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21 May 13

Bosnia Resists EU Call For Free Trade

Foreign Trade Minister says Bosnia will not accept a customs-free import regime with EU states despite pressure from Brussels.

Latest Business News

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02 Apr 13

Procurement Violations 'Deter Investors in Bosnia'

Foreign investors need more transparency and fairness in procurement competitions, investment council says, referring to a recent survey.

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20 Mar 13

Serbia and Bosnia Agree Trade Protocol

As the two neighbours firm up their economic ties, new agreements are expected to follow in June.

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20 Mar 13

Serbia Tops Balkans For Illicit Financial Flows

The organisation Global Financial Integrity has ranked Serbia worst of all Balkan countries when it comes to illegal financial flows.

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07 Mar 13

Bosnia Federation Vows to Rescue Grounded Airline

Bosnia's Federation entity says it is trying to find ways to repay the bank that has blocked the accounts of the partly state-owned flight company, BH Airlines.

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14 Feb 13

Bosnians Head Abroad As Jobless Total Spirals

A lucky few Bosnians may soon get to work in Germany and Austria as a result of labour agreements - but the numbers involved won't affect the overall unemployment picture.

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11 Feb 13

Balkan Countries Withdraw Suspect Croatian Milk

Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia and Montenegro have taken milk produced by two Croatian dairies off the market amid fears of contamination by potentially dangerous aflatoxin M1.

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28 Jan 13

Bosnian Town Scraps ‘Tax on Sunshine’

Local authorities in Tuzla in north-east Bosnia are to cancel a law which forces solar energy generators to pay them to use the sun as a power source.

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11 Jan 13

Bosnia's Federation Tries to Save Petrol Company

An offer to settle an eight million euro debt to British company Deltagrip could stop the Bosniak-Croat Federation’s ailing petrol storage company from going bust.

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11 Jan 13

Macedonia Tops Region's Economic Freedom Index

Macedonia tops the region in the 2013 Index of Economic Freedom, annually compiled by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation.

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24 Dec 12

Bosnia Signs Deal on Highway Construction

Bosniak-Croat Federation has signed an agreement with Turkey's Cengiz Insaat to build another 10 kilometres of highway worth around 180 million euro.

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12 Dec 12

Bosnia Farmers Fear Milk Export Slowdown

Bosnian dairy farmers ask for more help in achieving EU standards as main trading partner Croatia prepares to enter the European bloc.

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07 Nov 12

Hypo Group Starts Selling Balkan Businesses

The Austrian banking group has started putting its subsidiaries in Southeast Europe up for sale.

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07 Nov 12

World Bank Urges Speedier Reforms in Bosnia

Jane Armitage, World Bank coordinator for the Western Balkans, said Bosnia would obtain more support from the bank if it carried deeper structural reforms.

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27 Oct 12

Balkan Business Climate Better, World Bank

Businesses in Southeast Europe are finding it easier to operate as governments cut red tape, a new World Bank reports concludes. 

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28 Sep 12

IMF Approves €405 Million Standby for Bosnia

The IMF has approved a two-year stand-by arrangement of 405.3 million euro for the country - but it won't get all the money at once.

Politics and Society

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20 May 13

Bosnia Court Freezes Kelmendi's Assets in Sarajevo

Bosnia's state court froze the assets of alleged Balkan narco-boss Naser Kelmendi, while prosecutors said they will investigate whether his property was bought with drug money.

Culture and Lifestyle

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15 May 13

Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro Fail to Qualify for Eurosong

All Balkan contestants in the semi finals on Tuesday failed to qualify for Eurosong. Macedonia and Albania are still hoping they will qualify on Thursday show in Malmo.