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Popular writer duo Thanasis Papathanasiou and Michalis Reppas have adapted Nikos Kazantzakis's emblematic novel "Zorba the Greek" for the stage in a Greek production currently touring the country directed by veteran Stamatis Fassoulis and starring high-caliber Grigoris Valtinos in the title role.

The National Gallery (the Palace on Knqz Alexander l square) and the Art Gallery "Vladimir Dimitrov-Maistora" - Kyustendil present an exhibition by Stefan Despodov-Despo, reported ViewSofia.

BELGRADE - The Serbian parliament on Thursday re-elected Pavle Petrovic as president of the Fiscal Council on the proposal of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

Nikola Altiparmakov and Vladimir Vuckovic were also re-appointed to the Council.

The government today rejected the request from Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) to use free of charge the Buzludzha monument for 10 years, the government's press office said, quoted by bTV.

The proposal was made by the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works at today's meeting of the Council of Ministers.

Azerbaijan`s Minister of Justice Fikrat Mammadov has met chief prosecutor of Bulgaria Sotir Tsatsarov, News.az reported. 

Fikrat Mammadov emphasized fruitful friendly relations and cooperation between the two countries. He singled out the role of the heads of the states in the development of these relations, according to AzerTag.

The former chairman of the DEOS Party (Movement for European Unity and Soliadruty), Victor Lilov was excluded from the Political Party, reported Dnevnik.

He published the information on his Facebook profile in the weekend, and on Monday, an official standpoint was spread by the Party.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic on Monday congratulated Emmanuel Macron on winning the French presidential elections, expressing the expectation that Macron's presidential term would mean deeper cooperation between the Serbian and the French nations, the government press office said in a statement.

Serbian Army chief Gen. Ljubisa Dikovic "could be the first" to be removed from office when Aleksandar Vucic takes over as president, the daily Danas writes.

The reports is based opinions of military analysts, who noted that Dikovic was appointed in 2011 by then President Boris Tadic, and that he later "relied on support from (now) outgoing President Tomislav Nikolic."

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The Serbian Army is today presenting some of its capabilities and new weapons, as part of celebrations to mark Army Day, and Victory Day over fascism in WW2.

The central event, the Steel 2017 exercise announced last week, is being held in the military ranges Nikinci, northwest of Belgrade.

Greek prosecutors are expected to bring additional criminal charges against unidentified individuals in connection with an ongoing investigation into defense deals signed when socialist veteran Yiannos Papantoniou was defense minister between 2001 and 2003, possibly as early as this week, Kathimerini understands.