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Over-complicated red tape and the long time needed for completing paperwork are key reasons why people do not invest more in Bosnia, a conference on investment in Sarajevo heard on Tuesday. Other serious problems are transport and the culture of graft, as the country has a poor reputation for corruption …

Macedonia’s economy faces a prolonged period of danger from the crisis affecting the eurozone but macroeconomic stability and the stability of the currency, the Denar, are not shaken, the Central Bank says.

Soskic said that the government should be formed quickly and get a positive review from the IMF because that will encourage new investors. Due to the size of the country, Soskic highlighted the necessity for Serbia to constantly demonstrate its macroeconomic security and encouraged the government to introduce reform measures.

Montenegro and Croatia signed a partnership agreement, concluding the meeting on the optimistic note that regional co-operation will improve once the post-election atmosphere in Serbia “calms down“.

Tomislav Nikolic pledged to work with everyone and conduct a policy of peace, stability and cooperation in the region – but his message was not enough to persuade several regional leaders to attend the ceremony. Overshadowed by a boycott of the ceremony by several regional leaders, the inauguration of President …

Two years after the Serbian prosecutor’s office had requested the ban of the extreme-right group ‘Obraz’, the country’s Constitutional Court outlawed it on Tuesday. The prosecutor’s office has also requested that ‘Obraz’ be deleted from the registry of organisations, as well as for any future association or group that should …

Residents of the Serbian capital have been able to pay their electricity bills via text message since May 23. For now the system is available only to Dina card holders who use the Telekom mobile network, but the plan is to offer the same service to all Belgraders by the …

High Representative Valentin Inzko says it is shameful, 17 years after the signing of the Dayton peace deal, that so many people have never been able to return to their own homes. Speaking at a round table on sustainable returns in the European Academy in Banja Luka, Inzko said that …

Albania’s parties failed to elect a president in the third round of voting by MPs for the presidency. The main opposition Socialists blamed

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic believes that Serbia has done everything asked of it in order to start EU accession talks in the fall. “I expect to finally find out in Brussels what no one in Serbia has heard so far, which is whether