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Prince Philippos, the youngest son of ex-king Constantine of Greece and Queen Anne-Marie of Denmark, would have been Greece's top bachelor had the country not been declared a republic in 1973. Instead, he took to New York's Wall Street and carved out a ludicrous career for himself as a financial analyst for a hedge fund.

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And while it is true that attractiveness is subjective, there are certain scientific ways to determine which nationalities are more "pleasing to the eye".

One dating website in particular thinks that beauty can be measured. BeautifulPeople.com accepts daters based on their perceived attractiveness, as rated by the site's users.

The number of Europeans fighting with jihadist groups in Syria could exceed 6,000, a top EU official told a French newspaper April 13.

Russia as "gravest challenge to European security"

OSLO -- Defense ministers of Nordic countries have published a joint statement in a newspaper referring to Russia as "the gravest challenge to security of Europe."

The piece published in Aftenposten, Norway's highest circulation newspaper, was signed by defense ministers of Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland.

ZURICH - The Serbian national football team has dropped four positions to number 44 in the latest FIFA world rankings.

With 664 points, Serbia is ahead of Nigeria (652), Israel (649) and Slovenia (648), and behind Guinea (678), Northern Ireland (672) and Hungary (665).

The chief executive of the European Defence Agency (EDA) Jorge Domecq will arrive on an official visit to Bulgaria on Wednesday.

The schedule of his visit foresees meetings with Bulgaria's Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev and Economy Minister Bozhidar Lukarski.

Princess Margareta on Wednesday evening said she was very proud of Prince Nicolae, who already adopted Romania, even if he was not born here.

Photo credit: (c) Liviu SOVA / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

By Lenka Ponikelska

While Greece may have one foot out the door, policy makers in the European Union's east are reopening the debate about whether to join the euro area after years of shunning the currency during the global financial crisis.

Bulgaria remained the EU Member State with the lowest hourly labor costs in 2014, according to Eurostat data.

Bulgaria's hourly labor costs increased by 2.7% to EUR 3.8 per hour in 2014, against an annual increase of 1.1% registered in the euro area and an annual increase of 1.4% recorded in the EU-28.

LISBON - Serbia lost to Portugal 2-1 in Lisbon on Sunday in a match of Group I of the qualifications for the UEFA European championship.

Carvalho scored the first goal 11 minutes into the match, Matic equalised in the 61st minute and Coentrao scored the decider in the 63rd.

Serbia now has a very slim chance of qualifying for the European championship in France next year.