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Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, ranked second worldwide, has surpassed Barbora Zahlarova-Strycova (the Czech Republic) in two sets, 6-1, 6-4, in the inaugural round of the 5,427,105-dollar WTA tournament in Beijing.

Bulgaria's caretaker Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has met with his Turkish and Macedonian counterparts during the General Debate at the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York.

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A Bucharest court on Wednesday started the trial of Alexandru Visinescu, a former prison commander accused of aggravated murder in the deaths of at least 12 political prisoners under the Communist regime.

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NEW YORK - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will attend on Wednesday the opening of the general debate of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly and have a whole series of bilateral meetings.

Nikolic will meet with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Angolan Vice President Domingos Vicente, Latvian President Andris Berzins and Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski.

The Parliament in Bucharest has rejected a motion of no confidence submitted by the opposition against Prime Minister Victor Ponta.

Lawmakers from Klaus Iohannis' Christian-Liberal alliance have accused the leftist Ponta of attempting to manipulate the forthcoming presidential vote.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will visit New York from September 22 to 26 and atttend the 69th session of the UN General Assembly, a summit on climate and meet with many offficials.

Dodik: Putin could soon visit Serbia, and Balkans

MOSCOW -- RS President Milorad Dodik is in Moscow on Thursday where he told B92 that Russian President Vladimir Putin could soon travel "to the Balkans and Belgrade."

The leader of the Serb entity (RS) of Bosnia-Herzegovina met with Putin today.

Macedonian police have discovered a record number of refugees from Syria trying to illegally cross the country on their way towards Western Europe in the past two weeks.

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RS leader: Russia's role "useful and impartial"

MOSCOW -- RS President Milorad Dodik has said that Russia "proved to be useful and impartial politically" when it comes to the Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

The hypothesis that states the future President of Romania should designate a technocratic Prime Minister has the most support from the electorate, as shown in a poll done by INSCOP Research at the request of daily newspaper Adevarul between August 30 - September 4.