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G-8, the group of eight leading economies has suspended Russia's participation in the club, France's Foreign Minister announced.

Die Welt's website quotes Laurent Fabius as saying on Europe-1 radio that "all the other countries, the seven leading countries, will unite without Russia". He also shared the news on his Twitter account.

The Buena Vista Social Club band included Sofia and Plovdiv in their farewell tour this summer. 

On June 30 the popular Cuban band will perform in Hall 1 of Sofia's National Palace of Culture (NDK). On July 1 they will appear on the stage of Plovdiv's Roman amphitheater. 

The United States and Russia combined supply over half of the world’s arms exports, according to data for the past 5 years.

LEIRIA - Serbia's Dragana Tomasevic won 3rd place in discus at the 2014 European Cup Winter Throwing in Leiria, Portugal, on Sunday.

Tomasevic took the 3rd spot by throwing the discus 59.26 m in her 4th attempt.

Melina Robert-Michon of France won the gold with 64.20 m and Anna Ruh of Germany won the silver with 63.21 m.

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BELGRADE - The magazine fDi Intelligence has included 5 Serbian cities in its list of top 10 European cities and regions of the future, and it also presented officials of those cities with awards in Cannes, France.

The awards were given out to Zajecar, Zrenjanin, Sremska Mitrovica, Ruma and Vranje. They were picked out of a pool of 468 cities in Europe.

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said it suspends accession talks with Russia, because of the country's involvement in the tensions in Crimea. 

CANNES/NOVI SAD - The president of the Vojvodina government Bojan Pajtic has received in Cannes, France, the award won by Vojvodina as Europe's highest-ranked mid-sized region in terms of investment cost-effectiveness, the press office of the provincial government said in a statement.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will on Thursday pay a one-day working visit to Germany, where he will meet with potential investors and former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, said a statement from Vucic's office.

INDIAN WELLS - Serbia's Novak Djokovic reached the quarter-finals of the Indian Wells Masters Series 1000 tennis tournament early Thursday by beating Marin Cilic of Croatia 1-6, 6-2, 6-3.

In a bid to reach the semi-finals, Serbia's highest-ranking male tennis player will face Julien Benneteau of France, who beat Feliciano Lopez of Spain 6-3, 7-6 (7-4).

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INDIAN WELLS - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic made her way into the quarterfinals of the premier WTA tournament at Indian Wells after beating Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 6-3, 6-1 late on Tuesday CET.

The Serb will next face either Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland or Alize Cornet od France.

The total prize money for the tournament is USD 5.94 million.

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