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BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic met with Finnish Parliament Speaker Jussi Halla-aho in Belgrade on Tuesday evening to discuss EU integration, as well as lithium, with Finland to become the first country in Europe to mine and process its own lithium.

Female students have achieved top honors at all three schools of the National Defense University (MSÜ) for the first time.

İkra Kuyumcu, 23, graduated with honors from the air force academy, Ebru Eroğlu, 24, from the land forces academy and Şeyda Yıldırım, 22, from the naval academy.

After the "salvo" of the Holy (Monastic) Community against the visit of Archbishop of America Elpidophoros to Mt Athos, delivered on the occasion of the baptism of children of a Greek-American same-sex couple, the monastic community is going through days of solemnity due to the Christmas holidays, which are celebrated according to the old Julian calendar.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson attend a press conference after their meeting in Ankara, 8 November 2022. Photo: EPA-EFE/NECATI SAVAS

The Kalamata International Dance Festival returns to the southern Greek city this summer, in a rich celebration of some of the most exhilarating Greek and international contemporary choreographies, for 10 days from July 14. The theme of this year's program is "(Re)Turn to the Body."

The demand for luxury villas in the resort town of Kaş, a popular destination for isolated holidays during the pandemic, has surged, with the occupancy rate of approximately 6,000 villas reaching 70 percent just before the upcoming Eid al-Adha.

Something of a war has broken out in the Church of Greece after an Athens priest enlisted the help of two girls from his congregation to fill in for the altar boys in the Pentecostal liturgy.

A new movement that focuses on the economy rather than ancient ethnic and religious divisions is tipped to come first in June 11 polls.

Today is All Souls' Day. It is celebrated the day before the great Christian holiday of Pentecost.

British author Salman Rushdie said on May 23 he was back at his writing desk after being repeatedly stabbed at an event last year in the United States.

Rushdie returned to Britain to be formally invested as a "Companion of Honor" - an exclusive royal accolade whose ranks are capped at 65 members.