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The president of the Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Vassilis Korkidis, and the president of the Chamber of Commerce of Genoa, Luigi Attanasio, signed a memorandum of cooperation, aiming to create favorable conditions for the development of economic relations between businesses in Genoa and Piraeus.

In the last 5 years in Bulgaria, no sea cruises have been realized from our two ports Varna and Burgas, Eurostat data show the trends in the development of this type of sea tourism in the EU countries last year.

The only sea cruise departing from the port of Varna was in 2013, according to European statistics.

Panagiotis Panagopoulos, a leader in Greek coastal shipping, has died, his family announced on Tuesday. He was 83 years old.

Born in Athens in 1935, Panagopoulos studied at Switzerland's Ecole Superieur de Commerce and then went on to work in Genoa and London at the Home Lines cruise company, owned by shipping magnate and family friend Eugenios Eugenides.

Greek police stopped a group of unknown individuals from holding a protest at the Italian embassy in central Athens on Monday evening.

About 15 people arrived with motorcycles and a car near the embassy and hung a banner with a message on the collapse of the bridge in the city of Genoa, which killed 43 people last week.

SOFIA (AFP) - Bulgaria has decided to renovate more than 200 bridges in the wake of the deadly collapse of a bridge in the Italian city of Genoa, according to government information published on Thursday (Aug 16).

The collapse of a bridge in the Italian city of Genoa which left 39 people dead on Tuesday has raised safety concerns in some Balkan countries over the state of their own transportation infrastructure.

This will be carried out by a team of experts from the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, and Serbian companies in charge of road and rail infrastructure.

The decision comes one day after a partial collapse of a highway bridge in Genoa, Italy, left at least 35 people dead.

A major motorway bridge has collapsed near the Italian city of Genoa, leading to vehicles falling some 100m (328ft).

Italian Transport Minister Danilo Toninelli said it was likely to be "an immense tragedy", while police sources said at least 10 people had died.

The head of the local ambulance service was quoted by one source as saying there were "dozens of dead".

A motorway bridge collapsed on Tuesday over the northern Italian port city of Genoa in what the transport minister said was likely to be "an immense tragedy."

On this date (May 6), Bulgaria celebrates the Holy Martyr George the Victorious each year.

He is one of the most revered saints, a martyr of Christ's faith in the Eastern Orthodox Church.