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An 18-year-old defendant apologised April 24 for the death of a young German-Turkish woman who became a national symbol of courage for giving her life trying to protect two teenage girls.

NOVI SAD - Novi Sad Synagogue hosted a commemoration program on Friday marking the 71st anniversary of the deportation of Jews from the largest city in Vojvodina to notorious concentration camps in Europe.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday she hopes that Greece can get reach a deal quickly but stressed Athens must show willingness to undertake reforms.

"On the German side, we are prepared to provide all the support that is asked of us. But of course reforms must be done,» Merkel said at a campaign event ahead of state elections in Bremen next month.

BELGRADE - A total of 313,411 Serbian citizens are staying abroad temporarily for work or other purposes, which constitutes 4.2 percent of the total number of the country's population, and their average age is 34.7, which makes them considerably younger compared to the average age of Serbian citizens (42.2 years), show the results of the latest census of population from 2011.

By Ingrid Melander and Lefteris Papadimas

Euro zone finance ministers delivered a stark warning to Greece on Friday that its leftist government will get no more aid until it agrees a complete economic reform plan, as Athens lurches closer to bankruptcy.

The Iranian energy sector may pose an investment window of tens of billions of U.S. dollars for companies if the Western sanctions are lifted, the Islamic republic's ambassador to Turkey has told Anadolu Agency.

"We may currently offer companies $30 billion investment opportunities," said Iranian Ambassador to Ankara Ali R?za Bigdeli in a recent interview. 

Turkey is not less courageous than other countries which have nuclear power plants, the country?s energy minister has said, as concerns lingered over the safety of Turkey?s first nuclear power plant, which is being constructed in the southern province of Mersin.

Romanian prosecutors on Friday detained 14 people suspected of being part to a network of well-dressed robbers who are held responsible for dozens of armed robberies in luxury shops all over Europe.

Armenia marks on Friday the centenary of the mass killings of Ottoman Armenians with commemorative ceremonies across the country.

Flowers were laid and a minute of silence was observed at the Armenian Genocide Memorial near Yerevan, the BBC reports.

Three injured workers transferred to Germany

PIROT -- The three workers who were injured in the Tigar Tyres plant in Pirot were on Friday morning transferred by plane to Germany for further medical treatment.

Tanjug said it learned this from the plastic surgery clinic of the Clinical Center in Nis.