News archive of August 2016

As two film festivals kick off in Canada, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and Montreal World Film Festival one week apart, anticipated Turkish films will compete for coveted awards. Auteurs and newcomers, male and female directors will showcase their latest, most recent and debut features. Here's a look at the Turkish films competing in the two festivals.

BELGRADE - After a one-year absence from European competitions, Partizan Belgrade will begin their FIBA Basketball Champions League campaign this season with two games on the road in the first two rounds - against Germany's Ludwigsburg on September 19 and Besikatas Istanbul a week later.

LONDON - The President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Suma Chakrabarti will pay a two-day visit to Serbia next week and meet with PM Aleksandar Vucic.

BELGRADE - Serbia's policy is not hypocritical - we want good relations with Croatia and we wish Bosnia and Herzegovina the best of luck, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has said, noting that, 21 years after the Dayton Agreement, Bosnia and Herzegovina had still not managed to become a state, but that Serbia would do nothing to destabilise it.

BELGRADE - Members of the Women's Parliamentary Network met Friday with the member of the German Bundestag and the Committee on the EU Affairs Iris Eberl.

The MPs informed Eberl of the network's achievements and future activities, the National Assembly's Public Relations Department said.

ALKMAAR - Vojvodina Novi Sad have ended their European campaign this season following a 0-0 draw with Dutch side AZ Alkmaar in the away leg of their UEFA Europa League play-off tie Thursday.

AZ Alkmaar go through to the Europa League thanks to a 3-0 win in the first leg.

Tanjug file photo

BELGRADE - Red Star Belgrade have failed to reach the UEFA Europa League group stage after drawing 1-1 with Italian side Sassuolo at home in the second leg of the play-offs on Thursday.

WINSTON-SALEM - Serbia's Viktor Troicki is through to the semi-finals of the ATP tennis tournament in Winston-Salem, United States, after beating Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 Friday.

In a bid to reach the final, Troicki will face another Spaniard, Roberto Bautista Agut, who defeated Lu Yen-hsun of Chinese Taipei 6-3, 6-2.

NEW YORK - Thursday's UN SC meeting on Kosovo demonstrated that "major differences" remain between the positions of the Belgrade and Pristina delegations, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said after the meeting.

LAUSANNE - The best Serbian track-and-field athlete Ivana Spanovic won the meeting of the Diamond League in Lausanne on Thursday in the long jump event. She jumped 6.83 meters and secured the triumph in the overall standings.

The second place was claimed by Briton Ugen Lorraine (6.71 m) and the third by Russian Darya Klishina (6.5).