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The original of one of the most recognized sculptures of all time, The Thinker by Auguste Rodin, is already in Bulgaria's capital Sofia.

The National Art Gallery will host an exhibition of the renown French sculptor which will include 80 sculptures and 20 drawings some of which leave the Rodin museum in Paris for the first time, Bulgarian National Radio informs.

PARIS - Serbian tennis player Dusan Lajovic is off to a successful start at Roland Garros, as he defeated Federiko Delbonis of Argentine 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 in the first round on Tuesday.

Lajovic's second-round opponent in the Paris Grand Slam will be Juergen Zopp of Estonia, in their first match against each other.

PARIS - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic defeated Canada's Sharon Fichman 5-7 6-1 6-3 in the first round of Roland Garros.

The match started on Monday, but it was interrupted in the second set because it was too dark.

When the match resumed, Jankovic defeated Fichman in less than an hour.

PARIS - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic defeated France's Caroline Garcia 6-1 6-3 on Tuesday to reach the 2nd round of Roland Garros.

Ivanovic dominated the match from the very start, denying Garcia any chance of a comeback.

She will next face Ukraine's Elina Svitolina, who got into the 2nd round after Petra Martic of Croatia retired from their match.

AP Photo/Michel Spingler

Bulgaria is on the top 10 list of most preferred summer vacation spots for Russian tourists, who do not travel in organized groups, reports Interfax. 

The top three positions are taken by Spain, Italy and Portugal. The list is completed by Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, France the Czech republic, Germany and Great Britain. 

PARIS - Serbia's best tennis player Novak Djokovic eased into the second round at Roland Garros on Monday after a comfortable win over Joao Sousa of Portugal 6-1, 6-2, 6-4.

Second seed Djokovic will next face local favorite Jeremy Chardy who defeated Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain in straight sets 7-5, 6-2, 6-2.

Unlike Bulgaria, where the nationalist parties suffered a crushing defeat in the European elections, throughout the rest of the EU they are gaining ground. 

The French National Front and UK Independence Party both performed strongly, while the three big centrist blocs in parliament all lost seats.

PARIS – Serbia’s Novak Djokovic organized an exhibition match on the Roland Garros’ central court Saturday and the proceeds will be used as aid for the people badly hit by the recent floods in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH).

It started raining on the center court at one moment but it did not stop the tennis players from continuing the humanitarian activity.

Candles at Roland Garros

Serbian number one tennis player Novak Djokovic had his 27th birthday yesterday. The organizers of the Roland Garros gifted him a gluten free birthday cake and a modest birthday celebration. Our champion has made many of his dreams come true. The one still to be realized is winning of the French Open.

PARIS - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said in Paris on Thursday that French President Francois Hollande has accepted the initiative for his country to feature as the supporter of the international gathering to raise aid for countries recently hit by the catastrophic floods.