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BELGRADE - Switzerland's Ballet Basel will close the 12th Belgrade Dance Festival with performances "Tempus Fugit" and "Flockwork" at Centre Sava on Thursday evening.

By Stathis Kousounis

Foreign tourism arrivals rose a remarkable 23 percent in 2014 compared to the previous year to reach a record 22 million, not including cruise visitors, according to the Bank of Greece?s annual border survey that the Hellenic Statistical Authority published on Tuesday.

A U.N. envoy for the divided island of Cyprus said April 7 he expected stalled peace talks to resume "within weeks," following a six-month suspension in a row over offshore gas reserves.

Serbian army will march in front of Putin in Moscow

Serbian army will march on the Red square in Moscow for the first time in history.

Former President Traian Basescu says Russia will not stop until it gets the control over southern Ukraine, down to the mouths of Danube River, and Romania should be worried.

Photo credit: (c) Alex MICSIK / AGERPRES PHOTO

Russian ships docked at what was once a secret Norwegian naval base in the Arctic have prompted concern from the NATO country's former top military leaders, anxious about its resurgent eastern neighbour roaming nearby.

Turkey still has a Kurdish issue, Finance Minister Mehmet ?im?ek said on April 1, apparently contradicting President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an?s recent claim that Turkey no longer has a Kurdish problem, only a terrorism problem.

The European Union and other donors pledged more than $2 billion on Tuesday to help alleviate war-torn Syria's humanitarian crisis, which Kuwait's emir called the worst in "modern history".
      

Bulgaria repeated its performance World Cup 2014 qualification against Italy in matchday 5 of the EURO 2016 qualification Group H.

Italy was 1-0 in the lead, but Bulgaria managed to make a 2-1 comeback, which eventually ended 2-2.

Bulgaria's men national football team faces Italy on Saturday in matchday 5 of the EURO 2016 qualification Group H.

The outcome of the match will to a large extent determine whether Bulgaria will preserve its meager chances of qualifying for EURO 2016.