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Known as a football aficionado, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said his tip for this year’s World Cup is the Netherlands.

World champions Spain confirmed their exit from the 2014 World Cup, following a disappointing 0:2 loss to Chile in group B of the tournament.

With one more match left to play, against Australia, all Spain can hope for is not to finish bottom.

Spain's six-year reign as the world's pre-eminent team ended on June 18 as Chile sent them crashing out of the World Cup with a 2-0 win in Rio de Janeiro.

Spain had been seeking a fourth consecutive major title, but instead they became only the fifth defending champions - after Italy in 1950 and 2010, Brazil in 1966 and France in 2002 -- to go out in the World Cup's first round.

Amsterdam, though a small city compared to the giant of Istanbul, has much to offer and many examples to give about balancing a city’s atmosphere and ambiance Last week I went with Niko Guido to Amsterdam for a photo safari. He, together with 10 amateur photographers, went to Amsterdam to take pictures and exhibit those photographs next to pictures from Istanbul.

The Netherlands has given Turkey a list of 100 possible militants who might travel to Syria to fight against regime forces, according to a report by Dutch daily Volkskrant.

The European military transport aviation will hold international drills in the airspace of Bulgaria in the period 17 to 26 June, the press center of the Defense Ministry informed.

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in April 2014 amounted to EUR 106.6 M, compared to a rate of EUR -67.8 M in April 2013, according to the Bulgarian National Bank(BNB).

The Velograd Bicycle Festival will be held for the second time in the Savamala neighbourhood in Belgrade.

During the two-day festival, visitors will have the chance to see bicycle fashion show, acrobats and a polo game on bikes, while the main event is the so-called Orange Bike Ride.

The Netherlands beat current world champion Spain in a Group B World Cup 2014 game at Arena Forte Nova, Salvador, on Friday. 

The first goal was scored by Spain's Xabi Alonso in the 27-th minute, but a minute before the end of the first halftime Robin Van Persie sent in an equalizer. 

BELGRADE - Serbian agricultural company MK Group signed on Friday a EUR 25 million loan agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), to be used for agribusiness development.

The agreement was signed by MK Group President Miodrag Kostic and IFC's Associate Director Carsten Mueller.