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I was in Washington D.C. from April 13 to 19 for the 2015 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund. I summarized my first impressions in my April 17 column. I now would like go through the whole nine yards.

I arrived in Washington D.C. on the evening of April 13 for the 2015 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund.

BELGRADE - Serbia's delegation headed by National Bank of Serbia (NBS) Governor Jorgovanka Tabakovic will attend the spring session of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group, which will be held in Washington April 17-19, reads the statement issued by the NBS on Thursday.

Officially, Greek FinMin Yanis Varoufakis, toasted of late as the world's latest "celebrity economist", will lead a Greek delegation at Thursday's White House reception honoring Greek Independence Day (March 25), an annual affair.

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis is due to meet US President Barack Oabama on Thursday, Kathimerini has learned.

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank Group, has announced that it will help Turkish Eximbank provide medium- and long-term funds to Turkish exporters.

The World Bank has substantially lowered its 2015 economic growth forecast for Bulgaria.

According to World Bank Group's Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report, released Wednesday, Bulgaria's economy will expand by 1.1% in 2015, down from the 2.4% GDP growth predicted in June.

The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) is organizing, on Thursday, a specialty conference with the topic of "Perspectives for the development of the municipal bonds market at the Bucharest Stock Market".

I flew to Washington, D.C., on Monday to participate in the 2014 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group

The World Bank appoints Antony Thomspon as new country manager for Bulgaria, said the bank in a statement. 

"The recent appointment of a new World Bank Country Manager for Bulgaria is further illustration of the institutional commitment to work for ending poverty and promote shared prosperity in the country", the statement reads.