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BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic welcomed Markus Soder, Minister-President of the German state of Bavaria, at Belgrade's Nikola Tesla Airport on Friday.

Soder is on a working visit to Serbia.

In a post on his buducnostsrbijeav Instagram account, Vucic wrote that he was greatly honoured to host one of the most influential people in Bavaria and Germany.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will receive Markus Soder, Minister-President of the German state of Bavaria, at the Presidency of Serbia on Friday.

The main union representing public transport workers in Germany has called for renewed bus, tram and underground strikes across the country, heaping further woes on travellers.

Verdi, which represents 90,000 workers in the sector, called on a "strike wave from  Feb. 26 to March 2".

From Tuesday evening heavy snow is expected in central and northern Germany. The southern parts of Germany can expect "heavy freezing rain".

Slovenia hosted the European Scything Championship for the third time between 28 and 30 July, featuring participants from eight countries or regions showcasing their scything skills in this age-old craft.

Culture Ministry researchers documenting the movable assets at the former royal palace at Tatoi in northern Athens have discovered the regalia of Greece's Bavarian King Otto, the ministry said on Monday.

The crown and scepter were made by legendary French jewelers Fossin et Fils and the sword by Manceaux and Fossin et Fils.

Germany will shut down its three remaining nuclear plants on Saturday, betting that it can fulfil its green ambitions without atomic power despite the energy crisis caused by the Ukraine war.

A new Slovenian documentary gives fresh insight into a rescue mission that brought the white Lipizzan horses back to the Lipica stud farm after they were taken by the Germans during the Second World War. The same mission also inspired Walt Disney in the past.

Still, it is known that he has two daughters from his marriage with his ex-wife Lyudmila Ocheretnaya. They are 35-year-old Katerina Tikhonova and 37-year-old Maria Vorontsova, who in April were on the list of American and European sanctions aimed at Putin's family and close associates.

A train accident in the Alps in southern Germany on June 3 left at least four people dead and many more injured, authorities said.