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A 28-year-old Syrian national who was arrested at the Kipoi border crossing in Evros over the weekend after police found more than 95,000 rounds of ammunition hidden in special compartments in his car, is being detained in Alexandroupoli as police and intelligence officials suspect he might have jihadist connections, Kathimerini understands.

Turkey's Iyzico, which has aimed to provide a platform to allow e-commerce sites and other apps to easily process online payments, has raised $6.2 million in a Series B round of financing. Leading the round was the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank's investing arm, as reported by TechCrunch. 

The Mediterranean resort province of Antalya's tourism revenue may drop by $1.5 billion this year, as the number of tourists visiting the province, mainly from Russia, has decreased by more than 10 percent, according to the head of the Antalya Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ATSO). 

According to the latest figures of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), which were released on Wednesday, Bulgarians made more business trips and holiday travels abroad in April.

Bulgarians completed 369 000 trips abroad in April, which represented an increase of 14.2 % compared to the same month in 2014.

Sweden narrowly beat Russia May 24 in a nail-biting 60th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, winning its sixth crown in Europe's annual anything-goes music extravaganza.

The Eurovision finals are upon us this year. Vienna will host the 27 countries that made it to the finals. Greece and Cyprus will be fighting against all odds, since Sweden and Italy are favorites to win, with Russia coming in to maybe steal the spotlight.

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The Greek song, “One Last Breath”

The Cyprus song, “One Thing I Should Have Done”

Romania's Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu on Thursday in Riga signed a joint declaration of Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia on natural gas transmission, as part of his participation in a summit of the EU's Eastern Partnership.

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AGERPRES special correspondent Oana Ghita reports: Voltaj, the pop-rock band that represents Romania at the Eurovision contest, will be the 20th to perform in Saturday's Grand Final, following the organizers' decision on the order of the competing performances in the 2015 edition of the European Song Contest.

Bulgaria's tennis player Sesil Karatancheva reached the third and last round of the qualifications of the Roland Garros.

Karatancheva achieved this after defeating Maria Sanchez from the USA in the second round with 6:3, 6:7 (5), 6:1 on Thursday.

The lower chamber of the Romanian parliament, the Chamber of Deputies, on Wednesday agreed to double child benefit from 42 lei (some 9.3 euro) to 84 lei per month, in a bid to stimulate population growth. All 322 MPs voted in favour of the law.