Davos

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras may attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting of world leaders and business people to be held from January 21-24 at Davos, Switzerland, said government sources on Sunday.

His participation will depend on other domestic commitments during that period.

Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Mardas talked on Monday to Athina 9.84 radio station about government’s plan to turn a Greek island into a “summer Davos”

“We will hand over an area to the UN member states in order to build a lodge for conferences,” he said.

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Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan, who entered the 58th government in 2002 as the youngest cabinet member and sat at the seat of state minister responsible of economy at the age of 38, has been replaced by Cevdet Y?lmaz, who was the minister for development.

Leading Bulgarian PR expert Maxim Behar has scooped gold as Chairman of the Year at the 2015 International Business Awards, often dubbed "the Business Oscars".

Mr Behar, picked among 1800 contenders from across the globe, has thus ranked among the handful of international winners in the Stevie Awards' Management Category for this year.

It was only yesterday that we were boasting about ourselves. The Middle East was our responsibility. We were not only the protector of the neighborhood but also the ancestral mentor. We were the role model of the Islamic world. We were the rising star of Europe, envied by many.

The Egypt International Economy Conference organized in the Egyptian resort Sharm el-Sheikh in mid-March resulted in a contract worth $36.2 billion.

PR expert Maxim Behar was the only Bulgarian participant in the 2015 World Communication Forum in Davos.

"Five years ago here in Davos I argued that education in the sphere of the PR business was undergoing a harsh test," he stated during the Forum.

KOPAONIK - Business leaders in Serbia expect growth this year, despite the crisis in the Serbian and global economies, according to the results of an annual survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers, which was conducted in Serbia for the first time.

BELGRADE - The 22th Kopaonik Business Forum titled "Serbia 2015-2030: New Vision for Industrialization of the Economy and Modernization of the Society" will begin on Tuesday, bringing together a record number of 600 participants.