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Representatives of 21 Bulgarian companies are taking part in Tuesday's Bulgaria-Vietnam business forum in Da Nang.

The forum was opened by Bulgaria's Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski, as a part of his official visit to the Asian country.

Bulgarian company Risk Engineering AD will consult the government of Vietnam on a project for the construction of a nuclear power plant.

The cooperation was negotiated during the visit of Bulgarian Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski to Hanoi.

BELGRADE - Karl von Habsburg, grandson to the last ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Karl I, said in Belgrade Monday that the EU is incomplete without Serbia, stressing that no individual country or person can be blamed for World War One.

"EU is not Europe without Serbia"

BELGRADE -- Serbia's outgoing Prime Minister Ivica Dačić met in Belgrade on Monday with Austrian Archduke Karl von Habsburg.

Better political dialogue and economic cooperation were in the interest of both countries, Dačić remarked.

BELGRADE - Serbia's outgoing Prime Minister Ivica Dacic met in Belgrade on Monday with Austrian Archduke Karl von Habsburg and said better political dialogue and economic cooperation were in the interest of both countries.

Dacic stated he was pleased that Austria was supporting Serbia's EU integration, the government office for media relations said in a release.

BELGRADE - Marking the Hellenic presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Greek Film Week will take place from April 23 to 28 in Belgrade, under the title “Images from the past, vision of the future”.

Bulgarian tour operators are concerned by a possible drop in the number of Ukrainian and Russian tourists this summer.

According to the newspaper Capital Daily, another reason, besides severe tensions between the two countries, is the fall in value of the Ukrainian hryvnia and the Russian ruble to the euro – by 46 and 20 per cent respectively.

Bulgarians are increasingly breaking family gathering traditions and booking trips for the Easter holidays.

The Bulgarian touroperators are concerned by the possible drop of number of Ukrainian and Russian tourists this summer. 

According to Bulgarian-language Capital Daily, another reason, besides the tensions between the two countries, is the depreciation of the Ukrainian hryvnia and the Russian ruble to the Euro – with 46 and 20%, respectively. 

Bulgaria is last but one in the EU by government expenditure on education as a share of the GDP, according to Eurostat data for 2012.