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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service is bringing radio services in 19 languages to Belgrade for the 25th Universiade, thanks to a short-term radio broadcast partnership agreement.

The arrangement between ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service and the bi-annual international sporting competition for university students means listeners in Belgrade can access the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s multi-lingual programming during the games, 24 hours a day, by tuning in to ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 90.2 FM.

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service radio programmes will keep international audiences up to date with top news stories from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s leading correspondents, as well as sport headlines and other topics, from art and lifestyle to business and science.

Sarah Jones, Head of European Business Development, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service, says: "I am thrilled that, through our partnership with Universiade 2009, listeners in Belgrade will now be able to access 19 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service language services throughout this truly international event."

Broadcast times in local time

• Burmese, 02:00-02:29, Monday to Sunday
• Bengali, 02:29-03:00, Monday to Sunday
• Hindi, 03:00-03:29, Monday to Sunday
• Urdu, 03:29–04:00, Monday to Sunday
• Persian (Farsi), 04:29-05:00, Monday to Sunday
• Swahili, 05:00-05:32, Monday to Sunday
• Ukrainian, 05:32–06:00, Monday to Friday
• French, 06:29-07:00, Monday to Sunday
• Hausa, 07:29-08:00, Monday to Sunday
• Turkish, 10:00-10:32, Sunday
• Arabic, 10:00-10:32, Monday to Friday
• Indonesian, 13:00-13:32, Sunday
• Spanish, 14:00-14:32, Monday to Friday
• Somali, 16:00-16:32, Sunday to Friday
• Albanian, 17:32-18:00, Monday to Friday
• Russian, 19:00-19:32, Monday to Friday
• Portuguese, 22:32-23:00, Monday to Friday
• Mandarin, 00:00-00:32, Monday to Sunday
• English, All other times

Notes to Editors

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service is an international multimedia broadcaster delivering 32 language and regional services: Albanian, Arabic, Azeri, Bengali, Burmese, Cantonese, English, English for Africa, English for the Caribbean, French for Africa, Hausa, Hindi, Indonesian, Kinyarwanda/Kirundi, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Mandarin, Nepali, Pashto, Persian, Portuguese for Africa, Portuguese for Brazil, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Somali, Spanish for Latin America, Swahili, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, and Vietnamese.

It uses multiple platforms to reach 182 million listeners globally, including shortwave, AM, FM, digital satellite and cable channels.

It has around 2,000 partner radio stations which take ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ content, and numerous partnerships supplying content to mobile phones and other wireless handheld devices.

Its news sites include audio and video content and offer opportunities to join the global debate.

For more information, visit bbcworldservice.com. To find out more about the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s English language offer and subscribe to a free e-newsletter, visit bbcworldservice.com/schedules.

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