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BELGRADE - Milan Galic, Serbian and Yugoslav football legend, has died suddenly at the age of 76 in Belgrade.

Galic, who passed away on Saturday, began his brilliant football career at FK Proleter in Zrenjanin. He made himself a big name during his years with FK Partizan from Belgrade.

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic and National Armaments Director of the Italian Defence Ministry Enzo Stefanini have agreed that relations between the two countries are traditionally friendly with a high level of defence cooperation.

The liturgical feasts of Saints Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II are to be observed on October 11 and October 22, respectively.

L'Osservatore Romano, the daily newspaper of Vatican City State, has published the decree signed by Cardinal Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera which makes the feast days official.

TAROM Airlines, in a release to AGERPRES on Thursday, informed that it is going to introduce an additional number of flights, during the 2014-2015 winter season, on four of its already existing routes.

Thus, the Bucharest-Rome-Bucharest route will have two extra flights added, reaching thus to six weekly flights.

Swedish director Roy Andersson's film "A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence", a series of comedic sketches exploring the human condition, won the Golden Lion for best movie at the Venice film festival Sept. 6.
      

Bulgaria's caretaker cabinet is proposing a dual accreditation for Bulgaria's ambassador to Italy Marin Raykov as ambassador to Malta.

The cabinet decided at its weekly meeting on Wednesday to propose to President Rosen Plevneliev to appoint Raykov as Rome-based envoy to the Mediterranean island nation where Bulgaria has no accredited ambassador.

Drawing attention to steadily rising attacks against mosques in Germany, Turkey’s top cleric has said the Pope must “translate words into deeds with regard to the misperception and misinterpretation of Islam.”

BELGRADE - The Italian government has exempted Serbia from the EUR 500,000 fee for the exhibition pavilion at the Milan Expo 2015.

Italian Ambassador to Serbia Giuseppe Manzo on Tuesday informed Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Rasim Ljajic, who is also minister of trade, tourism and telecommunications, of Rome's decision, said a statement from Ljajic's ministry.

Cultural tourism in Greece and research into related issues are in urgent need of comprehensive development, the Center of Economic Planning and Research (KEPE) said in its latest bulletin.

Pope Francis has reportedly invited Fenerbahçe captain Emre Belözoğlu for a charity match in Rome on Sept. 1, Turkish media reported Aug. 15.

Pope Francis personally spoke with Belözoğlu over the phone and the 33-year-old midfielder immediately accepted the offer, according to daily Habertürk.