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Australia's prime minister said on May 3 that his wife was "flattered and charmed" to be described by President Emmanuel Macron as "delicious," a compliment that has sparked lighthearted conjecture during the French leader's first official visit Down Under.

Catalonia’s parliament will convene on March 12 to appoint a new regional president, with jailed separatist Jordi Sanchez the only candidate, the assembly said on March 6.

Depending on who you ask in Europe, China’s colossal East-West infrastructure program is either an opportunity or a threat - and when French President Emmanuel Macron visits this week, Beijing will be watching to see how keen he is to jump on board.

Milka Domanovic, from the Serbian fact-checking website Istinomer, has selected the top seven untrue claims made by Serbian politicians in 2017.

Aleksandar Vucic's presidential inauguration will be "unlike all previous ones" - and will, as he announced, bring together guests from around the world.

The ceremony will be held on Friday at the Palace of Serbia in New Belgrade. Among the 5,000 expected guests will be regional leaders and envoys of world powers that stand on opposite sides.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan approved on Feb. 10 constitutional amendments that will bring drastic changes to the country's political system, including a shift to an executive presidential system from the current parliamentary system.

The package will now be put to a referendum, likely on April 16, in accordance with a date to be selected by the Supreme Election Board (YSK).

Authorities envisaged for the president in amendments proposed for a constitutional change were revised by a parliamentary constitutional commission, as the 21-article amendment draft was reduced to 18 articles with the latest revisions proposed by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on late Dec. 28. 

Croatia's new centre-right government has announced that it will be directly naming the new presidents and board members of state companies, insisting that this was only a temporary solution.

Serbian MPs did not adopt a law on special conditions of sale of certain real estate owned by the Republic of Serbia.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic previously refused to sign the legislation, and returned it to parliament for reconsideration.

President-elect Klaus Iohannis confirms he will have a meeting with Traian Basescu at the Cotroceni Palace on Wednesday, showing he will discuss with the latter the institutional details of the head of state mandate handover-takeover.