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BELGRADE - Serbian Ministry of Culture and Information in cooperation with UNESCO has secured funds for the restoration of the museums in Arandjelovac and Paracin that were damaged in the May floods.

The amount of RSD 4.1 million was donated by UNESCO through its 2013-2014 Participation Program, the Ministry said in a release.

BELGRADE - Serbia wants sincere and friendly relations and closer cooperation, particularly in the economic sphere, with the Republic of Korea, a perfect example of a country whose hard work and discipline has lead to economic and societal progress, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said Monday.

It was not the way Greeks thought they would spend their Christmas this year. Actually, many had already planned their holidays long ago. Judging from the record number of bookings, many had chosen to spend their Christmas at the popular winter resorts on the slopes of Mount Parnassus. The crisis is over, claimed the tour operators.

Greece does not plan to draw on money from the International Moentary Fund for the remainder of its loan program, an IMF spokesman said on Thursday.

"Certainly it's our understanding now that the authorities intend to continue the current fund arrangement on a precautionary basis," IMF spokesman Bill Murray told reporters in Washington.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday that the government expects economic growth next year, despite opposite projects from the IMF.

"We expect economic growth next year, which will come as a great surprise in the first year of fiscal consolidation," he told reporters in Belgrade.

The Romanian authorities and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Saturday morning held negotiations at the headquarters of the Ministry of Public Finances (MFP) focused on the budget deficit issue, a release from the MFP informs AGERPRES on Saturday.

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Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Friday said that negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are under way and that he does not believe the ongoing agreement will be ended, although he finds unacceptable a deficit that is 0.9-percent of the Gross Domestic Product that the IMF demands.

The Greek Police on Thursday said that it has arrested seven suspects - among them a former MP for New Democracy - believed to be members of a gang that has been forging wills in order to falsely inherit property and money for the past five years at least.

BELGRADE - Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic has talked with German Ambassador Heinz Wilhelm about Serbia's EU integration and Germany's support in the process, as well as Chapter 24-justice, freedom and security.

"Regional cooperation - more talk than work"

BELGRADE -- Former special coordinator of the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe Erhard Busek says cooperation between countries in the region "does not in fact exist."

There is "more talk about cooperation than actions and results," the Austrian politician noted.