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2012-05-23Airlines from Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro and Slovenia said they will jointly use their planes to improve regional travel. Also in business news: Turkey, Bulgaria and Qatar are mulling several-large scale investment projects.

2012-05-16Representatives of several countries in the region gathered in Skopje to help promote organic agriculture. Also in business news: Sarajevo is hosting its third annual Business Forum and Croatia's economy is expected to shrink by 1% this year.

2012-05-04A new report by Freedom House shows a mixed picture of media freedom in Southeast Europe in 2011. Over the past 12 months, the situation worsened most significantly in Macedonia, while notable improvements were made in Kosovo and Montenegro.

2012-04-17Analysts say equalising the VAT rates throughout the region would ensure economic stability and development, but would require offsetting measures as well.

2012-04-10The air navigation services in Bulgaria and Romania will become more effective under the DANUBE functional airspace block, experts say.

2012-03-05A financial services company announced the results of its new index, measuring the relative vulnerability of 19 Central and Eastern European countries, including nine Balkan nations, to disruptions in capital inflows.

2012-02-23Passengers are bearing the brunt of the abrupt failure of a major regional airline.

2012-02-17The European Commission will be taking a close look at Bulgaria, to determine whether it is facing risky macro-economic imbalances.

2012-02-15Heavy snowfalls have paralysed BiH and other regional countries, but has also fostered co-operation.

2012-01-31Lower prices and lower taxes in Bosnia and Herzegovina lure many Croatian and Serbian citizens to shop.

2012-01-30The months of drought have packed a double punch: affecting energy supplies in some Balkan countries and agricultural production in others.

2012-01-27Serbia's Ivica Dacic says he is determined to take responsibility for providing people with "what they lack above all else: economic development and justice in all spheres".

2012-01-16Montenegrin state prosecutors are in the hot seat in the wake of corruption scandal involving privatisation of the state telecom.

2012-01-14Government action has temporarily lowered trading margins on some foods in Serbia, where wages are among the lowest in the region.

2012-01-12People throughout the region own a large number of firearms obtained on the black market, citing security as the reason. Ironically, the vast majority of criminal acts involve illegal weapons.

2012-01-11Many of the Arab Spring uprisings were co-ordinated via social media networking. Closer to home in the Balkans, Facebook and Twitter are engines of change as well.

2012-01-11With South Stream and the Trans-Anatolian pipeline set to transport Russian and Azerbaijani gas, Turkey's solidifies its position as a regional energy transportation hub.

2012-01-04Exporters can claim compensation for EU trade duties they paid in 2011, under a new agreement. Also in business news: Turkey greenlighted the South Stream pipeline construction and Kosovo saw larger-than-expected economic growth in 2011.

2012-01-03Road infrastructure saw a boom in 2011, with the trend expected to continue this year.

2011-12-09The leaders of the 17-nation eurozone agree to move towards a stronger economic union that is expected to be joined by at least six other EU member states, which are currently not part of the club.