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 Renowned French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo has died at the age of 88, AFP reported on Monday, citing his lawyer.

No additional details were provided.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic met on Friday with renowned Russian filmmaker and Oscar winner Nikita Mikhalkov, and underlined that Serbia will never forsake its friends.

We know the value of friendship and we will never forsake our friends, no matter how difficult our position may be, said Nikolic, according to the presidential media relations office.

Nikita Mikhalkov becomes honorary citizen of Belgrade

BELGRADE -- Russian film director Nikita Mikhalkov received at the Belgrade City Hall on Friday the charter of the honorary citizen of Belgrade.

Belgrade Mayor Sinisa Mali and city assembly president Nikola Nikodijevic presented the charter, the first one to be given to an artist.

BELGRADE - The 8th Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival, which begins at Drvengrad in Mecavnik on Wednesday, now also has celebrated Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov on its guest list.

Confirmed guests include famous director Andrey Konchalovsky, Mexican-American director Alfonso Cuaron, as well as cult French director Bertrand Tavernier.

Brothers Mikhalkov and Konchalovskiy at Serbian festival

BELGRADE -- Nikita Mikhalkov will be among the guests of the Kusterdorf film and music festival, set to take place Jan. 21-26 on Mt. Mokra Gora in western Serbia.

The Russian filmmaker will thus join his older brother, Andrei Konchalovsky, and a host of other international directors and producers.

BELGRADE - The Sava Center's Grand Hall was filled to capacity on Friday evening for the world premiere of 'Sunstroke', a film by renowned Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov.

Among the celebrities seen on the red carpet outside the Sava Center, decorated on this occasion with scenes from the movie, was Serbian film director Emir Kusturica.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met on Thursday with Russian film director Nikita Mikhalkov and discussed the director's achievements in film, premiere of his latest film in Belgrade and relations between Serbia and Russia.

Mikhalkov is in Belgrade for the world premiere of his film Sunstroke.