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FM: Opening of some chapter expected this year

LUXEMBOURG -- Serbia expects to open some chapter by the end of the year, as part of the efforts to achieve its main objective - EU membership, said Ivica Dacic,

The Serbian foreign minister made the comments while visiting Luxembourg on Wednesday.

Every year, 3 May is a date which celebrates the fundamental principles of press freedom; to evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profe

The US Army is due to begin on May 1 the Combined Resolve IV drills at two German training grounds located in Bavaria.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev visited Azerbaijan's capital Baku Tuesday, where he received the Nizami Ganjavi Award.

A NATO mission policing Baltic airspace amid heightened tensions with Russia has forged a rather exotic alliance to ensure the safety of pilots and their jets.

Dutch Eurogroup Chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem sees no third support package for Greece, according to his interview on Dutch site, Volkskrant, on Monday. He made it clear that a Grexit was not discussed during the Eurogroup meeting in Riga, Latvia, on Friday, however he said that the foreign finance ministers are becoming more pessimistic concerning Greece’s rescue.

The Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) government is looking at finding an interim agreement that could lead to the funding of a Greek economy, averting a Grexident at least until June. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is directly involved in negotiations, and is resolved at examining all possibilities, even that of a possible clash with the country's international creditors.

Yanis Varoufakis admittedly had a rough Eurogroup session in Riga, Latvia on Friday, with the media fallout painting an utterly negative impression of the Greek finance minister, at least as far as some his European colleagues are concerned.

 Differences with creditors appear hard to overcome, but the gov?t must take the initiative and make a deal

By Dimitris Kontogiannis

BELGRADE - Mladen Velimirovic's medium-length documentary Golija, The Hidden Pearl has won the best environmental film award at the Riga Tour Film international festival in Latvia.

The festival was held on April 22-25.

Velimirovic's film is a production of VFC Zastava film and Belgrade-based Libra film studio.