Argentina

The first international exhibition of comics in Bulgaria – Sofia Comics Expo – opens for the public on August 15 in the gallery of the Union of Bulgarian Artists. 

It is on the first floor of the gallery at 6 “Shipka” street and will be on till September 15.

Serbia among countries Russia intends to buy food from

MOSCOW -- Serbia is one of the countries on the "priority list" from which Russia intends to import food products after imposing sanctions on previous, western suppliers.

PIROT - The 10th International Folklore Festival began in Pirot, south-west Serbia late on Wednesday.

In addition to representatives of the host city, this year's festival programme will gather folk dance groups from Bulgaria, Georgia, Spain and Republika Srpska (Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina).

A particularly warm meeting between Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and European Commission President in-waiting Jean-Claude Juncker in Athens on Monday appeared to result in the two men coming to an understanding about what position Greece’s representative at the European Union executive will hold when the commissioners’ portfolios are handed out next month.

Incoming European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, on a visit to Athens on Monday, played down the prospect of eurozone countries writing off part of Greek debt to make the country's debt sustainable.

Bulgariа's top tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has reached a record high 8th position in ATP Rankings.

Despite skipping the tournament in Washington due to a sinus infection, Dimitrov moved one place up and is now put under number 8 among the best in the world after Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro was pushed down to 10th position.

Argentina blames the United States for the legal battle that forced it to miss a debt payment and, despite ratings agencies’ declarations to the contrary, denied being in default.

Argentina was in default July 31 for the second time in 13 years after the failure of last ditch talks with U.S. hedge funds it has branded "vultures." After hours of meetings in New York, Economy Minister Axel Kicillof emerged to confirm that no deal had been reached.

The battle for the control of Iraq has now its reflections on the football pitch, with different groups having different views on the ‘beautiful game’ Iraqi football pitches have emerged as an alternative battleground in the struggle for the control of Iraq between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the jihadist group that controls chunks of northern Iraq, and the embat

HAMBURG - Serbian tennis player Dusan Lajovic failed to qualify for the Hamburg ATP semifinal as he was defeated in the Friday match by Argentina's Leonardo Mayer, 6-1, 7-5.

From the very beginning, Mayer dictated the tempo of the match, managed to score 5-0 and easily won the first set.