DUBAI

Foreign tourist arrivals in Antalya slowed in the first half of May, Recep Yavuz from the Antalya City Council Tourism Working Group has said, adding that this was due to fewer visits by Russian holidaymakers.

Antalya saw a record number of foreign tourist arrivals in January, February, March and April this year. However, tourism activity appeared to have lost some momentum in May.

"I am ready to return to Bulgaria as a protected witness", Vasil Bozhkov wrote on Facebook today.

"Borissov's impudence gave way to his fear. He has reason to be afraid," he also wrote.

They commented on the decision of the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vui, to hold a large rally on May 26 and announce the decision on the elections.
"His tactic has always been to create chaos. The more the better. I can't imagine Vui losing the elections and retiring, it will either be prison or emigration!" said Vasiljevi.

The Italian tourism ministry thought it had a sure-fire way to bring travelers into the country: Turning a 15th century art icon into a 21st century "virtual influencer."

Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized a Panamanian-flagged oil tanker in the strategic Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, the second such capture by Tehran in under a week amid heightened tensions over its nuclear program.

Environmental campaigners urged climate envoys from dozens of nations gathering Tuesday in Berlin to discuss a global deadline for phasing out fossil fuels and ways of increasing aid to poor countries hit by global warming.

Ukrainian authorities have asked Turkey to impound a ship carrying 19,000 tons of barley harvested from regions occupied by Russia, the Wall Street Journal reports.

The largest ruby in the world will be offered by Sotheby's in New York in June, the auction house said at a preview in Hong Kong on Apr 17, and is estimated to fetch more than US$30 million.

Istanbul Finance Center (IFM) will enhance Türkiye's potential of attracting foreign capital inflow, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on April 17.

The G7 pledged on Sunday to quit fossil fuels faster and urged other countries to follow suit, but failed to agree to any new deadlines on ending polluting power sources like coal.