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He is a Muslim of Moroccan origin. He was 15 years old when his family migrated to Holland. He has a bachelor?s degree in engineering but he was first a journalist before going into politics. He has double-citizenship; Moroccan and Dutch. Ahmed Aboutaleb is 53 years old; he has been the mayor of Rotterdam for six years.

BELGRADE - Three Serbian cinemas, Fontana (Belgrade), Eurocinema (Subotica) and Kupina (Nis), will play an integral part in the holding of the 44th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) that will run from January 21 to February 1, Art & Popcorn, a Serbian production company, has said in a release.

In 2014, Turkish films produced with Culture and Tourism Ministry incentives made Turkey’s name heard at leading international film festivals The Culture and Tourism Ministry has doubled its incentives for Turkish cinema compared to last year, paying out nearly 27 million Turkish Liras to new film projects.

Romanian Horia Tecau and Dutchman Jean-Julien Rojer won the doubles competition of the ATP Valencia Open, defeating the pair Kevin Anderson (South Africa) / Jeremy Chardy (France) 6-4, 6-2 in the Sunday final.

Bulgaria's most successful tennis player Grigor Dimitrov won his match Friday night against Jack Sock and qualified for the semifinal of If Stockholm Open.

In the second game of the match, which ended 5:7, 6:4, 6:3, Dimitrov scored two spectacular hot shots in a row - behind-the-back and between-the-legs, which left Sock stunned and the audience delighted.

The 32-nd edition of the "Golden Rose" Bulgarian feature film festival starts in Varna on October 11.

It is organised by the National Film Centre and will consist of two competitions - for feature and for short film.

The pair made up of Romanian tennisman Horia Tecau and Dutchman Jean-Julien Rojer has won the doubles' event of the 590,230-dollar ATP tournament in Shenzhen (China), after disposing of Australians Sam Groth/Chris Guccione in the final by 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Greek star Ilias Iliadis claimed his third world title in the under-90kg category in Chelyabinsk on Friday as Brazilian Mayra Aguiar and Colombian Yuri Alvear won gold in the women’s under-78kg and under-70kg divisions respectively.

Goals from Mustafa Pektemek and Kerim Koyunlu edged Beşiktaş past last season’s Dutch league runner-up Feyenoord in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, in the first leg game in Rotterdam on July 30.

Feyenoord scored a 95th-minute penalty but still succumbed 2-1 at home to Beşiktaş, putting the Turkish outfit in charge of the tie.

Hoping to return to Champions League football after five years of absence, Turkish Super League side Beşiktaş starts the third qualifying round with a game against Feyenoord in Rotterdam tonight Beşiktaş plays against Feyenoord in the Champions League third qualifying round tonight, in a bid to return to the  top-level European club competition for the first time in five years.