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To Potami on Friday announced the names of the 51 people who will represent the centrist party launched by journalist Stavros Theodorakis earlier this year on a range of policy issues.

The party said that all had “served with distinction in the private sector” and that they would be responsible for presenting To Potami’s positions in the media.

Turkey’s world renowned pianist and composer Fazıl Say has claimed that his pieces have been removed from the program of the Culture and Tourism Ministry’s Presidential Symphony Orchestra

SYRIZA agreed on Tuesday to back an Independent Greeks plan for non-performing loans as the right-wing party agreed to support the leftists in their opposition to any candidate the government puts forward to succeed President Karolos Papoulias in February.

Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra begins U.S. tour

BELGRADE -- The first U.S. tour of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra began by a concert held in the Chicago Symphony Center.

BELGRADE - The first U.S. tour of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra began by a concert held in the Chicago Symphony Center.

The presentation of the orchestra on the U.S. cultural scene is the crown of the institution's development to date and it opens a new page in the 91 years' long history of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, states the release.

The Mozart Academy will stage the Harry Potter Opera for the first time in İzmir in October. The opera will be solely performed by youth between the ages of eight and 18.

Stavros Theodorakis, the leader of centrist To Potami, said on Friday that his party is prepared to work with whoever wins the next general elections.

“We are open to having discussions, when the time is right, with whoever the Greek people decide should govern the country,” said Theodorakis during a visit to the Thessaloniki International Fair.

Minister of Regional Development and Public Administration, Deputy Prime Minister Liviu Dragnea said Friday in Oradea (western Romania) that 2015 is the year when both the decentralisation of the public administration and regionalisation have to be finalised.

Dissenting members of the Democratic Left (DIMAR) party were meeting in Athens Monday to decide their next move.

There is increasing speculation that 28 members of the social democratic party's central committee, led by former secretary Spyros Lykoudis, will abandon the former coalition partner led by Fotis Kouvelis.

The 28th International Ä°zmir Festival, organized by the Ä°zmir Foundation for Culture and Arts, will end on Sept. 3 with a concert by French-American cellist Yo-Yo Ma. The cellist, who has won 17 Grammy awards over the course of his career and who currently serves as an EU peace envoy, will be accompanied by the Silk Road Ensemble.