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SMEDEREVO - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic handed on Thursday the keys to the new production hall in Smederevo to its lessee PKC Group, a Finland-based manufacturer of wiring systems and electronics for commercial vehicles.

BELGRADE - US Ambassador to Serbia Michael Kirby hosted a reception on Wednesday for the Serbian Armed Forces members who had attended US military schools, and he stressed that the military cooperation between the two countries was very good.

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BELGRADE -- Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic says "Serbia will turn to a policy of growth and reforms after the current austerity measures."

He told Italian companies they can expect "even more support from the government."

Turkey's defense exports for the first 11 months of 2014 increased by 20 percent compared to the same period last year, hitting $1.5 billion, according to figures from the Turkish Exporters' Assembly released on Dec. 11.
     

BELGRADE - Serbia's Chief of the General Staff General Ljubisa Dikovic and Italy's Commander of the Joint Operations Command Lieutenant General Marco Bertolini have met in Belgrade to discuss cooperation between the two armies.

BELGRADE - South Korean Ambassador to Serbia Lee Do-hoon hosted a reception late Wednesday on occasion of his country's national holiday, the National Foundation Day of the Republic of South Korea.

The holiday celebrates the day when, according to ancient notes, the legendary "grandson of heaven", Dangun Wanggeom, founded Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom, in 2333 BC.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said that Serbia will turn to a policy of growth and reforms after the current austerity measures and told Italian companies they can expect even more support from the government.

Bulgaria starts an overhaul of its anti-terrorist legislation, reports the Sega daily.

On Wednesday the government set up a working group which will analyse the existing legislation and to formulate proposals for legislative amendments and administrative and organisational measures.

Bruce Berton, Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Sofia, has claimed that Bulgaria is plagued by crisis-level corruption which takes its toll on all citizens.

Berton spoke to representatives of Bulgaria's judiciary on the occasion of the International Anticorruption Day, which is observed annually on December 9.

BELGRADE - The EU Delegation to Serbia has awarded twenty-two new grants to civil society organizations (CSOs) in the country.

Projects funded by the grants totaling EUR 2,4 million will contribute to the fight against corruption by increasing transparency in the public sector and providing support to people and groups most exposed to discrimination.