European Reliance General Insurance Co. S.A. recently held its ordinary general meeting, approving the annual financial statements for 2016 and a dividend of 11 cents per share.

The European System of Central Banks (ESCB) recently gave unconditional support of the Foreign Exchange Global Code of Conduct, noting that central banks would abide by the code and expect their international counterparts and market participants to do the same.

Bulgaria’s Chairman of the Supreme Court of Cassation Lozan Panov is pushing for an investigation into the controversial meeting between chief prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov and businessman Sasho Donchev.

UniCredit recently finalized an agreement with four business-to-business real estate firms to market and liquidate its foreclosed real estate portfolio, which is valued at approximately $1.68 billion.

The Zagreb and Ljubljana Stock Exchanges presented the fourth annual Slovenian and Croatian Investor Days Conference, facilitating meetings with 15 listed companies and international investors.

European Parliament has asked European Union (EU) member countries to speed up fulfillment of their obligations to take in refugees, particularly unaccompanied minors.

Serbian Private Equity Association (SPEA) has teamed up with EEL Events for the 10th Southeast Europe (SEE) Private Equity and M&A Forum on Oct. 5 in Belgrade.

The American University in Bulgaria (AUBG) board of trustees recently appointed Princess Maria Luisa of Bulgaria and Rumyana Trencheva, SAP Southeast Europe managing director, to its ranks at a two-day board meeting.

A new report from Research and Markets is providing details on the market for a major Mediterranean staple and a big Greek export.

In the small Balkan country of Albania, there is a bit of a tourism boom going on, and some forward-thinking companies are taking advantage of the interest to create a broader array of choices for visitors.

Hipotekarna Bank has won the Most Active Bank in Montenegro in 2016 award from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's (EBRD) Trade Facilitation Program.

Vojvodjanska Banka and SEE ICT have teamed up to fund the two largest SEE ICT/Startit centers, one in Belgrade and one in Novi Sad.

Postbank recently won an award for quality during a business awards event by the Confederation of the Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria (CEIBG).

Pension fund management company Erste Plavi has won the Institutional Investor Peer to Peer Award from the Institutional Investor Institute.

A new variety of cabbage is available for international trade thanks to a collaboration between the Innovation Fund and the Institute for of Vegetable Crops in Serbia.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a financial system stability assessment of Bulgaria at a recent executive board meeting.

A global payment processor called UATP is adding Turkish Airlines as a client.

What unites small, relatively obscure Balkan nations such as Macedonia, Slovenia and Croatia? All of them have significant wine cultures and derive some of their annual gross domestic product (GDP) from wine exports.

The Montenegro electricity sector will continue efforts to modernize and innovate through a $35.7 million project financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in which 85 percent of consumers benefit from smart meters.

Serbia recently launched a Serbian Quality label for domestic meat producers in cooperation with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).