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BELGRADE - Dance artist Aleksandar Josipovic, the only Serb that performed at the Moulin Rouge, decided to stop dancing actively after 25 years of successful career.

The eight-time national champion, Josipovic achieved some of the highest attainments at global level, received a number of recognitions in the country and abroad where he successfully performed for a decade and a half.

Turkey's main stock exchange, Borsa Istanbul, was ranked among the top five performers in the world in 2014, the exchange announced in a statement late on Jan. 5.

The BIST-100 Index was the best performing investment instrument based on its 2014 annual yields, with Borsa Istanbul investors gaining an average yield of 26.43 percent in 2014, said the statement.

BELGRADE - Ukraine expects Serbia's OSCE Chairmanship to be transparent, impartial and objective, and beneficial to the organization, as well as to use the traditionally good relations between Belgrade and Moscow to open up new opportunities for finding effective ways to de-escalate the crisis in Ukraine, Charge d'Affaires at the Ukrainian embassy in Belgrade Mykola Dzygun said.

BRUSSELS - Edgars Rinkevics, Foreign Minister of Latvia, which has taken over the Presidency of the EU Council on Thursday, congratulated Serbia on assuming the Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic stated on Monday that the first conference of the OSCE Permanent Council will be held on January 15, and added that this will mark the official beginning of the country's chairmanship in the organisation.

"Chronicles of Threats" wins another international award

BELGRADE -- The Saatchi & Saatchi Belgrade advertising agency has been presented with yet another significant international recognition for "Chronicles of Threats."

The project was awarded at the Cristal Festival in France.

Serbian OSCE presidency starts Jan. 15

BELGRADE -- Serbian Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Monday that the first conference of the Permanent Council of the OSCE would be held on January 15.

That means that the Serbian chairmanship over the organization will begin on that date, he told reporters during a regular monthly news conference.

FM: Much is expected from Serbia

BELGRADE -- When Serbia takes over the OSCE presidency on January 1. "it should demonstrate a serious approach because everyone expects a lot," says Ivica Dacic.

Speaking for the RTS public broadcaster, the foreign minister added that Serbia was also "seriously preparing."

Airberlin, Germany's second largest airline, and Bulgaria Air will launch codeshare flights on some European routes from January 14 next year, austrianaviation.net has reported.

Under the codeshare agreement, airberlin will apply its AB airline code on Bulgaria Air flights from Berlin, Frankfurt and Vienna to Sofia.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Thursday the Western Balkans, regional cooperation and peace process in Ukraine would be the priorities of Serbia's OSCE chairmanship.