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Two early works by Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh were auctioned in the Belgian city of Ghent on Sept. 22, fetching near estimate prices that the organizer said were bargains.

London, Paris and Auckland are the top three most lustful cities in the world for women, a new study shows.

Adult entertainment app Lazeeva conducted a survey of more than 450,000 people, with participants aged between 18 and 70.

Plovdiv has entered a list of the most attractive cities to live in according to the ranking of the tourist website It's bohemian.

The website listed six of the most inspiring places where one could live for a while in no particular order.

Thessaloniki mayor Yiannis Boutaris, a late political bloomer best described as a “maverick”, has been voted as the eighth best mayor worldwide by the City Mayors Foundation.
In fact, the outspoken northern metropolis’ “first citizen” won the distinction in a public vote out of 26 candidates.
The “top three” were the mayors of Calgary, Ghent and Surabaya.

The mayor of the western Turkish province of ?zmir, Aziz Kocao?lu, has been named among the ?top 10 mayors in the world? for 2014, in a ranking organized by an international think tank working on urban affairs, the City Mayors Foundation.

Kocao?lu came 10th in the Top 10 Mayors of the World 2014, organized by the City Mayors Foundation?s World Mayor Project since 2004.

Three suspects in an armed hostage-taking incident in the Belgian city of Ghent surrendered to police Monday, reports said, as officials said there were no indications of terrorism.
      
Police had earlier surrounded an apartment after four armed men took a captive in a working-class area of the northwestern city.
      

The young and talented Turkish photographer, Cem Ersavcı, passed away after being hit by a car while riding his bike in the western province of Bursa on Aug. 24. Ersavcı was seriously injured and rushed to the hospital by a medical helicopter after the crash, but lost his life in the early hours of Aug. 25.

A model of the ancient Thracian city of Perperikon, located in the Eastern Rhodopes, near Bulgaria's town of Kardzhali, will be showcased in several Belgian cities.