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Only three hours before getting into an exchange of words with new Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Ak?nc?, elected only a day before with a clear 60 percent support, Turkish President Tayyip Erdo?an was at a ceremony at the Constitutional Court.

The trips of Bulgarian residents abroad rose by 1.6% on the year in March, reaching 318,300, the country's statiscics office NSI announced on Monday.

Spain led the list of countries that registered the largest increase in the number of visitors from Bulgaria (+16.9%), followed by Romania (+15%), the Czech Republic (+12.6%), Greece (+7.7%), Serbia (+6.9%) and Germany (+5.3%).

The uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is under investigation in France for amassing a 90-million-euro fortune, including a stud farm and luxury apartments, despite being kicked out of Syria ?with nothing? 30 years ago.

Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci has unveiled an ambitious goal for Turkey to become one of the three largest economies in the world by 2023, apparently bidding to surpass at least one of three giants - Germany, France or the United Kingdom. 

Serbian soldiers depart for Moscow

BELGRADE -- A Serbian Army (VS) Guard unit on Saturday department from the Batajnica airport near Belgrade for Moscow where they will take part in the Victory Day parade.

The soldiers were seen off by Serbian Army (VS) Chief of Staff General Ljubisa Dikovic and Russian Ambassador to Serbia Aleksandr Chepurin.

BELGRADE - "Monument to Michael Jackson," a movie by Serbian director and screenwriter Darko Lungulov, got another three awards at two international festivals - in Nashville and Rouen.

Lungulov's movie got the Grand Jury Prize and Best Actor Award for Boris Milivojevic at the Nashville 2015 Film Fest in the United States.

BELGRADE - The Days of Lilac event was held in Belgrade on Sunday to mark the 765th anniversary of the arrival of the French princess Helen of Anjou in Serbia and her marriage to King Uros I.

The event, traditionally held in Kraljevo, the hub of the Serbian state of Rascia in the 11th century, had its premiere in the Serbian capital this time around.

Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu, the head of Turkey?s main opposition Republican People?s Party (CHP), pledged to end poverty at his party?s rally in the Western border city of Edirne on April 26.

PIROT - One of the three workers who have been transferred to Germany for medical treatment after sustaining injuries in the rolling plant of the Tigar Tyres factory in Pirot died on Sunday morning, the company said in a statement.

Recep Tayiip Erdogan expressed his ire and launched a verbal attack against countries that have formally recognized the Armenian Genocide.

The Turkish President accused France, Germany, Russia and Austria for supporting “claims based on Armenian lies”. His verbal remonstrations included the US, even though Obama avoided using the word “genocide” in his official statements.