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Greek businessmen and Chinese scholars voiced confidence in the prospects of Sino-Greek cooperation in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative during a forum held on Monday at Piraeus port, Greece's largest harbor which in recent years has become a strong symbol of win-win bilateral cooperation between the two countries.

Turkish security forces have "neutralized" 32 militants on its soil and abroad over the past week, the country's Defense Ministry said in a statement on Dec. 7.

Greece is at risk of missing a first tranche of ECB profit returns on Greek bond holdings due to delays in the pace of privatisations despite over-performance on its fiscal targets, sources told Reuters on Tuesday.

Greece's largest public sector union staged a 24-hour walkout on Wednesday, demanding wage and pension increases from a government still bound to keeping expenditure in check by its lenders.

The strike by the ADEDY union is the first major strike since Greece exited its bailout program in August.

This happened in the latest, fall report, while the initial figure was published in the spring report on EU's economic forecast.

The EC has also increased its forecast for Serbia's GDP growth in 2019 from 3.3 to 3.8 percent - the same for 2020.

Athens and its creditors are seeking a compromise solution over the issue of pension cuts, a well-informed European source has revealed to Kathimerini, while eurozone officials say the debate on the cuts remains open following Friday's Euro Working Group.

They are headed towards the border.

The cordon was set up by the Border Police of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH)

According to information from Sarajevo-based media, the clash between police officers and migrants has produced injuries.

The opportunities and challenges of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) could be more easily addressed if the European Union forged a common position on the development plan, experts highlighted at a seminar in Rome this week.

Moody's has affirmed Greece sovereign credit rating at B3, with a positive outlook, in a credit opinion it issued on Wednesday. Moody's has granted Greece this rating since February 2018.

Total credit in Greece's banking system contracted 2.5 percent year-on-year in July after a 2.4 percent decline in the previous month, Bank of Greece data showed on Wednesday.

Credit extended to the government fell 8.4 percent after decreasing by 9.7 percent in June, the central bank said.