A series of new equipment investments is boosting aluminum manufacturer Elval's capacity, quality and cost performance.

&&& Karlheinz Dobnigg, CEO of Raiffeisen Bank, was recently named the president of the Association of Banks of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Security software firm Bitdefender has boosted its footprint in France with the largest acquisition of its 15-year history.

Vojvodjanska Banka, headquartered in Novi Sad, Serbia, is among the finalists for this year's VIRTUS Award for philanthropy.

The merger between Romanian-based banks Banca Comerciala Carpatica and Patria Banc remains on track to be finalized Feb. 1 after a minor delay.

The president of New Democracy, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, spoke out recently about the persecution of journalists and others who voice their views against those in power.

Zeljka Cvijanovic, the prime minister of the Republic of Srpska, recently addressed citizens with a positive message for the new year. 

Belgrade-headquartered Pixelnetica recently unveiled its next generation scanning software that it says will help companies reduce their maintenance and development costs.

The Greek government of the New Democracy recently called for a better guarantee of the safety of all citizens by ending the tolerance of anarchist fringe elements.

Greek Basketball League team Apollon Patras B.C., based in Patras, recently announced that Thanasis Skourtopoulos, formerly head coach of the Rethymno Aegean, will replace Kostas Mexas as head coach.

Yiannis Boutari, the mayor of the Greek municipality of Thessaloniki, recently refused the resignation of Thomas Psaras, Thessaloniki’s secretary general and head of Civil Protection, who submitted it following problems caused by a recent snow storm.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.