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HSBC is expected to make an announcement about plans for its Turkey unit on Feb. 22, a source close to the matter has told Anadolu Agency. 

The bank, which had said earlier it would sell its Turkey unit, will reveal its plans about restructuring in the country, according to the source. 

One of the greatest defenders in the history of Bulgarian football, Trifon Ivanov, passed away at the age of fifty after suffering a massive heart attack on Saturday.

He had suffered another heart attack last year.

Brazil is signing an agreement with the University of Texas to develop a vaccine against the Zika virus, the country's health minister said on Feb. 11, adding the goal is for the vaccine to be ready for clinical testing within 12 months.

A man was discovered alive inside a tomb after he was allegedly attacked and left there to die.

The man was found at the Caju Cemetery in Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil by the relatives of a person who was buried there.

They were visiting the cemetery to pray for their relative when they noticed bloodstains and that its cover had been moved, as Daily Mail writes.

Turkey has ranked ninth on the list of countries most targeted by cyberattacks, according to a report by Turkish defense company STM. 

Swatting aside fears over the Zika virus, the glittering dancers of the Rio Carnival samba championship and their adoring fans were primed Feb. 7 for their first all-night parade.

During the week, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev was on a five-day official visit to Latin America, meeting both his Brazilian and Argentinian counterparts, namely Dilma Rousseff and Mauricio Macri.

The relations between the EU and Mercosur were in the focus of the talks held by Plevneliev with the political leaders and business representatives of Brazil and Argentina.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has met with representatives of the Bulgarian community during a visit to Buenos Aires, Argentina, his press office has said.

Economic migration to Latin America was massive among Eastern Europeans back in the 1920s. It is Argentina where most of the Bulgarian emigrants headed alongside Brazil.

A small Australian maker of bug sprays became an unlikely beneficiary of the mosquito-borne Zika virus outbreak this week when the country's Olympic team signed it up as its first official insect repellent sponsor. 

Brazil warned pregnant women on Feb. 1 to stay away from the Summer Olympics after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an international emergency over the Zika virus, blamed for causing a surge in brain-damaged babies.