Chivalry

The 68-year-old son of Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro has died in Havana after taking his own life, according to Cuban state media, quoted by BBC. 

Fidel Ángel Castro Díaz-Balart was found on Thursday morning and is said to have suffered from depression.

The first-born son of the late president was nicknamed "Fidelito", or Little Fidel, because of the family resemblance.

Azeri President Ilham Aliyev, in office since succeeding his father in 2003, has been nominated as the ruling party’s candidate in the presidential election in October, the party executive secretary said on Feb .1.

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva leads in the first presidential poll published since an appeals court upheld his conviction on corruption charges, a decision which is likely to knock him out of contention for the October election.

It is important that Serbia moves closer the EU, Antonio Tajani said in Belgrade on Wednesday.

Tajani arrived here late on Tuesday and today he met with Serbian National Assembly President Majo Gojkovic, Tanjug is reporting.

Vladimir Putin awarded Ivica Dacic, Serbian foreign minister and the leader of the Socialist Party of Serbia, with the Order of Friendship, a state-awarded honour given to foreigners for their contribution to strengthening friendship and cooperation with Russia.

Finns on Jan. 28 re-elected their popular and cautious president Sauli Niinisto, who is credited with maintaining a balanced relationship with the nation’s powerful neighbor Russia at a time of simmering relations between Moscow and the West.

A presidential election exit poll by Cyprus's state broadcaster shows incumbent President Nicos Anastasiades facing a runoff with independent candidate Stavros Malas, who's backed by the communist AKEL party.

DAVOS - Meeting with EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn in Davos on Thursday, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic expressed the hope the EU's enlargement strategy would make the positive, encouraging messages from European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker more concrete and have a major impact on regional peace and stability.

The governing board of the International Energy Agency has re-elected Fatih Birol as executive director for a second term.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will attend the 48th World Economic Forum in Davos from January 24 through 26.

He will attend meetings to be addressed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and US President Donald Trump.