BBC poll: Germany most popular country in the world
London. Germany is the most positively viewed nation in the world in this year's annual Country Ratings Poll for the BBC World Service.

Main driving forces active
Sofia. The main driving forces of global economy - the US, Germany, Japan - are active and capable of pulling out the remaining countries from the quagmire of the crisis caused by poor financial discipline.

Warsaw applies for financial centre
Sofia. Bank giants UniCredit, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Societe Generale are opening their investment centres in Warsaw, where the stock deals have exceeded PLN 15 billion (USD 4.6 billion) since the beginning of the year.