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LISBON - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Wednesday arrived in Lisbon, where he was received by Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

LISBON - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will be on a two-day state visit to Portugal on Wednesday and Thursday, the presidential press office announced in a statement Monday.

During the visit, which will mark 135 years of diplomatic relations between Serbia and Portugal, Nikolic will meet with top Portuguese officials.

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Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, who was welcomed in Lisbon earlier in the day, has been presented with the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator.

Nikolic received the decoration from Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic was received in Lisbon on Wednesday with state honors by his Portuguese counterpart Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

Nikolic will also meet with Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa and Parliament Speaker Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues, RTS is reporting.

Cristiano Ronaldo has opened his second hotel in Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal. Following the inauguration of his first hotel in his hometown of Madeira, the multimillionaire Real Madrid superstar expanded his business ventures in the hotel industry with the a 5-star accommodation called ‘Pestana CR7 Hotel’.

A young man attempting to take a selfie with the statue of a 16th century Portuguese king ended badly when statue crashed to the ground and shattered, according to police.

As Reuters reported, the man accidentally toppled Dom Sebastiao’s statue after climbing up to its pedestal outside the ornate Rossio railway station in central Lisbon.

The EU-Turkey refugee relocation agreement is so far proving to be ineffective, as most EU countries are unwilling to open their borders to refugees and migrants. Portugal, according to Bloomberg, is the exception, as it is willing to take in thousands of refugees, but is an unpopular relocation destination for the refugees themselves.

TripAdvisor released their findings on the best destinations on the rise in Europe and Oia in Santorini ranked 7th.

If you are planning to go on holiday in the new year, you may want to consider travelling to these destinations, which have been growing in popularity over the years.

Porto in Portugal is on the top of the list followed by Moscow and Brighton.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev will be on a two-day official visit to Portugal at the invitation of his Portuguese counterpart Anibal Cavaco Silva on Monday and Tuesday.

Portugal's ruling centre-right coalition won a general election Oct.4 seen as a referendum on its austerity policies, although it may not hold onto its absolute majority in parliament, near-complete results showed.