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„223 publishers have been supported by Bulgarian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Promotion Agency (BSMEPA) for the last years by organizing their participation in promotional events such as business forums and specialized exhibitions." This was announced by the Executive Director of BSMEPA Dr.

With a lot of music and light show on 19 January, the southern Italian city of Matera in the Basilica region became an official European capital of culture for 2019 next to Plovdiv, where the ceremony took place on January 12th.

On September 7, 1978, the Bulgarian journalist, playwright and dissident from the regime of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, Georgi Markov, was poisoned with a ricin-filled pellet shot from a modified umbrella while crossing Waterloo Bridge in London. Four days later, he died.

Greece's largest carrier Aegean Airlines said on Thursday its passenger numbers rose 12 percent in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2017, mostly on international routes where traffic rose by 16 percent.

Greece's largest carrier Aegean Airlines said on Monday it flew 6 percent more passengers last year, mostly on international flights, hitting a record 13.2 million passengers.

Aegean, a member of the Star Alliance airline group, improved its load factor to 83.2 percent last year from 77.4 percent in 2016, riding on a strong tourism year.

As a result of the terrorist attack that killed more than a dozen people on the popular Las Ramblas walking street in Barcelona, ​​Italy installed concrete barriers near some of its busiest tourist attractions. Reports Novini.

Twin Olympic gold medalist Anna Korakaki, won the gold medal in the 25m pistol at the ISSF World Cup in Bologna, Italy. The 20-year-old Olympian will compete on Saturday in 10m pistol event. President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos congratulated Korakaki on her new success, lauding her ethos and fighting spirit. “Your example represents the young generation of Greeks.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's son is under investigation in Italy for money laundering in connection with a 2013 corruption scandal that rocked the Turkish political establishment, according to Italian media reports.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an?s son, whose name was embroiled in Turkey?s huge corruption probe in late 2013, has denied reports that he has ?fled Turkey,? saying he has only moved to Italy only to complete his doctoral studies in Bologna. 

Bulgaria has appointed Franco Castellini as the country's new honorary consul to Italy in charge of the Emilia-Romagna region based in Bologna.

Franco Castellini will replace Giovanni Fagioli whose term of authorisation at the post expired in 2013, the government said in a statement.