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Hotels in Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Varna have reported some BGN 163M revenue in the period June-August, according to data released by the regional statistical office.

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic will pay an official visit to Montenegro on Monday to meet with that country's top officials.

Gojkovic will confer with Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic, Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic and Parliament Speaker Ranko Krivokapic

She will also meet Minister of Foreign Affairs Igor Luksic.

BELGRADE - Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said Monday that taking part in UN peacekeeping missions was a way in which Serbia wanted to contribute to the promotion of sustainable peace, stability and development and that the country would continue to be a partner with all who were willing to contribute to the preservation of international peace,

BELGRADE - A ceremony marking 70 years since the liberation of Belgrade in World War II was held at Centre Sava on Sunday evening, bringing together government officials and Belgrade Mayor Sinisa Mali.

The ceremony also gathered Jasmina Mitrovic Maric, on behalf of the Serbian president, WWII veterans from Serbia and allied countries, diplomatic corps and public figures.

Based on around 95 per cent of votes counted, the three members of Bosnia's State Presidency will Bakir Izetbegovic - for the Bosniaks, Dragan Covic - for the Croats, and Mladen Ivanic - for the Serbs.

Izetbegovic, the existing Bosniak member, standing for the Bosniak Party of Democratic Action, SDA, won about 228,000 votes, some 40,000 more than his main rival, Fahrudin Radoncic.

Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev will open the 10th World Meeting of Bulgarian Media at the Central Military Club in Sofia, Monday.

Bulgaria needs to have a stable government coalition that will place state interests above those of political parties, a leading member of left-wing ABV movement said on Monday.

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Romania and the Republic of Moldova can unite today only in united Europe and Chisinau's accession to the European Union and the development of the two neighbouring states together will ultimately lead not only to a symbolical flower bridge, but to a continuous development line between Bucharest and Chisinau, Senate Chairman Calin Popescu-Tariceanu, running for president of Romani

Visit of Albanian PM postponed for Nov. 10

BELGRADE -- The official visit of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, scheduled originally for October 22, has been postponed for November 10.

This has been announced by the Serbian government.

The WKC Romanian Karate Federation got the first place among the federations participating in the World Union of Karate-Do Federations (WUKF) World Championships for children, cadets and juniors in Szczecin, Poland. Romanians won 23 gold, 22 silver and 40 bronze medals at the competition that ended on Sunday.