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BELGRADE - An exhibition titled Painter Vlaho Bukovac (1855-1922), the first to include all of the artist's 23 works kept at the National Museum in Belgrade, will open at the museum on Wednesday.

"Why don't you allow me to work normally and Delta to operate normally?" Miskovic asked during his Belgrade trial for fraud concerning the privatization of road companies.

Miskovic said he was deeply disappointed with the court's decision to ban him from travelling and that Delta could not operate normally with him "sitting in Serbia.

Eurobank chief executive Christos Megalou expressed certainty on Thursday that the lender’s share capital increase will be successfully completed very soon.

Two thirds of the rebel fighters in Syria are citizens of European countries, says a report of the London-based International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation. 

According to the report, entitled "Greenbirds: Measuring importance and influence in Syrian Foreign Fighter Networks'", around 10% of the foreign fighters are from Eastern Europe, Bulgaria included. 

Miskovic offers Delta for his passport

I shall sign that the whole Delta Holding belongs to the State if I do not return from abroad. What are you requesting as a guarantee to allow me go on business trip?

Lukanyo Mnyanda & Eshe Nelson

The euro area’s higher-yielding government bonds are emerging as a haven from emerging-market turmoil as the prospect of greater stimulus from the European Central Bank underpins demand for the securities.

Victor Spirescu, the first Romanian to arrive in Britain on January 1 after the lifting of remaining work restrictions on Romanians, is now promoting a new pro-EU party in Britain founded by UK-resident Romanians, the UK's Channel 4 TV reports.

LONDON - The best-ranked Serbian female tennis player holds the eighth place in the WTA rankings that were published on Monday, which is one notch up on last week, while Ana Ivanovic remained the world's No. 12.

Jankovic, who suffered a defeat in the Bogota final on Sunday, currently has 4,010 points, surpassing Russia's Maria Sharapova.

As No.12, Ivanovic has 3,280 points.

The two teams viewed as favorites for winning the UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, will play each other in the semifinal.

The draw for the semifinal stage took place on Friday noon in Nyon, Switzerland. Nine-time European champions Real Madrid were awarded the heavy task of challenging the reigning Champions League trophy holder Bayern Munich.

Veselin Pantaleev-Eschkenazy returned to Bulgaria to receive his award for "Personality in the News 2013" in the category Culture.

The world-renowned violinist earned 1,759 votes in the prestigious online vote. Far behind him with 852 votes remained actor Vladimir Penev and writer Georgi Gospodinov, with 731.