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A number of personalities of Romania, the United States of America, France, and Switzerland were decorated, on Sunday, by Princess Margareta, on the occasion of the events held in honor of the anniversary of 25 years since her return to her homeland, among them Frederic Mitterand, the nephew of the former president of France.

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The trial of Naser Kelmendi started in Prishtina on Friday with EULEX Special Prosecutor Andrew Hughes giving an opening statement in front of the Basic Court in Prishtina.

By Stathis Kousounis & Alexandra Kassimi

BELGRADE/VIENNA - Serbia will formally take over from Switzerland as the OSCE chair at the meeting of the organisation's Permanent Council on Thursday.

"Opportunity for positive OSCE mediating role"

VIENNA -- Serbia has an opportunity to play a positive, but complex role of an honest broker, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier said in Vienna on Wednesday.

Serbia will formally assume chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on Thursday.

OSCE announces members of panel on European security

BELGRADE, VIENNA -- The composition of the OSCE's Panel of Eminent Persons on European Security as a Common Project was revealed on Tuesday.

Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2014 annual award for the second year running on Monday.

This is the third time the Portugal forward has grabbed the trophy awarded by FIFA and France Football magazine after winning it in 2008 and 2013.

Ronaldo captured 37.66%of the votes cast by the captains and coaches of each national team plus one journalist from each country.

The 37,203 registered Croatian voters living outside the country - often referred to as Diaspora - played a key role in deciding the winner of the Croatian presidential elections.

If you are a party animal and just can't get enough of New Year's Eve celebrations, should prolong your stay in Serbia, which has another New Year's Eve on January 13.

No, Serbs are not addicted to having two "wildest nights of the year" in one month. The second celebration is a consequence of the fact that the Serbian Orthodox Church still sticks to the old, Julian calendar.

2014 was a year in which the strengths and weaknesses of Turkish design were seen clearly in regard to its tradition and practice, which sometimes shone with brilliant examples and at other times bedevilled people with conditions that challenged the ?sanity? of innovators.