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Romania will be represented in the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, set to start on June 12 and conclude by June 28, by 147 athletes.

The Executive Committee of the Romanian Olympics and Sports Committee (COSR) has approved, on Thursday, the makeup of the Romanian delegation, that will be composed of 83 men and 64 women, set to compete in 22 distinct sporting categories.

The Turkish branch of Azeri energy giant SOCAR will open the Petlim Container Port in the Aegean Sea this September to become an alternative to Greece's Piraeus Port for container shipments, according to Kenan Yavuz, the head of SOCAR Turkey and a board member of Petkim Petrochemical Holding.

OSCE Chairperson in Office Ivica Dacic started his official trip to the South Caucasus on Monday with a visit to Baku.

The Serbian foreign minister conferred with President llham Aliyev about the potential for progress towards a comprehensive peace agreement for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as well as co-operation between the OSCE and Azerbaijan.

Vucic says Serbia will reduce dependency on Russian gas

Aleksandar Vucic has told AP in an interview that his government "will accept U.S. calls to reduce dependency on Russian gas."

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic expressed readiness to reduce his country's dependence on Russian gas.

Vucic said this in an interview during the first day of his visit to Albania on Wednesday and Thursday, B92 reports.

Aleksandar Vucic, asked to comment on the decision to "diversify gas supplies", said he "swore on the Constitution of Serbia, not to someone else."

A landmark event, part of the project to bring Azeri gas supplies to Europe, could take place next month - the signing of the final investment decision on the construction of the interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB), according to an article carried by rosinvest.com.

Do you know why Turkish President Tayyip Erdo?an has continued to slam the New York Times ever since its recent editorial, accusing it of ?interfering? in Turkish politics and using language like ?Who do you think you are?? and ?Know your place??

Because, as the country heads to critical parliamentary elections on June 7, this kind of rhetoric works in domestic politics.

Bulgaria has signed an agreement with a delegation of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation on a donation for restoration works at the Trapezitsa Fortress in Veliko Tarnovo.

The fund donated BGN 2.5 M for the restoration and conservation of the fortress so that it could welcome visitors in the following tourist season.

State Secretary for European Affairs with Romania's Foreign Ministry (MAE) George Ciamba on Tuesday welcomed the Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation organisation (PA-BSEC) Asaf Hajiyev, pointing out that as BSEC chairman-in-office in the second half of 2015 Romania will support actions to increase the organisation's efficiency and visibility in