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BELGRADE - Serbia exported 480,000 tons of corn in November, which represents a record in terms of the country's monthly export of cereals, Zita Srbije Director Vukosav Sakovic told Tanjug.

He recalled that the record monthly export until now totalled 365,000 tons of corn, and added that the latest record export was recorded in November 2010.

Energy ministers of Greece, Cyprus and Israel will hold talks with the EU next week to try to advance a plan for a pipeline linking newly-discovered gas riches in the eastern Mediterranean to Europe, Cyprus's energy minister has said.

Turkey will not land its second free trade agreement in South America before the end of 2014, a Peruvian official confirmed late Dec. 2.

"Military ties significant for regional security"

BELGRADE -- Serbian and Bosnian army chiefs Ljubisa Dikovic and Anto Jelec say they are ready to further improve the cooperation between the two countries' armies.

This is in the interest of regional stability, the two generals said on Wednesday.

NOVI SAD - Owner and director of the design studio Salt and Water from Novi Sad Svetlana Mojic has won this year's Balkan women's entrepreneurship award for the most successful startup company, the company said on Wednesday.

The Serbian economy will suffer from the loss of potential jobs and transit fees after the construction of the pipeline, which was supposed to pump gas from Russia through Bulgaria and Serbia to Western Europe, was halted by Putin on Monday, officials and experts said on Wednesday.

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An interview of Novinite.com with Jordan Kamchev, a Macedonian businessman , on the challenges ahead of Macedonia and its relations with Bulgaria.

BELGRADE - The chiefs of staff of the armed forces of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, generals Ljubisa Dikovic and Anto Jelec, on Wednesday expressed their readiness for further improvement of the cooperation between the two countries' armed forces and said that it is in the interest of regional stability.

UEFA rejects both Serbian and Albanian appeals

BELGRADE -- The UEFA appeals committee has rejected the appeals against the penalties given out over incidents that occurred at a canceled match between Serbia and Albania....

BRATISLAVA - Opportunities are opening for Serbia and Slovackia to work together in the fields of energy, agriculture, finance and transportation, Zorana Mihajlovic, Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and co-chairperson of the Serbia-Slovakia joint commission for economic cooperation, said at the end of her two-day visit to Slovakia Tuesday.