New York

The prolific American actor Eli Wallach, known by many for his role in the western "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" as part of a career spanning six decades, has died at the age of 98, US media reports said.
      
The New York Times said Wallach's death Tuesday was confirmed by his daughter Katherine. The cause of death was not given.
      

The first concrete step for Istanbul to become an international finance center was taken in 2012. A tender was held for the finance center that was decided to be built at Ataşehir, on the Asian side of the city.

It seems “the pragmatism of Islamists” has defeated “the Western pragmatism,” at the end of the day.

Turkish President Abdullah Gül has traveled to the United States to attend his son Mehmet’s graduation ceremony at Harvard University, requesting that journalists respect the privacy of the moment.

By Yiannis Papadoyiannis

The book for National Bank of Greece’s 2.5-billion-euro share capital increase opens on Tuesday and will close on Thursday, with the price for the sale of the new shares to be determined by investor offers.

On Saturday a general meeting of the bank will approve the share increase and the share price, completing the process.

BELGRADE - Violinist and conductor Dmitry Sitkovetsky will perform in both roles with the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra at the start of the Novi Sad Music Festival on Thursday and at the Kolarac Foundation in Belgrade on Friday.

This will be Sitkovetsky's fourth visit to Serbia, but his first performance accompanied by the Belgrade Philharmonic.

Bulgaria's cities of Sofia and Stara Zagora are among the 21 final contenders in an innovation contest devised by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

At least four people were killed in the massive explosion and fire that leveled two buildings in Manhattan, New York, Wednesday.

Nine people remained missing hours after the explosion, the CNN reports.

The official cause of the blast has not been determined yet, however authorities consider a possible gas leak was to blame.

BELGRADE - An exhibition presenting the Archeological Park Viminacium and the project Itinerarium Romanum Serbiae, or Roman Emperors' Route, has been opened at the Serbian House in London.