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Arrears (debts more than 90 days past due) to the general consolidated budget dropped to RON 207.5 million at the end of October from RON 250.6 million at the end of September, shows data released by the Ministry of Public Finance.

Metal placards bearing the names of French soldiers who fell at the Battle of Gallipoli have been stolen from a cemetery in the northwestern province of Çanakkale.

Facebook is blocked in China, but its co-founder Mark Zuckerberg appears determined to win over hearts and minds in Beijing -- surprising a hall full of students by conducting a Q&A session in Mandarin.
      

Swiss photographer Rene Burri, celebrated for his portraits of Che Guevara and Pablo Picasso, died Monday in Zurich aged 81, the Magnum agency said.

Lech Walesa, former president of Poland and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1983, said in an interview with AGERPRES that sport is a phenomenon of global dimensions and he wishes its rules were applied in other fields as well, such as politics and the social sector.

The fifth edition of the festival for American independent cinema SOfia Independent will take place in Sofia from October 24 till November 1.

The screenings will take place in Dom Na Kinoto, Euro Cinema, Odeon and the G8 cultural centre.

A Genoese Ottoman castle in İzmir’s Foça district has recently opened following one year of restoration, while providing lessons to other restorers about how to restore historical buildings

The 51st Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival opened this weekend in the southern province with a presentation of a lifetime achievement award to Oscar-winning U.S. actress Ellen Burstyn.

On the anniversary of Ankara becoming Turkey’s capital, take a look at how Istanbul’s artistic elite have declared the metropolis to be nothing but a ‘city of bureaucrats’ and how a handful of books and films have tried putting the city on the cultural map

Dear reader, I wish you all had "AA heads." Let me explain. The state’s official news agency, Anadolu Agency is so happy that it has overtaken the ever optimistic Pollyanna and has even sent her into darkness.