Economy of Japan

Hacking attacks that destroy rather than steal data or that manipulate equipment are far more prevalent than widely believed, according to a survey of critical infrastructure organizations throughout North and South America.
   

BELGRADE - The government of Japan donated 150 eco-friendly cars worth around EUR 3.5 million in total to help boost the environmental protection and cost-cutting measures introduced by the Serbian government.

The keys to the cars were handed over to Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Monday by Japanese Ambassador to Serbia Masafumi Kuroki.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday that 1,537 official cars have been slated to go on sale.

The Serbian government decided last month to auction off 1,583 state-owned passenger vehicles.

Founder of the New Europe College, philosopher and writer Andrei Plesu, and president of the 'Timisoara' Association Florian Razvan-Mihalcea were presented on Friday with the "European Citizen's Prize", a European Parliament award for outstanding achievements.

Controversial low-brow comedy "The Interview" scored more than $15 million in online rentals and purchases, entertainment giant Sony said, following an embarrassing cyberattack and threats that led the company to pull the film from theaters.
      

The relationship between the US and North Korea has been strained in the past few weeks following the cancelled release of a controversial movie and a cyber attack on producers Sony Pictures.

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The eurozone's unadjusted trade surplus rose more than expected in October, data showed on Tuesday, thanks to a strong rise in exports and flat imports.

The European Union's statistics office said the unadjusted trade surplus in October was 24 billion euros (19 billion pounds), up from 16.5 billion a year earlier and 18.1 billion the month before.

Turkey’s trade deficit fell to $6.25 billion in October from $7.43 billion in October 2013, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) revealed on Nov. 28.

Exports rose by 7.3 percent to $12.93 billion and imports fell 1.5 percent to $19.19 billion, the data showed.

In the first 10 months of the year, the trade deficit fell 18.2 percent to $67.61 billion.

A surge in exports boosted the euro zone trade surplus in September to more than double the previous month's value, data showed on Monday, pointing to a positive contribution from trade to euro zone's economic growth in the third quarter.

Greece’s trade deficit shrank 29.5 percent year-on-year in August as a result of the considerable 16.3 percent decline in imports, Hellenic Statistical Authority figures revealed on Friday.