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Spanovic finishes second at Diamond League season-ender
ZURICH - Serbian female long jumper Ivana Spanovic has wrapped up her IAAF Diamond League title with a second-place finish at the season-ending Zurich meeting.
Spanovic produced a 6.93 m leap, finishing behind Brittney Reese of the United States (6.95 m) and ahead of Darya Klishina of Russia (6.63 m).
Romanian Mayors Re-Elected Despite Corruption Probes
The mayors of 11 of Romanian counties who were re-elected in the local polls on June 5 have either been accused of or are under investigation for corruption.
Turkey calls on EU countries to rethink PYD bureaus
Turkey has called on the Czech Republic, Sweden, Germany and France to rethink decisions to permit Syria's Democratic Union Party (PYD) to open bureaus on their soil, claiming such a move could encourage militants to target Turkey and Turkish people.
Photo of black antiracist activist goes viral on internet
A powerful image of a black female antiracist activist standing up to nearly 200 neo-Nazis in Borlange, Sweden has gone viral over the internet since May 1. The photo shows Tess Asplund, a resident of Stockholm, with a clinched fist in the air before members of extreme right group ‘Nordic Resistance Movement’, who were demonstrating in a central street.
Turkey 'uneasy' over PYD office, Stockholm says 'no diplomatic status' granted
Turkey has conveyed its uneasiness to Sweden over the opening of a Democratic Union Party office in Stockholm, as the latter has stated that the representation office has "no diplomatic status."
Swedish authorities on red alert for imminent terrorist attack
Swedish media report that the country’s security forces are on red alert, as information of an imminent terrorist attack by ISIS fighters has been disclosed.
Ukraine Will Not Buy Russian Gas, Coal - PM
Ukraine's new Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said his country will neither hold negotiations nor purchase fuels from Russia.
"We can build relations with any neighbor if they are not aggressors or murderers. If they are... what could we talk about?" UNIAN news agency quotes him as telling TV station 24.
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PKK figure to be extradited to Germany from Sweden
An alleged senior figure of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), who had been the subject of an international arrest warrant and caught in Stockholm, will be extradited to Germany in 15 days, a Swedish court has ruled.
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PKK figure caught in Sweden
An alleged senior figure of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) that was the subject of an international arrest warrant has been caught by police in Stockholm.
The suspect, whose identity has been kept secret, was detained at Arlanda Airport during passport check as he was about to board a plane from Stockholm to Turkey on April 13.
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Poli Genova to Promote Bulgaria's Entry in Eurovision Song Contest in Riga, Amsterdam, London
Poli Genova will sing the Bulgarian entry in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest "If Love Was A Crime", at promotional concerts in Riga, Amsterdam and London this month.
The contest will be held in Stockholm in May.
The presentation in Riga will take place on April 2.