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Vucic: Serbia open to all ideas on common regional market

SKOPJE - Regional connectivity is very significant, green lanes at border crossings are of the greatest importance for the Western Balkans and Serbia will be open to all ideas on a common regional market and ready to implement them, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said at a Western Balkans-EU summit in Skopje on Monday.

Errors found in Cyprus Covid support

In an inadvertent error by the Cypriot state, support payments totaling 13.82 million euros were extended to 152 cases that had failed to meet subsidy criteria under the terms and conditions of the project to support businesses from the effects of the pandemic. While a significant portion of the reimbursement issue has been addressed, approximately €2-3 million remains outstanding.

Angry farmers stage Germany-wide tractor blockades

Furious farmers opposed to German government plans to cut tax breaks for agriculture used tractors to block roads across the country on Monday in an escalating dispute.

The coordinated nationwide demonstration targeted motorway access ramps in particular, snarling traffic, and followed a smaller ill-tempered demonstration in Berlin last month.

Tax revenue exceeds goals, but officials try to dampen handout expectations

Tax revenue in July exceeded the government's expectations, meaning that it will be able to achieve the primary budget surplus demanded by the European Union.

But Ministry of Finance officials were trying Thursday to dampen excessive expectations of handouts to be announced at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) early next month.

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