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Jorgo Chatzimarkakis was named the Greek Foreign Ministry’s new Ambassador-at-Large, on Wednesday.

It was Wednesday at 00:30 p.m. when the Turkish stand opened at the International Frankfurt Book Fair. The keynote speaker was Hamdi Turşucu, General Manager of Libraries and Publications

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic met on Monday with Peter Friedrich, Baden-Wuerttemberg's Minister for Bundesrat, Europe and International Affairs, who is heading the delegation of this German federal state in the 3rd session of the Serbia - Baden-Wuerttemberg Joint Commission, which started in Belgrade on Monday.

BRUSSELS - David McAllister of the European People's Party (EPP) is set to become the new European Parliament (EP) rapporteur for Serbia, Tanjug has learned at the MEP's office.

McAllister's appointment has been made at a closed-door EPP meeting, but it is yet to be officially confirmed by the EP's Committee on Foreign Affairs.

SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras will travel to the Vatican for a meeting with Pope Francis on Thursday according to reports.

Social justice, unemployment, immigration and the Mideast crisis are on the agenda, the reports said.

The US National Security Agency and British intelligence services are able to secretly access data from telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom and several other German operators, according to Der Spiegel

 Avramopoulos gets immigration portfolio, Schinas named Commission spokesman

France and Britain secured top positions on Wednesday in incoming European Commission President Jean Claude-Juncker's new team, which must tackle a stagnant economy, rising euroskepticism and the Ukraine crisis on its borders.

It might not be able to hold a candle to Oktoberfest, but when it comes to festivals in Southeast Europe, the Beer Fest is without doubt the biggest beer-soaked party to be found in the region.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will meet on Thursday with Bundestag members Andreas Schockenhoff and Hans-Joachim Falenski, deputy chairman and foreign policy advisor of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, respectively

Allianz SE, Europe’s largest insurer, and Munich Re’s primary insurance unit Ergo Versicherungsgruppe AG are in talks to buy Agrotiki Insurance from Greece’s Piraeus Bank SA, according to three people familiar with the matter.