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The United States and Iran began high-level talks in Oman Nov. 9 ahead of a looming deadline for a deal on Tehran's nuclear programme, with both sides under pressure at home.

Europe's High Representative Federica Mogherini called on Saturday for the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Mogherini, who took up office last week, said the world "could not afford" another war in Gaza.

"We need a Palestinian state - this is the ultimate goal and position of the European Union," DW quoted her as announcing during her visit to the Gaza Strip.

BELGRADE - Serbia and France share the past but they also have a joint future in Europe, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls stated in Belgrade on Friday, noting that the future belongs to the young and it is up to them to build it.

BELGRADE - Belgrade Mayor Sinisa Mali called on French investors in the talks with French Prime Minister Manuel Valls to put their funds in infrastructure projects, including the major metro construction project, in the Serbian capital.

OBRENOVAC - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and his French counterpart Manuel Valls visited the site of construction of one out of the seven private houses in Obrenovac the building of which is funded by the French government.

EU finance ministers agreed Friday to extend a deadline for Britain to pay a huge 2.1-billion-euro bill until September 2015, with finance minister George Osborne hailing it as a victory in his country's latest showdown with Brussels.
      

Minister of Foreign Affairs Titus Corlatean on Friday stated that the law doesn't allow the setting up of new polling stations abroad or extending the voting hours, yet he specified that the number of voting booths and the number of voting stamps can and they will be increased.

France provides "great help in EU integration"

BELGRADE -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić says France is of great help to Serbia's EU bid and that it had proven itself a true friend during this year's floods.

He made the comments as he received France's Prime Minister Manuel Valls in Belgrade on Friday.

Greece urged NATO partner Turkey on Friday to stop harassing Cyprus while it looks to exploit offshore natural gas fields, wading into a dispute that has complicated peace efforts on the ethnically-split island.

Cyprus, which is a member of the European Union, is keen to develop gas reserves to the south of the Mediterranean island.

Iran is failing to address suspicions it may have researched how to build an atomic bomb, a U.N. watchdog agency's report showed on Nov. 7, potentially complicating efforts by six powers to reach a deal with Tehran on its nuclear programme.