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Two Mistral assault ships are to be sold to Russia, France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius announced.

The decision comes amid tensions between Moscow and the West over the Ukraine crisis.

Fabius wrote on Twitter that the contracts were agreed in 2011 and were to be executed as they would create many jobs in his country, as the BBC reported.

The world marks the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the largest landing of troops by sea in history.

On June 6, 1944, around 160,000 Allied troops landed on the French coast of Normandy – in an operation to defeat the Nazi German army and liberate Europe. Around 3,000 of them would lose their lives on this day, while another 9,000 were wounded or missing.

West threatens Russia with more sanctions

BRUSSELS -- Leaders of the seven most developed countries have warned Russia they are ready for new sanctions if there is no progress in resolving the Ukrainian crisis.

Austria "fully supports reforms in Serbia"

VIENNA, BELGRADE -- Austria fully supports the economic and political reforms in Serbia, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić said, recapping his visit to Austria on Wednesday.

Vučić told the RTS that his Austrian hosts fully support the economic reforms in Serbia, as well as the necessary political reforms.

BELGRADE - Head of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung offices in Serbia and Montenegro Henri Bohnet has said he expects the chief topics of the coming meeting between Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel will be the situation in Serbia after the floods, economic reforms, EU integration, normalisation of the relations with Pristina and Berlin's expectations o

VIENNA - Austria fully supports the economic and political reforms in Serbia, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said, recapping his visit to Austria on Wednesday.

Vucic told the RTS that his Austrian hosts fully support the economic reforms in Serbia, as well as the necessary political reforms.

All topics that Prime Minister is to talk about with German Chancellor Merkel to ask Vucic about Nikolic’s gesture, too

Belgrade Berlin is angry at Serbia President Tomislav Nikolic because of his meeting with the Duma President Sergey Naryshkin. That shall no doubt be talked about during Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic’s visit to Germany.

German politicians want "British blackmail" rejected

BERLIN -- With his threat that Britain might leave the EU if Jean-Claude Juncker is made head of the EC, David Cameron seems to have angered German politicians.

BELGRADE - It is time for Serbia to be on the same side with Germany, and to be not only a political, but also an economic partner of the country, said Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.

A growing majority of Germans are opposed to Turkey entering the European Union, according to a poll published days after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan made a controversial speech to Turks in Cologne.