Vojvodjanska Banka (Bank) and the Faculty of Economics at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia have teamed up to offer a special two-week program for students to gain practical knowledge and professional development.

The Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) of Greece recently celebrated the arrival of the first passenger ship of 2017, the Blue Star Delos, with PPA executives boarding the ship and giving out an honorary plaque and gifts.

Republic of Srpska officials, including Deputy Prime Minister Anton Kasipovic and Minister of Administration and Local Self-Government Lejla Resic, recently met with trade union leaders to discuss their joint concerns and actions for 2017.

Gorenje Group, a home appliances manufacturer based in Slovenia, recently highlighted its growth over the past year, which includes an estimated revenue figure of $1.35 billion, a 2.6 percent increase on last year.

INTRASOFT International was recently chosen by Kuwait's Ministry of Finance to implement the state’s electronic governmental brokering platform and to develop a centralized net-based collections system.

Electricity supplier Electrica and OMV Petrom have launched the first fast-charging electric-vehicle station at an OMV gas station in Romania.

Twenty Zrenjanin organizations including schools, businesses and IT groups recently established an information technology-focused project called Zrenjaninski ICT cluster.

Results from a recent bank lending survey by the Bank of Greece shows that the demand for loans to non-financial corporations (NFCs) remained unchanged in the fourth quarter of last year compared to the third quarter.

The General Assembly unanimously voted to expand the company's scope of business.

Invest Europe recently hired Marc Nahum as director of membership, a new position designed to deepen relationships with the group's 650 members and with fund managers and investors around Europe.

Invest Europe recently highlighted the need for increased private-sector investment in infrastructures in Europe, citing similar projects promised by American and Chinese leaders as a threat to the continent’s competitiveness.

The Republic of Serbia’s Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development recently announced a new campaign, KODigranje, under its Battle for Knowledge initiative through which it hopes to increase the digital literacy of primary students throughout the country.

A limited number of spaces are still available at the Startit Center co-working space in Novi Sad, Serbia.

Atlassian plans to retain the company’s brand and services, as well as its current employees, and does not anticipate any significant changes for Trello’s existing customer base, which includes users in the Balkan nations, in the near term.

The Bank of Greece reports that in November, the weighted average interest rate on deposits remained stable while the average interest rate on new loans decreased.

LG’s new flagship phone, the LG G6, will be equipped with extensively tested copper heat pipes that allow the phone to remain operational in temperatures 15 percent higher than the maximum required for it to go to market

The Bank of Greece recently released balance of travel services statistics for the country for the period of January to September 2016, which show a surplus of $10.97 million, a 9 percent reduction from the same period in 2015.

The European Central Bank Governing Council recently allowed a request from the Bank of Greece to set the emergency liquidity assistance ceiling for Greek banks at $49.73 billion.

Anton Kasipovic, Srpska's deputy prime minister, and Lejla Resic, minister of Administration and Local Self-Government, recently met with several trade union presidents to discuss joint activities of social partners.

Prime Minister Zeljka Cvijanovic recently marked "The 9th of January – The Day of the Republic of Srpska,' which was celebrated this year with some novel additions, including a parade.