Paris

A “selfie” is now a very commonly used word.

A stick recently circulated where a user can place a smartphone in order to take better selfies…

According, however, to Attractiontix.co.uk, attractions across the world have their own “selfie” statistics.

AGERPRES special correspondent Florentina Peia reports: France's President Francois Hollande said Tuesday in relation to Romania's accession to the border-free Schengen Area that the country is ready to take on some commitments.

Photo credit: (c) ALEX MICSIK / AGERPRES STREAM

BELGRADE - A selection of films by one of the greatest living filmmakers, Wim Wenders, will start screening at the Yugoslav Film Archive in Belgrade on Wednesday.

The program is opening with "Palermo Shooting", premiered in 2008, and a total of 11 releases by the celebrated German director will be screened until February 21.

Former Tour de France winner and world time-trial champion Bradley Wiggins is enjoying his final days as a road racer, as the ongoing Tour of Qatar, serves as a warmup for a final crack at the Paris-Roubaix.        

Matthieu Pigasse, head of investment bank Lazard in Paris which is advising the Greek government on its debt restructuring, said on Tuesday the troika imposing austerity on Greece was totally mistaken and had driven the country's economy into a wall.

Eiffel Tower, Paris (10,700) people

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will meet with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin on Tuesday, a day before an absolutely crucial Eurogroup extraordinary meeting,.

Following Tuesday's meeting, Kotzias travels to Paris and Moscow.

Algerian writer Assia Djebar, a proponent of the emancipation of muslim women and the dialogue between cultures, passed away on Friday, in Paris, aged 78.

French president Francois Hollande paid her a tribute.

French newspaper Le Monde published details on a scandalous report revealing a tax evasion scheme in the Swiss branch of HSBC on Sunday.

Bulgaria is also said to have been a part of the illegal dealings with EUR 380,8 M and 74 bank customers.

The air traffic control agency, SMATSA, expects to earn more than 68 million eurofrom route charges in 2015, after some major European airlines relocated flight paths over Serbia and Montenegro due to the armed conflicts in Ukraine.