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Around 200 women boxers representing 31 countries in Europe are expected to participate in the European Women's Boxing Championship in Bucharest, from May 31 to June 7.

By Nikos Roussanoglou

PARIS - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said in Paris on Thursday that French President Francois Hollande has accepted the initiative for his country to feature as the supporter of the international gathering to raise aid for countries recently hit by the catastrophic floods.

PARIS, May 22 (Tanjug) - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic appealed to his French counterpart Francois Hollande on Thursday for France's backing for the holding of an international donor conference for Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia after the catastrophic floods.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will talk on Thursday with his French counterpart Francois Hollande in Paris about the difficult situation that his country has found itself in due to catastrophic floods and France's assistance to the flood-hit citizens.

President to appeal for help to French counterpart

BELGRADE -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić is due to meet in Paris on Thursday with his French counterpart Francois Hollande, it has been announced.

They will discuss the consequences of the catastrophic floods that hit Serbia last week, and the French assistance, according to reports.

"Disaster came from God, people can fix it"

SMEDERVSKA PALANKA -- President Tomislav Nikolić has said he will ask UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to organize a fund raising dinner to help those affected by the floods.

BELGRADE - Presidential Advisor Marko Djuric has said on Wednesday, referring to the floods that hit Serbia, that President Tomislav Nikolic will continue talks with representatives of the international community, noting that the real challenges will arise after water retreats.

 Institution for Growth to begin funding local companies with 200 million euros at lower interest rates

By Sotiris Nikas

By Foo Yun Chee

European Union antitrust regulators charged Europe's biggest bank HSBC, US peer JPMorgan and France's Credit Agricole on Tuesday with rigging financial benchmarks linked to the euro, exposing them to potential fines.

The European Commission also said it would charge broker ICAP soon for suspected manipulation of the yen Libor financial benchmark.