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Emilia Kraleva was relieved of her post as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs by order of the Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. 

Tomorrow, Kraleva will assume the post of Permanent Representative of the Republic of Bulgaria to the UN Office, the OSCE negotiations and forums and international organizations in Vienna.

Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akıncı on Jan. 13 said the map submitted by Greek Cypriots to the UN was unacceptable and the Turkish Cypriots would not sign anything that would not include rotating presidency. 

President Klaus Iohannis signed this week several ambassador appointments, giving his seal of approval to journalist and writer Emil Hurezeanu's nomination as Ambassador of Romania to Germany, and to historian, essayist and politician Adrian Cioroianu taking over as Romania's Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, the Presidential Administration announced.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed on Tuesday the Bulgarian Petko Draganov as his Special Representative and Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Draganov succeeds the Slovak Miroslav Jenca, who was recently appointed as Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, the site of UNRCCA informs.

BELGRADE - Serbia appreciates highly the work of of the UN Office for Project Service (UNOPS), Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said and thanked UNOPS Executive Director Grete Faremo for support.

The total value of UNOPS projects in Serbia since 2010 is EUR 65 million, he said at a reception at the Belgrade City Hall on Monday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic conferred with Head of the UN Office in Belgrade Peter Due in Belgrade on Tuesday, who commended Serbia's participation in the UN peacekeeping missions.

Due pointed to the fact that Serbia is among seven leading contributors to the UN military and police forces worldwide, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs released in a statement.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Deputy Prime Minsiter and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic met on Friday with UN Secretary General Representative and Head of the UN Office in Belgrade Peter Due to discuss SErbia's cooperation with the UN on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1244.