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According to preliminary figures of the National Statistical Institute (NSI) released on Monday, Bulgaria had a negative balance of trade with the EU and third countries in the first two months of this year.

In January 2016, Bulgarian exports to the EU exceeded BGN 2.2 B, which represented a decrease of 1.4 % compared to the same month last year.

The planners behind the March 22 bombings in Brussels which killed 32 people had initially planned to hit France for a second time but struck closer to home as investigators made arrests among key suspects, Belgian prosecutors said on April 10.

Opposition Vetevendosje activists threw tear gas to interrupt the inauguration of Kosovo's new President, Hashim Thaci, in Pristina on Friday.

The inauguration ceremony on the Skedenderbeu boulevard was briefly halted while the police arrested some of the perpetrators.

The Bulgarian men's national football team climbed one position to occupy the 69th place in the latest monthly FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking released on Thursday.

With a total of 508 points, Bulgaria is between the teams of United Arab Emirates and South Africa.

Deliveries with a total weight of 28 kg containing qat, a psychoactive plant, have been confiscated by Bulgarian customs officers, the customs agency has said.

The entire quantity, worth around BGN 0.9 M (EUR 0.45 M), was confiscated at Sofia airport. Its final destinations were Belgium and the Netherlands.

Bulgaria has shown one of the largest rates of year-on-year decrease in unemployment among the European Union Member States in February, according to fresh figures from Eurostat.

Brussels Airport reopened April 3 with three "symbolic" flights and strict additional checks for passengers, marking a new high-security era for air travel in Belgium after attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) suicide bombers.

According to confidential reports by European and US intelligence agencies, Greece has turned into a gateway for islamist terrorists planning hits in European cities.

What Europe lacks in size, it makes up for in style, says Conde Nast Traveller and we couldn’t agree more!

Staggering alpine views, fields of lavender and vine, limestone cliffs, and art and architecture threatening to upstage some of nature’s finest.

Conde Nast Traveller compiled a list with 50 of the most breathtaking sites across Europe.

During the much anticipated meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and his U.S. counterpart, Barack Obama, the leaders' main focus was on upgrading the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the aftermath of deadly attacks in Turkey and Belgium.