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BELGRADE - Economic experts voiced their belief Thursday the domestic currency would continue to weaken in the coming year and that the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) would not allow a sharp depreciation of the dinar against the euro.

Turkey and Iraq have begun a new round of talks to seek additional measures for the elimination of the threat posed to the region by extremist Islamists as Baghdad requested more military and intelligence assistance from Turkey, including the delivery of weapons.  

PRISTINA - Supporting the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina will be a priority for Eulex next year, Eulex chief Gabriele Meucci has said, expressing satisfaction with the fact that the dialogue will resume as early as February.

There are very grave claims suggesting that the Telecommunications Directorate (TİB) has handed over information to inappropriate individuals or groups, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has said.

The government has indicated that a reconstruction or a purge at the TİB was imminent.

Two separate targeted hits in one day in upscale Istanbul neighborhoods left three people dead late Dec. 24, just days after a bodyguard was killed in front of a bar in Istanbul's Nişantaşı neighborhood.

Interior Minister Efkan Ala said there was no concrete data in their hands that would allow them to say if the two hits were related but that they were working on that possibility.

An ongoing exhibition at Istanbul's Salt Galata titled "Rainbow in the Dark" brings together a group of works that tackles issues related to religious rituals, gender politics and spirituality.

BELGRADE - The St. George Strings orchestra will perform a traditional New Year's concert at the Kolarac Foundation in Belgrade on Monday, December 29.