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Serbia is undergoing a series of unprecedented financial reforms in a bid to tackle its high unemployment rate, weak economic growth, and looming debt refinancing obligations.

National Entrepreneur Awards' Entrepreneur of the Year sits down with IBTimes UK to talk business and gender equality.

Speaking to IBTimes TV at the Game On event in London, MRY's managing director for EMEA told us how firms need to part with more cash in the sector to tap into the lucrative women's market.

The casual online gaming market is starting to steal a large slice of traditional advertising campaigns as the number of internet users, across all demographics, have started to dip in and out of games, such as Angry Birds and Candy Crush.

Banks mis-selling derivatives to Britain's small-to-medium enterprises has cost the economy £1.7bn in lost revenues to the Treasury, as well as, 400,000 jobs.

Speaking exclusively to IBTimes TV, Vedanta Hedging's managing director Abhishek Sachdev, who also independently advises a number of politicians on this subject, tells us about how banks are still raking in the profits from redress offers.

Britain's biggest banks have mis-sold derivatives to potentially 40,000 businesses but only around 30 people have actually been offered redress or compensation to date.

The Financial Conduct Authority, the government, and thousands of businesses have slammed Britain's biggest banks for the slow review progress that is aimed at delivering redress and compensation from the mis-selling of derivatives.

One in four of the world's population regularly accesses games on the internet which has led the sector becoming a huge opportunity for brands to expand their campaigns.

Draped in Union Jack flags and holding celebration cakes and banners, fans of Britain's royal family camped out overnight in the pouring rain for the christening of baby Prince George on Wednesday (October 23).

Banks and financials are spending millions of pounds in new measures to safeguard them from cyber crime and data breaches, but are starting to lag on physical security.

The Minneapolis-Saint Paul region in the US state Minnesota is the poster child for economic growth, diverse business sectors, and strong trade ties in America.

Bill and Melinda Gates' foundation is battling to convince politicians and the public to focus on philanthropy and entrepreneurship after the economic downturn had a detrimental impact of people parting with their money.

Speaking to IBTimes UK on camera, the research and consultancy group Isaca chief executive Ronald Hale said that while initially cyber criminals targeted the banks, it is now a free-for-all in terms of victims.

The Serbia Investment and Export Promotion Agency has urged foreign investors to move past political issues from the past and understand that the current government is pushing through reforms that will make the country a prime place to do business.

Serbia is one of the most attractive countries in the emerging markets to build and expand a business but cutting red tape and reforming land and labour laws are essential to drawing in more foreign direct investment.

Microsoft maybe one of the world's largest and most established companies but over the years it has secured a foothold in a number of rapidly emerging markets.

The can manufacturer for giant brands, such as Pepsi and Heineken, sealed a deal with Libya that ended up doubling Serbia's container exports for the entire of 2013.

Speaking to IBTimes UK on camera, Peter Shakeshaft, chairman of Vin-X told us that buyers in Greece have been snapping up cases of fine wine in a bid to hedge currency in the event of the country exiting the euro and taking on the drachma.

Speaking exclusively with IBTimes UK, Dr Nanda tells us how he is planning to take on the US and make Topsgrup become a $10bn security group by 2020.

Speaking to IBTimes TV, Amur Minerals' chief executive Robin Young explains why the company has outperformed to date and is very well placed in moving forward.

Children's television is experiencing a renaissance and with a surge in new forms of story-telling and animation comes big business.

The only way to prevent and root out large scale financial and company scandals is by installing bounty programmes and protection systems in place that reward those who risk their careers to flag up wrongdoing, says one of the world's most prominent

Reuben Guttman represented one of the four main whistleblowers in a case against GSK that returned over $3bn to the government and here he speaks with IBTimes UK exclusively.

In an interview granted to IBTimes UK, Sollecito, 29, denies he was hiding from justice and reaches out to the family of the British student he is jointly accused with Knox of killing, begging them to open dialogue with him.

A prominent UK member of the Anonymous online movement has spoken exclusively to IBTimes UK about the power it wields, how the political system is driving new members and how media attention is keeping the movement alive.

Cyber crime costs British banks and businesses more than triple the government's estimate of £26bn a year, says the managing director of Salamanca Group.

The UK government has unveiled a raft of new proposals to bolster consumer rights against rogue traders that swindle vulnerable or elderly Britons out of billions of pounds of cash each year.

One of Forbes-listed most powerful women speaks exclusively to IBTimes UK on camera about M&A deals