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In a leading index of global financial centers, Istanbul has fallen 12 places to 78th, despite a rise in its rating, among 92 centers across the globe on factors such as infrastructure and access to high quality staff.

Istanbul's overall average rating is 617 in the 22nd Z/Yen global financial centers index (GFCI), up from 609 in the previous index. 

Commenting on her recent Bloomberg interview, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said the news agency had not reported her statement, but its interpretation thereof.

Citi Greece was once again voted "best investment bank in Greece" by Euromoney, the world-renowned business magazine, at the annual Awards for Excellence presentation last Thursday in London.

Serbian PM Ana Brnabic has handed a full transcript of her recent interview to the US agency Bloomberg to Russia’s ambassador in Belgrade, Aleksandr Chepurin.

This was announced on Thursday by Maria Zakharova, a spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

New York has been plunged into terror after at least ten people were hit by a car in Times Square.
Witnesses have said at least one person is dead.
The speeding vehicle smashed into pedestrians, according to an announcement at nearby Reuters news agency headquarters.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, a behemoth of culture and wealth, is rebounding from more than a year of internal turmoil and financial problems.

As part of its recovery efforts, the museum is considering a mandatory admissions fee for visitors from outside New York state. The set fee, possibly $25 for adults, would be the first in the venerable museum's 147-year history.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security are conducting emergency response drills at MetLife Stadium in northern New Jersey to make sure the New York City area is prepared in the event of a nuclear attack.

Few visitors to New York City can resist a snapshot of the emblematic Flatiron Building, which has stood since 1902 on the corner of 5th Avenue and Broadway at 23rd Street and was once the tallest building in Manhattan.

A 70-strong contingent of the Serbian Army (VS), including 25 women, was on Monday seen off to a UN peacekeeping mission.

The Serbian soldiers will join UN's mission in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA.

January 15 of 2017 is the deadline for taxpayers to submit their online property tax statements. They will have a 3-month period, commencing Friday, October 15 in which to submit their statements for the financial year of 2015.