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Lithuania's ruling Social Democrats sank to a distant third place in the first round of national elections, leaving center-right parties in pole position to form a new coalition government, surprise results showed on Oct. 10. 

Athenians are the least satisfied with life in their city out of the European Union's 28 capitals, though they like it better than they did four years ago, according to a recent report published by Eurostat, the European Union's statistical agency.

According to the online version of US magazine ‘Jetsetter’, Athens is one the 6 most economical cities in Europe for America tourists. The piece urges American holiday makers to seize the opportunity and travel to Europe in 2016, as the air fares are at very affordable rate with the US dollar staying strong.

The latest City Costs Barometer from Post Office Travel Money was released showing the most affordable cities to travel in Europe for a weekend getaway.

The prominent Bulgarian female freestyle wrestler Stanka Zlateva announced her retirement on Monday due to an injury in the back.

The treatment of the injury, which occurred in the summer of last year, was a lengthy one and it did not allow her to prepare for the forthcoming Olympic qualifications which are to take place in April.

Christmas is just around the corner and decorations have already begun with most cities around the world competing on which one has the most impressive and unique Christmas tree.

See some of the most outstanding trees around the globe:

Warsaw, Poland

Aegean Airlines management announced its 2016 route network during a Press Conference in Athens attended by Elena Kountoura, Minister of Tourism, as well as, Greek tourism industry representatives. The new network marks the third year of continued strong growth by Aegean and the increasing contribution to the Greek economy and tourism sector.

As expected from a city founded by Amazons, the women of ?zmir are fighting violence against women through art, theater and a strong determination to take offenders to court.The tradition of talismanic shirts ? known as the Ottoman magic shirts- dates from Turkey?s shamanist past.

NATO's decision to open command-and-control centres in six of its eastern European members will "fuel the artificially created climate of confrontation" in relations with Russia, according to Moscow's ambassador to NATO Alexander Grushko.

With fighter jets roaring overhead, NATO has inaugurated a military center in the Lithuanian capital amid growing regional concerns over Russia's military presence, sparked by the fighting in Ukraine.