business, placed at 30th place in the rankings, moving up one place.

Some 40% of Serbian citizens expect the economic situation to improve, while in Croatia such hopes have only 11% of the people, 26% in Montenegro, and 37% in Macedonia.

The survey shows that 33 per cent of Serbian citizens expect their financial situation to improve, money.bg informs, citing the Tanjug news agency.

By Stathis Kousounis

The number of Turkish tourists visiting Greece this year is expected reach a historic high, while the corresponding figure for Greek visitors to Turkey is also set to soar.

The latest estimates see over 1 million Turkish tourists visiting Greece – a record number – while Turkey expects Greek visitors to reach 800,000 by year-end.

Bulgaria will spend BGN 7 M on advertising campaign, promoting it as an attractive tourist destination with rich history and architecture, SPA resorts and beautiful nature, reports News.bg.

Survey finds Serbians to be "region's optimists"

BELGRADE -- 40 percent of Serbian citizens expect the economic situation to improve, while in Croatia that percentage is 11, in Montenegro 26 and in Macedonia 37.

This data was presented by Ipsos Strategic Marketing.

BELGRADE - Serbia wants to continue full cooperation with bodies of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and it supports implementation of the recommendations with a view to further democratisation and strengthening of rule of law, Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic said on Monday during the talks with PACE Rapporteur Samad Seyidov.

BELGRADE - Slovenia is planning to invest in the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector in Serbia, Slovenian Ambassador Franc But said on Monday after receiving the Danube Flower award at the Danube Business Forum.

I consider this award as a recognition of Slovenia's presence in Serbia and the region, But told Tanjug.

The Turkish ceramic sector’s exports to the Middle East and North Africa decreased by around 30 percent in the first nine months of the year from the same period of 2013, mainly due to rising instability in its key markets of Syria, Iraq and Libya.

Hristo Monev, Deputy Chair of the Supervisory Board of Danube Bridge 2 Vidin - Calafat AD, has suggested that the car tolls could be reduced by 50%.

NYON - The UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body announced Friday that the abandoned Euro 2016 qualifier between Serbia and Albania has the official score of 3-0 in favor of Serbia.

However, Serbia was also deducted three points by the UEFA's disciplinary committee and so neither side will get any points, the Football Association of Serbia (FSS) said in a release.