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Alexei Navalny, the anti-corruption campaigner who is a leading foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been found guilty of fraud and given a suspended sentence of three and a half years.

By Sotiris Nikas

European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Pierre Moscovici called on Monday on the Greek people to use their votes to keep the country on the road to reform, although he refused to comment on the possibility of a change in government in Athens.

National Liberal Party (PNL) First Deputy Chairman Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu was appointed personal advisor to President Klaus Iohannis, official sources confirmed for AGERPRES on Monday.

According to the cited sources, this personal advisor office is not paid, but honorary.

Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu is currently holding a Senator position. AGERPRES

BELGRADE - The dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina will resume in Brussels on February 9, Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic confirmed on Saturday.

He said he would take part in those talks together with Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, while Kosovo would be represented by Prime Minister Isa Mustafa and Foreign Minister Hasim Taci.

An ongoing exhibition at Istanbul's Salt Galata titled "Rainbow in the Dark" brings together a group of works that tackles issues related to religious rituals, gender politics and spirituality.

Economy and finance ministries to merge again - daily

BELGRADE -- A cabinet reshuffle is "already on the horizon" writes a Belgrade-based daily, adding that ministries of finance and economy will once again be merged into one.

Hague Tribunal chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz rejected Serbian war crimes defendant Vojislav Seselj’s allegation that he is a political tool of the EU and Croatia and should be punished.

Serbian nationalist leader Vojislav Seselj asked the international court to sanction its chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz, calling him a political tool of the EU and Croatia.

The state budget should be enacted by January 1, because otherwise the due coming in force of the measures scheduled for early 2015 would be hampered, Premier Victor Ponta said on Tuesday at the weekly sitting of the Government.

The first institutional consultation with President Klaus Iohannis was "extremely useful, serious and efficient," Prime Minister, Victor Ponta said on his account on a social network, at the end of a meeting with the President, at the Cotroceni Palace.

"Things are getting back on track," the PM added.