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Bulgaria has launched a large-scale promotion of its resorts and tourist sites via four pan-European TV channels as part of steps to make up for a drop in the number of visitors from Russia and Ukraine.

Five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova needed six match points to grind out a 6-4, 6-3 win over Victoria Azarenka in a rare early marquee matchup at Indian Wells on March 16.
      

BELGRADE - Serbia will take on Paraguay in Novi Sad in the Fed Cup World Group B play-offs.

The Tennis Federation of Serbia Board of Directors decided on Wednesday that the tie will be played at Novi Sad's Spens on a hard court.

The Serbia-Paraguay tie is scheduled for April 18-19.

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said now European countries should be building onshore links for the Turkish Stream on their own at an exclusive interview with Reuters.

"Now counties should be building (onshore links) on their own. The routes could be different - they may come to Italy if they want. This is not our business anymore," he said.

BELGRADE - Belarusian Ambassador to Serbia Vladimir Chushev has said that he expects the volume of trade between the two countries to reach USD 500 million over the next few years - twice as much as last year.

BELGRADE - Serbia and Belarus have a long history of friendly relations and Belarus does not recognise the independence of Kosovo, Belarusian Ambassador to Serbia Vladimir Chushev said in Belgrade on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - The International Theatre Festival Slavija 2015 will be opened by Serbia's celebrated actor Petar Bozovic at the Slavija Theatre in Belgrade Monday evening, and eight plays will be staged before its closing on March 16.

The Voltaj band will represent Romania in the 2015 Eurovision contest with the song 'De la capat' (Over Again), after winning the national selection on Sunday night in Craiova (west of Bucharest).

Photo credit: (c) Ilie BUMBAC / AGERPRES FLOW

Voltaj got 24 points, with the specialized jury and public vote weighing 50 percent each.

There are no more rebel weapons in Eastern Ukraine's front line, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic claims.

According to Aleksandar Zakharchenko, who heads the "Republic", the heavy arms have been "fully removed" under a ceasefire deal agreed in Minsk, Belarus, in February.

Kazakhstan on Thursday temporarily banned imports of cheap Russian diesel fuel and petrol to avert surplus and keep its own oil refineries running.

According to Deputy Minister for Energy Magzum Mirzagaliyev, the ban will be in force for the next 45 days.