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BELGRADE - The 26th Cottbus Film Festival, focusing on Eastern European cinema, will be held on November 8-13, featuring four Serbian films, the Serbian Film Center announced on its website.

Human rights campaigners on Sept. 14 urged voters in Hungary to boycott what they termed an "inhumane" referendum on migrant relocation under an EU quota plan.

The appeal was made by 22 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) including the Helsinki Committees for Human Rights group.

Turkey has silently marked World Press Freedom Day, a day dedicated to defending independent media and paying tribute to journalists who have suffered consequences due to their journalistic activities, amid rising concerns over diminishing editorial freedoms in the country. 

When ?pek Cem Taha, the daughter of a former Turkish foreign minister (who passed away in 2007) decided to initiate a lasting idea to maintain her father's personal commitment for peace, the first door she knocked on was that of Yorgo Papandreu.

It is quite difficult for foreign diplomats to make comments about affairs in the country where they are assigned. Indeed, under the diplomatic code of conduct such comments can even be cited as justification for a diplomat being declared persona non grata. Still, there are some issues that transcend all limitations, boundaries and conditions.

Turkey and Germany said on April 6 a deal between Ankara and the European Union meant to stem the flow of migrants to the Greek islands was showing signs of success, but many were still trying to cross the sea as the route remained far from sealed off.

The Bulgarian capital Sofia is the fifth most dangerous city in Europe and the most dangerous in the European Union, a study shows.

Moscow, St Petersburg, Kiev and Belgrade have bottomed the personal safety ranking in a recent report of US think-tank Mercer.

The documentary movie Love & Engineering by director and screenwriter Tonislav Hristov will be finally released in Bulgarian cinemas, after it's premiere at Tribeca Film Festival in 2014, the producers of the film announced on Monday.

The meeting between Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and Finnish Finance Minister Alexander Stubb on Monday was conducted in a good atmosphere with Mr. Stubb saying that there is no Grexit issue.

“I hear good things about Greece everywhere and from other countries and in the Eurogroup,” he said after the meeting.

An official report confirmed that migrants were involved in the assaults targeting women, which occurred on New Year's Eve in the German city of Cologne.

According to the report, which was presented by the interior minister of the state of Rhine-Westphalia on Monday, the majority of the suspects were of migrant origin, being mainly North African and Arab.