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A trial against 35 individuals associated with Beşiktaş’s football fan group çArşı on charges of “attempting to overthrow the government” during last year’s Gezi Park protests has started at Istanbul’s Çağlayan Courthouse.

The group received massive support from a crowd that included main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputies.

PM writes about "Serbia-China friendship bridge"

LONDON -- Hosting "the China-Balkans" summit this week gives "extra-importance to our vigor in pursuing our European path," says Aleksandar Vucic.

Ex-policemen Slobodan Tarandzic and Dusko Zec were sentenced to three years in prison each for war crimes over the killing of a Bosniak in the Serb-led Republika Srpska entity in 1993.

Macedonia, Croatia tackle corruption

Officials' involvement in organised crime raises the issue of cross-border security.

Macedonian and Croatian police continue to co-operate to bring to justice current and former high-level officials suspected of corruption including cross-border fraud, experts said.

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A lot of the credit must goes to Turkish citizens, said Kamal Malhotra, the U.N.’s envoy to Ankara regarding Turkey’s hosting of at least 1.6 million Syrian refugees.

 Hardouvelis says the aim is to resolve all issue by the next Eurogroup meeting, though differences remain

By Sotiris Nikas

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BELGRADE - The Battle of Kolubara, the biggest battle for Serbia in World War I, was fought on a front stretching over 200 kilometers from November 16 to December 15, 1914.

Athens University, Greece’s biggest educational institution, may run out of funds to operate next year, its rector, Theodoros Fortsakis, told a press conference on Monday.

BELGRADE - Senator Vannino Chiti, as the head of the delegation of the Italian Senate on its visit to Serbia, commended Serbia on the determination it demonstrated in the implementation of reforms and underscored that Serbia is key to stability and progress in the Western Balkans.

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov responded on Monday to an earlier comment of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on the negative consequences of Bulgaria's membership to the European Union (EU).

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