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BELGRADE - The cooperation between Serbia and Hungary has improved significantly, which is best reflected by the fact that the two countries achieved a record level of trade last year, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said in Belgrade on Thursday.

BELGRADE - A collection of documents on Yugoslav-Algerian relations between 1956 and 1979 has been unveiled at the Archives of Yugoslavia in Belgrade, and the event was attended by Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic and Mohamed Larbi Ould Khelifa, president of the People's National Assembly of Algeria.

Bulgaria will try to boost visitor numbers by offering combined tourism products including trips to neighboring Balkan countries.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has hailed a new 4.4-billion cubic meter natural gas deal between Turkey and Algeria.

In an official visit to the Algerian capital of Algiers, Erdoğan praised the agreement between the national hydrocarbon company of Algeria and the Turkish state-owned oil and natural gas pipeline company BOTAŞ, who extended their agreement for 10 years.

Prosecutor General of Romania, Tiberiu Nitu announced on Thursday that inquiries have been launched into the organization of the presidential elections abroad, stating this was the result of numerous notifications.

BELGRADE - Biljana Jovanovic, the owner and director of the Luna fashion company, is the first woman to receive the prestigious International Women's Entrepreneurial Challenge (IWEC) award for development of international business in the Balkans.

BELGRADE - The French-Serbian Job Fair opened in the ULUS Gallery in Belgrade on Wednesday and it gathers ten companies which are looking to present their job offer to students and the unemployed.

German businessmen want to reach Russia through Serbia

Unlike official Berlin, who demands that Serbia takes a clear stand toward Moscow, German businessmen are against Serbia's introducing sanctions on Russia. On the contrary, they want to export their goods to Russian market through Serbia.

Three weeks before a Greek-Turkish summit in Athens, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu accused Greece and Cyprus on Tuesday of trying to “frighten” his country by signing an agreement with Egypt.

Bulgarian and Romanian companies could join hands to export foods, electronics, machines and textile outside the EU, Economy Minister Bozhidar Lukarski has told Romania's Ambassador to Bulgaria Anton Pacuretu.