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NATO helps develop Kosovo Security Force

It was not the way Greeks thought they would spend their Christmas this year. Actually, many had already planned their holidays long ago. Judging from the record number of bookings, many had chosen to spend their Christmas at the popular winter resorts on the slopes of Mount Parnassus. The crisis is over, claimed the tour operators.

Two Turkish movies currently playing in theaters take the audience on a journey into recent history with their soundtracks.

By Eleni Varvitsioti

BRUSSELS - Only 40 days have passed since Pierre Moscovici took over as European economic and financial affairs commissioner but he has already played a vital role in helping Greece and the troika overcome a deadlock in their talks.

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LAZAREVAC - The 100th anniversary of the Battle of Kolubara, the most important of the battles between the army of the Kingdom of Serbia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in World War I, was marked with full state and military honors at the memorial complex at the Church of St. Demetrius in Lazarevac, near Belgrade, on Sunday.

BELGRADE - Hungary has proven that some conventional economic dogmas should be overcome in an effort to boost economic growth, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban says in an exclusive opinion piece for Tanjug ahead of the Third Meeting of Heads of Government of China and CEECs in Belgrade, which Tanjug publishes in full.

BELGRADE - The China-CEECs cooperation provides untapped opportunities for large-scale regional projects, as well as for deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership between the EU and China, Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borissov says in an exclusive opinion piece for Tanjug ahead of the Third Meeting of Heads of Government of China and CEECs in Belgrade, which Tanjug publishes in full.

State Secretary for European Affairs with the Romanian Foreign Ministry (MAE) George Ciamba will be attending a meeting of the European Union's Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels over Dec. 14-15, MAE informs in a release on Sunday.

BELGRADE - The Belgrade summit will be an excellent forum for exchanging ideas on enhancing the cooperation and bringing us all closer to our common goals, Latvia's Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma says in an exclusive opinion piece for Tanjug ahead of the Third Meeting of Heads of Government of China and CEECs in Belgrade, which Tanjug publishes in full.

BELGRADE - Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) is intense, with numerous perspectives for the future, and provides all participating countries with excellent opportunities for bilateral and regional partnership in various fields, Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius says in an exclusive opinion piece for Tanjug ahead of the Third Meeting of He