Riga

Bulgaria claimed two bronze medals in the opening day of the European wrestling championship which is taking place in Riga between Monday and Sunday.

The medals were won by Elitsa Yankova in the women's 48 kg category and by Georgi Vangelov in the men's 57 kg freestyle.

The Latvian airline AirBaltic will operate seasonal flights between the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Burgas and Riga starting from May 25.

The flights will be carried out twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays between the months of May and September.

Romanian photographer Mihaela Noroc traveled around the world and photographed many women to show that beauty is everywhere.

“In the past two years I traveled around the world and I photographed hundreds of women in diverse environments,” she wrote on Bored Panda. “My goal is to show that beauty is in our differences, not in trends, money or race.” she said.

Speaking to French site ‘Mediapart’, former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis revealed that Alexis Tsipras and himself were pledging ‘every day’ that if a 3rd bailout plan was forced upon the Greek government they would both resign immediately. “He finally opted to back down”, Varoufakis added, without offering any details as to why.

16 days if Eurobasket kicked off on Saturday with six days of group play at several European locations before the action is transferred to Lille, France.
Group play will be split between Berlin (Germany), Zagreb (Croatia), Riga (Latvia) and Montpellier (France).

Group A

Preparation matches for European national basketball teams are over as they line up for the opening jump ball of the 2015 Eurobasket championships in just two days (September 5). It is the first time in history that the competition will be hosted in 4 European countries -Berlin, Germany; Montpellier, France; Riga, Latvia; and Zagreb, Croatia.

Bulgaria's Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova and Slovakia's Economy Minister Vazil Hudak confirmed the political support of the two countries for the Eastring gas pipeline project and discussed the next steps towards its implementation.

Secretary of state for European affairs, George Ciamba, on Tuesday discussed with the Lithuanian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Neris Germanas, currently paying a visit to Bucharest, on matters of a common interest at the level of the European Union, topical issues on the international agenda and also on aspects regarding the current stage of bilateral relations between Romania and Lithuan

Social Democratic Party (PSD) Deputy Ana Birchall believes Romania is prepared to support the projects that can contribute to consolidating the energy security of the European Union.

Chair of the Deputies' Chamber's committee on European affairs, Social Democrat Ana Birchall, in the period May 31 - June 2, will participate in the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of Parliaments of the European Union (COSAC) in Riga, informs a release remitted to AGERPRES on Saturday.