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Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have been drawn to meet on the semi-finals of the Champions League, with Monaco and Juventus to compete in the other semi-final.

The 21st Aydın Doğan Award has been granted to Turkish contemporary painter Neş'e Erdok, according to the Aydın Doğan Foundation.

The award, which has been issued since the establishment of the foundation in 1996, aims to encourage and reward individuals who have committed their careers to contributing to humanity in the fields of arts, science and culture.  

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said the meeting of seven leaders from southern European countries in Madrid on Monday allowed them to discuss the present and future of Europe and a series of topics such as the economic crisis and inequalities.

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras expressed his satisfaction over the fact that the meeting of the southern European countries of the EU, which had started in Athens was establishing a more permanent nature. Mr.

Spain is likely to wield a veto over any Brexit deal for Gibraltar after the EU-27 backed Madrid in its draft negotiating guidelines for forthcoming divorce talks between the UK and the bloc.
Gibraltar is a disputed territory, which Britain has held for centuries. For the UK, any Brexit deal would automatically apply to Gibraltar, since it claims it as British territory.

Long before she came to Madrid, Mersin villager Ümmiye Koçak had already made herself famous thanks to her theatrical exploits and cinematic talent. Since directing and appearing in an ad with arguably one of the most recognized people on the planet - Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo - Koçak has been experiencing a new degree of stardom.

Bulgarians abroad continue to vote in 371 voting sections in 70 countries.

Voting activity in Turkey is similar to that during the presidential elections in November 2016. 7,000 have voted in the regions of Bursa, Yalova, Kodzhaeli and Istanbul. This is the latest data on voting activity by 13:00 hrs, announced the Bulgarian General Consulate.

Jeroen Dijsselbloem’s position as as EuroGroup President could be on the line, according to Reuters folloiwng his demeaning remarks about southern Europea squandering money on “women and drinking”. From Reuters:

It's a long way from Arslanköy, a village in the southern province of Mersin, to Madrid, but one village woman has made the journey - to appear no less in a commercial with four-time world men's footballer of the year Cristiano Ronaldo.

Spanish Police have released striking pictures of a huge weapons haul seized from an organised crime group.

It includes over 10,000 assault rifles, machine guns, pistols, revolvers, and 400 shells and grenades.

The guns and ammunition were seized in January during an operation against firearms trafficking.