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BELGRADE - French President Francois Hollande has suggested Russia could face war crimes charges over its bombardment of Syria's second city Aleppo, BBC reports.

Mr Hollande told French TV this could take place in the International Criminal Court (ICC). He also said he might refuse to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is due to visit France next week.

The Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize - which honours outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights - was awarded on Monday to Nadia Murad, a Yazidi rights activist who was kidnapped and detained by Islamic State, ISIS, in Iraq in 2014.

Bulgaria will be represented at a deputy ministerial level at the World Energy Congress, a key global event, on Monday.

Deputy Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov will attend the 23th edition of the congress that is being held in Istanbul, his institution has said.

Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova, however, is also added to the list of speakers.

The Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize - which honours outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights - is to be awarded at a special ceremony on the opening day of the autumn plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on Monday.

BIRN regional director Gordana Igric is among the three candidates for the award this year.

A banner portraying Russian President Vladimir Putin and a slogan "Peacekeeper" was hung on the Manhattan Bridge in New York.

The police station received a signal at 14:45 local time and about half an hour later the banner was removed, reported BTA.

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić responded to the statement of the Serbian ambassador to the United States on Russia's President Vladimir Putin.

Đerđ Matković recently said at the Chicago Institute that Putin had a big ego, that he wanted to rule the world, and that Russia once again wanted to become a superpower.

"We have officially invited ABV and DPS for talks on the vote of non-confidence in the government on Monday," said BSP leader Korneliya Ninova on Darik radio.

The concrete reason for the non-confidence vote on the foreign policy of the government is the withdrawal of the support of the Cabinet for the nomination of Irina Bokova, but also the foreign policy of the country as a whole.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic on Wednesday received Ambassador of Kazakhstan Nurbach Rustemov, who handed to him invitations from Kazakhstan's president and PM to visit the country.

The new nominee of the Bulgarian government for UN Secretary General has been registered officially as the 13th candidate to succeed Ban Ki-moon in the international organisation.

Kristalina Georgieva's name and her brief concept of how she imagines the tasks of the organisation have been published on the official webpage of the UN.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov changed his country's nomination for UN Secretary General in part "at the urging of Berlin, which favours Ms [Kristalina] Georgieva," the Financial Times has said.