COPENHAGEN

Holidaymakers whose idea of a good time is sleeping and relaxing should consider booking a short stay in the Croatian capital, according to a new ranking.

Zagreb is the only city in the western Balkans to make it into the top five "most relaxing cities in Europe", compiled by UK holiday operator Spaseekers and whose findings are widely trailed in some UK media.

Athens walked away with three major distinctions from this year's World Travel Awards, an annual international event hailed as the "Oscars of tourism."

The ceremony, which was held on Saturday at the Greek capital's Zappeio Hall, saw Athens named Europe's Leading City Break Destination for 2018, beating wildly popular destinations like Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Paris and Rome.

Every May, Deutsche Bank publishes its annual report on the prices of goods and services in the world's largest cities. To determine the cost of staying in one place or another, the bank considers a number of factors like the value of a pack of cigarettes to rents for housing.

Easy and convenient - people dump public transport

Driving in a city abroad can not only be expensive but often complicated, the DPA said.
Anyone who is planning an excursion to Europe can consider the idea of a shared car journey alongside the classic choice of taxi, public transport or car hire.

Turkish citizens in the Danish capital Copenhagen on March 19 protested a Molotov cocktail attack against the Turkish embassy.

At least two people attacked Turkey's embassy in Copenhagen with petrol bombs early on Monday causing some minor damage to the exterior of the building but no injuries, police in the Danish capital said, Reuters.

The building was empty at the time. 

Police were at the scene investigating and no one had been arrested, a police official told Reuters

At least two people attacked Turkey’s embassy in Copenhagen with petrol bombs early on March 19, causing some minor damage to the exterior of the building but no injuries, police in the Danish capital said.

Denmark has to limit the number of migrants from non-Western countries it accepts, the opposition Social Democrats said, quoted by news agencies. The organization presented a project to reform the country's migration policy to reduce the number of foreigners from non-Western countries.

Today, the constituent meeting of the new Catalan Parliament will be held in Barcelona. In the early elections on 21 December, the nationalists received the most votes and again wanted to choose Carles Puigdemont as Prime Minister of the province.

When Turkey is discussed in the European Union, and vice versa, all talk is about conflict, divergence and mutual recrimination nowadays. Political tones on both sides are acrimonious, high-level contact is circumscribed, and public opposition to Turkey's EU membership stands at a staggering 77 percent in the Union.