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Pristina is "depriving the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) 14th century monastery of Visoki Decani of its right to property," writes the daily Vesti.

The Frankfurt, Germany-based Serbian language newspaper adds that this is taking place as the government in Pristina "aims to become a member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)"

Turkish Airlines is considering starting flights with its low-cost unit AnadoluJet to Germany, France and Britain, although no decision has yet been taken, the carrier's chief executive told a German paper.

Kosovo police said on Wednesday said they had arrested a fraudulent tourist operator who sold fake plane tickets to members of the diaspora flying back to Kosovo during the summer.

After years of thorny negotiations, Iran and the P5+1 countries, consisting of five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany, finally reached an agreement on July 14 to control Iranian nuclear enrichment program. 

Eight projects of six EU Member States will be the first to receive funding under the so-called Juncker Plan.

A German magazine showed a “gayer side” to German Chancellor Angela Merkel by launching a provocative advertisement showing a lookalike of the German leader involved in a lesbian relationship. The short clip on Twitter features an actress with a strong resemblance to the chancellor gazing out the window before being snuggled up to by a younger woman.

Sirens sounded this week in the all-important Greek shipping sector, a field where Greek interests traditionally enjoy top international rankings in terms of vessel ownership, revenues, tonnage and annual percentage of transported cargo.

The financial crisis is having a deadly impact on animals at Attica Zoological Park, Athens’ only zoo at Spata. Many of the zoo’s 1,200 animals require imported specialty foods but – as if the 23% VAT hike on animal feed were not enough – the government-imposed restrictions on cash are blocking the zoo’s ability to access foreign shipments.

Some 8,000 people with HIV in war-torn eastern Ukraine face a critical shortage of medicine and their supply will run out in mid-August unless a blockade is lifted, a U.N. AIDS envoy has warned.

Speaking to AFP ahead of the International AIDS Society (IAS) conference, which opened Sunday, Michel Kazatchkine called on key nations to intervene as soon as possible.

European Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said Greece’s EU lenders have agreed to provide debt relief provided that the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) government can deliver on the terms of its third bailout package.