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ZLATIBOR - The 3rd International Sport Film Festival is taking place August 22-25 on Mt. Zlatibor, western Serbia.

The competition part of the program will feature 12 documentaries by filmmakers from India, England, East Timor, France, Russia, Poland, U.S., Canada,Turkey, Bulgaria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Serbia.

BELGRADE - Miodrag Pavlovic, one of the foremost writers of contemporary Serbian poetry and founder of modernism, has died, aged 87.

Pavlovic passed away on August 17 in the German town of Tuttlingen, where he had lived with his family.

Outgoing President Abdullah Gül conferred the Order of Merit of the Republic of Turkey on Dr. Feroz Ahmad on Aug. 19 for the professor’s work on Turkish history.

The death toll from three days of flooding and torrential rain in Nepal and India rose to more than 180 people Monday, as relief teams sent food, tents and medicine to prevent any outbreaks of disease.
     
The worst-hit areas were in western Nepal and northern India, where swirling floodwaters submerged hundreds of villages and swept away homes made of mud and straw.

BELGRADE - The Indonesian embassy in Belgrade marked on Sunday the 69th anniversary of Indonesia's independence and 60th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Serbia and Indonesia.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned a spate of rapes as a source of shame for India and urged an end to communal violence Friday as he vowed to improve the lives of the nation's poor in his first Independence Day speech.
      

India's civil aviation regulator said Aug. 13 it has ordered Jet Airways to suspend two pilots after a flight to Brussels dived 5,000 feet, forcing air traffic controllers to issue an emergency warning.

The National Tourism Authority (ANT) will purchase through direct negotiations a series of co-production services for programmes to be broadcast by the National Geographic TV channel for the promotion of Romania's tourism brand, reveals the website of the institution.

The major Eurasian startup, investment and entrepreneurship event Startup Istanbul starts on September 30, said the organisers. 

It will bring together entrepreneurs, founders, VCs, investors, top executives, decision makers and startups. 

By Lina Giannarou