World's Fairs

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic on Tuesday hosted a reception for foreign diplomats in Serbia to call on them to back Belgrade's bid to host EXPO 2027.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced the birth of his child on Twitter late on Friday.

The 16th MÜSİAD EXPO opened on Nov. 9 in Istanbul, where thousands of businesspeople and investors from all over the world will explore new cooperation and partnership opportunities.

The expo will host in eight halls, 700 companies and 200,000 visitors from over 100 countries, according to the Independent Industrial and Business Association (MÜSİAD).      

The 2016 World Botanic EXPO, one of the largest horticultural shows in the world, kicked off with an official ceremony on April 22 in Turkey's Mediterranean resort city of Antalya.

Actor Elijah Wood, best known for playing Frodo in the blockbuster "Lord of the Rings" series, came to the southern Turkish province of Antalya for a DJ performance as part of the international EXPO 2016 events, planting the 15,000th sapling in the EXPO area.  

Three weeks before the Milan Expo opens on May 1, the site of the showpiece event is still a mass of trucks raising dust and workers in hard hats racing to finish building after delays, graft and cost overruns.