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Cuba backs Serbia on Kosovo, Nikolic invited to visit Havana

BELGRADE -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Wednesday received Cuban Ambassador in Belgrade Adela Mayra Ruiz Garcia.

The diplomat underscored during the conversation that Cuba will continue to back Serbia's position on Kosovo and Metohija.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic talked in Belgrade on Wednesday with Cuban Ambassador Adela Mayra Ruiz Garcia, who underscored that Cuba will continue to back Serbia's position on Kosovo-Metohija.

National Liberal Party (PNL) deputy Andreea Paul asks for the resignation of Finance Minister Darius Valcov and Prime Minister Victor Ponta for "attempting to transform the Tax Code into a political instrument."

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has concluded his America tour one day earlier than planned, skipping a visit to pre-Columbian pyramids in Mexico and making an unscheduled stop in the United States.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has concluded his Latin America tour one day earlier than planned, skipping a visit to pre-Columbian pyramids in Mexico, Anadolu Agency reported on Feb. 13, citing presidential sources.

The situation looks serious: This mosque issue seems to have created some tension in the Cuban press, according to our own press, the one that has a high dose of sensibility of Cuba due to ?comradeship.?

The source of the fear is that President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an was going to Havana, not only with one mosque projects in his suitcase, but two?

Bulgaria is situated right between Nepal and the Republic of Congo in the report on world press freedom, published in 2015. Meanwhile, Greece, Kosovo and Albania score slightly higher, but are in the same group of countries with moderately dependent press.

The report indicated a drop in the ranking of Bulgaria, currently on the 106th spot, from the 100th place it took in 2014.

Turkey has applied to Cuban officials to build a mosque in the Caribbean country, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said.

 ?We have applied [to the Cuban officials] to build a mosque similar to the one in Ortaköy; we are waiting,? Erdo?an said Feb. 9, while responding to journalists on board while en route to his South American tour.

Cuban state media late Feb. 2 released the first photographs of former president Fidel Castro in nearly six months in a bid to quiet rumors that his health is failing.
 

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an will visit Cuba, Colombia and Mexico as part of a Latin American trip from Feb. 9-12, while presidential spokesman ?brahim Kal?n said there is no plan to lay the groundwork to build a mosque there at a press conference on Jan. 28.