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Gunmen kidnapped a Romanian security officer from a manganese mining project in northern Burkina Faso on Saturday, Reuters reports.

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City authorities of Belgrade and Moscow to cooperate

BELGRADE -- The city authorities of Belgrade and Moscow will sign a cooperation agreement in the Russian capital in June, Belgrade Mayor Sinisa Mali said on Tuesday.

The agreement should "deepen cooperation between the two cities in several areas over the next few years."

BELGRADE - The Cities of Belgrade and Moscow will sign a cooperation agreement in the Russian capital in June, to deepen cooperation between the two cities in several areas over the next few years, Belgrade Mayor Sinisa Mali said Tuesday.

BELGRADE - Belgrade Mayor Sinisa Mali presented on Friday to a business delegation from Finland the potentials of the Belgrade Waterfront project and called on them to take part in it.

BELGRADE - Belgrade Mayor Sinisa Mali has said that the construction of Belgrade Waterfront, as the most important project not only in Serbia, but also in the region, will take 10 years.

Serbia crash spotlights peril for migrants

A deadly accident involving refugees from Syria and other war zones draws attention to a growing crisis for some Balkan states.

Asylum seekers wait in Belgrade for the bus to Hungary. [Nikola Barbutov/SETimes]

BELGRADE- Belgrade Mayor Sinisa Mali said Thursday he was happy that the Marathon Flame was returning to Belgrade ahead of the 28th Belgrade Marathon after seven years.

A Dutch UN helicopter crashed on Tuesday in northern Mali near the city of Gao, killing two people.

The cause of the crash remains unclear and so far there have been comments neither from the Dutch defence ministry nor from the UN peacekeeping mission, the BBC reports.

BELGRADE - The Belgrade Waterfront project contract with the Abu Dhabi-based company Eagle Hills will be signed in a few weeks and made available to the public, Belgrade Mayor Sinisa Mali has announced.

CANNES - The construction of two 20-storey, 68,000 sq m residential towers as part of the Belgrade Waterfront project will start in the summer, Belgrade Mayor Sinisa Mali has announced in Cannes.