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Istanbul’s newest music festival GNCFEST’14 will bring together American rapper Pharrell Williams, Romanian singer Inna and British singer and actress Rita Ora at ITÜ Stadium in Istanbul on Sept. 7.

Czech president: There's no Russian invasion - for now

PRAGUE -- Czech President Miloš Zeman says the conflict in Ukraine is a civil war and believes Russian officials when they say the Russian army "is not participating."

Chinese ambassador on cooperation, Kosovo, Ukraine

BELGRADE -- The Chinese government stands by its position that it will not recognize Kosovo, Chinese Ambassador to Serbia Li Manchang has said.

A defence witness told the Hague Tribunal that Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic couldn’t have ordered the killings of 7,000 Muslims from Srebrenica because it was out of character.

BELGRADE - The Tourism Organisation of Serbia (TOS) has launched a campaign in London to raise visibility and interest for Serbia as a holiday destination, the TOS said on Friday.

Bulgaria's caretaker government plans to propose to parliament that will be formed after October 5 snap vote to raise this year's budget deficit to just below 3% of GDP.

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BELGRADE - The Chinese government stands by the position that it will not recognise Kosovo's independence, says Chinese Ambassador to Serbia Li Manchang.

I know that over 100 countries have recognised Kosovo's independence, but the Chinese government stands by its position and has no intention of changing it, Ambassador Li told the Vecernje Novosti daily.

A milder and more ordinary elections campaign leading to October 5's snap poll should be expected this year, sociologist Andrey Raychev believes.

He told the Bulgarian National Television that the "main scandal" that recently rocked Bulgaria had already been left behind.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said his government attributes an "international mission" to Turkey's Directorate for Religious Affairs (Diyanet), also indicating that the country needs to make “reforms in religion.”

His words echo President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's recent suggestion that the Diyanet’s “honor” as a key state body should be restituted

The defence of Novak Djukic, convicted of ordering a deadly Bosnian Serb artillery strike on the town of Tuzla, staged a reconstruction of the attack in a bid to prove his innocence.