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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a new USD 17.5 B financial aid package for Ukraine to help the country stave off collapse of its economy.

BELGRADE - Members of the Serbian defense ministry and armed forces engaged in the UN peacekeeping mission in Cyprus were granted the UN medals for their excellent service, the Serbian ministry of defense issued a release on Wednesday.

Economist wonders why govt. hasn't published IMF documents

BELGRADE -- Economist Stojan Stamenkovic says it is unclear why the Serbian government has not published the content of the agreement it recently reached with the IMF.

VIENNA - It is almost certain that the EU will not admit any new member in the next five years, but this does not mean that Western Balkan countries should renounce their EU perspectives and reforms, officials stated at the conference in the Oesterreichische Nationalbank organised by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

VIENNA - The electricity price increase of 15 percent is part of the agreement with Serbia, as stated in the memorandum which the country submitted prior to the closing of the arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Head of IMF Mission in Serbia Zuzana Murgasova said.

"Electricity price rise part of IMF-Serbia agreement"

VIENNA -- The 15-percent electricity price hike is part of IMF's agreement with Serbia, as stated in a memorandum which the country submitted before the deal was closed.

This was announced by head of the IMF mission Zuzana Murgasova.

BELGRADE - Serbia appreciates highly the work of of the UN Office for Project Service (UNOPS), Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said and thanked UNOPS Executive Director Grete Faremo for support.

The total value of UNOPS projects in Serbia since 2010 is EUR 65 million, he said at a reception at the Belgrade City Hall on Monday.

A total of 42 companies from Turkey, including daily Hürriyet, have signed the Women?s Empowerment Principles (WEPs), founded in collaboration with U.N. Women and U.N. Global Compact, on March 6, ahead of International Women?s Day on March 8.

Ahead of International Women's Day on March 8 and the 20th Anniversary of the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the Istanbul Stock Exchange (Borsa Istanbul) hosted an opening bell ceremony on March 6 in support of gender equality and women's economic empowerment.

With the above statement the US financial webpage comments on latest statements by Mario Draghi, while citing a top European banker, who warns that the crisis in Greece is not even near the end.
According to CNN Money, Greece depends entirely on international support while its creditors’ are not impressed at all”.