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Bulgaria Loses to Argentina in Last Volleyball World League Match

The Bulgarian men's volleyball team was defeated on Sunday by Argentina in their second encounter in the FIVB Volleyball WOrld League match in Varna, Bulgaria.

Bulgarians lost 1:3 (19:25, 26:24, 17:25, 18:25) after an easy victory against Argentina in the previous match on Saturday.

US, Cuba reach deal to reopen embassies

The United States and Cuba have reached a deal to reopen embassies in Washington and Havana, in a major step toward ending decades of Cold War enmity.
 
President Barack Obama is expected to issue a statement at 11:00 am (1500 GMT) Wednesday in the White House Rose Garden about the deal, which constitutes one of the major foreign policy achievements of his presidency.
 

US, Cuba 'to Announce Reopening of Embassies'

The US and Cuba are to announce on Wednesday a move to reopen diplomatic missions in each other's capitals for the first time in over 50 years, international media outlets report.

This is a major step in the renewal of diplomatic ties which was initiated by US President Barack Obama also confirmed by Cuban couterpart Raul Castro in December 2014.

Bulgaria's Volleyball Team Scores Another Victory against Cuba

The Bulgarian men's volleyball team on Sunday defeated Cuba for a second time in 24 hours in a FIVB World League match in Varna, Bulgaria.

Unlike in the Saturday match, which ended with a sweeping 3:0 victory, Bulgaria lost a game the next day, but triumphed 25:19, 25:19, 19:25, 25:17.

Sports Hall in Bulgaria's Varna to Host First World League Matches after Renovation

The renovation of the Palace of Culture and Sports in the Bulgarian Black Sea capital of Varna is completed and the venue is ready to host the matches from the World League.

The first matches of the Bulgarian men's national volleyball team in the renovated hall will be the games against Cuba on June 27 and 28 and Argentina on July 4 and 5.

Daily Mail spots young Tsipras in activist form – Che T-shirt, Cuba cap

Daily Mail spotted a 26-year-old Alexis Tsipras way back in 2001 clad in a … Che Guevara T-shirt and Cuba baseball cap trying to exit a ferry boat in Italy. He was accompanied by a few hundred other Greek political activists, of the far left variety, that arrived in Ancona in a bid to disrupt a G8 Summit.

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