METKA has been selected by the General Authority for Electricity and Renewable Energy of Libya (GAEREL) to design and build a new power plant in Tobruk, Libya.

Vice President Mike Pence visited European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels this week to discuss relations between the European Union and the United States.

The Republic of Srpska's prime minister and government officials met with trade union representatives this week to discuss paying debts to budget beneficiaries, according to a report on the government's website.

BRD Group's net profit rose to $178.38 million in 2016, up more than 63 percent from the previous year.

Perhart Tec Grup, the largest tissue paper manufacturer in Romania, has been granted a revolving loan worth $25.3 million.

Vojvodjanska Bank has given computers to the General Hospital in Pozega to help make work more efficient and effective while offering better connectivity with the hospital's parent organization, the Uzice Health Center.

Serbian Private Equity Association has teamed up with the Central South Eastern Europe (CSEE) Investment Summit for a one-day event March 30.

Banca Intesa has grown the placement of mortgage loans in 2016 to 40 percent and held a market share of 23 percent.

The Serbian Private Equity Association has partnered with the CEE M&A and Corporate Finance Forum, which will be held April 6 in Vienna.

Aegean Airlines has new Miles+Bonus partnerships in Kavala, Greece.

OriginTrail, a Slovenian-Serbian startup that helps consumers learn the origins of their organic food products, recently won the Audience Award at the Food + City competition in Austin, Texas.

Vojvodjanska Bank received MasterCard's Regional Data Integrity Award for 2016.

Giorgos Houliarakis, Greece's alternate finance minister, said recently on state-run television network that it would be in the country's best interest to find any solution now to bailout talks rather than wait for a better solution later.

The Greek government will soon require certain business sectors to complete transactions electronically with point-of-sale (POS) terminals in an effort to curb VAT tax evasion.

A meeting in Brussels between Greece and its creditors concluded with some progress regarding the second review of the Greek bailout, but no new date has been set for further discussion.

Greek company Gastrade S.A. has finalized selling 20 percent of its share capital to GasLog Ltd.

An investor will take over management of Capsis Hotel in Thessaloniki, Eurobank said.

Officials state that "precautionary measures" must be taken moving forward now that talks on the third Greek bailout have been delayed.

Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Dutch finance minister and Eurogroup chairman, said the Netherlands cannot move forward with the Greek bailout program without the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) support.

Fraport Greece, a German and Greek consortium, is taking over management duties at 14 regional airports in Greece next month.