Rotterdam

The 32-nd edition of the "Golden Rose" Bulgarian feature film festival starts in Varna on October 11.

It is organised by the National Film Centre and will consist of two competitions - for feature and for short film.

The pair made up of Romanian tennisman Horia Tecau and Dutchman Jean-Julien Rojer has won the doubles' event of the 590,230-dollar ATP tournament in Shenzhen (China), after disposing of Australians Sam Groth/Chris Guccione in the final by 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Greek star Ilias Iliadis claimed his third world title in the under-90kg category in Chelyabinsk on Friday as Brazilian Mayra Aguiar and Colombian Yuri Alvear won gold in the women’s under-78kg and under-70kg divisions respectively.

Goals from Mustafa Pektemek and Kerim Koyunlu edged Beşiktaş past last season’s Dutch league runner-up Feyenoord in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, in the first leg game in Rotterdam on July 30.

Feyenoord scored a 95th-minute penalty but still succumbed 2-1 at home to Beşiktaş, putting the Turkish outfit in charge of the tie.

Hoping to return to Champions League football after five years of absence, Turkish Super League side Beşiktaş starts the third qualifying round with a game against Feyenoord in Rotterdam tonight Beşiktaş plays against Feyenoord in the Champions League third qualifying round tonight, in a bid to return to the  top-level European club competition for the first time in five years.

Four Romanians behind a spectacular art heist in the Netherlands were ordered July 14 to pay 18 million euros, with the fate of the stolen masterpieces by Picasso, Monet, Gauguin and Lucien Freud still a mystery.        

Turkey has signed deals to increase its stakes in the Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline (TANAP) and the Shah Deniz projects, with a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, marking another step towards its long-lasting dream of becoming an energy hub.

After winning the Palme’ d’Or Award in Cannes, director Nuri Bilge Ceylan comes together with cinema lovers as the guest of the second Red Tulip Film Festival in Rotterdam Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, who won the Palme d’Or Award for his film “Winter Sleep” last week at the 67th Cannes Film Festival, May 27 attended the Master Class event for the 2nd Red Tulip Film Festi

BELGRADE - "Zivan Makes a Punk Festival", a feature-length documentary by Ognjen Glavonic, will have its international premiere at the festival Cinema Du Reel in Paris next month, the young director told Tanjug on Wednesday.

ROTTERDAM - Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic and Canada's Daniel Nestor were successful in the Rotterdam opener on Wednesday.

In the first round, they outlasted American-Canadian pair James Cerretan/Adil Shamasdin 6-4, 3-6, 10-5.