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Norway has been declared the country with the happiest population in the world. The evaluation is contained in the World Happiness Report published on Monday and drafted by the organisation Sustainable Development Solutions Network at the request of the UN.

The report was published on International Happiness Day - March 20.

The Feast of Orthodoxy was celebrated in the Saint George Cathedral in Stockholm, in the presence of Metropolitan of Sweden and Scandinavia Kleopas.
The Divine Liturgy was conducted in six languages: Greek, Swedish, Russian, Serbian, French and English. The psalms were sang by the Cathedral’s cantor Dimitrios Kalpakidis and the churche’s byzantine choir.

According to Travelchannel, Santorini is among the 21 most exciting places you should visit.
In an article in its website Travelchannel uncovers the magic of each destination as they combine beauty with unforgetable experiences.

21.  Βlue Lagoon, Iceland

Vladimir Putin has dismissed the dossier published last week about alleged links between Moscow and Donald Trump, describing the people who ordered it as “worse than prostitutes”.

The crucial recognition came after the July 1991 Brijuni agreement, which ended the ten-day war in Slovenia and was the first international agreement between Slovenia and the European Community. 

The integration of Slovenia into the international community was followed by recognitions from across the globe and in May Slovenia was already admitted to the UN.

There is no denying that, generally speaking, the majority of travellers are interested in visiting the most popular destinations to enjoy their holidays. It is natural, people like to go were other people are. But there is that group of people who go out of their way to discover the less known places that are off the radar of most of us.

The Journalists Union of Athens Daily Newspapers issued the following announcement:

"The times, they are a changing,'" sang the bard and a recent Nobel laureate, and of course they are. Check the headlines of newspapers published on Jan. 1 if you want to see what I mean. Here is one from Iceland; "First child of 1980 gave birth to the first child of 2017." This is the kind of pleasant news you'd like to read about over your morning coffee.

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev has signed two MOUs on projects worth EUR 210 M under the European Economic Area (EEA)'s financial mechanism for 2014-2020.

The assistance granted by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway places Bulgaria "among the first of a total of 15 countries" signing such partnership documents on their priority projects, the government says.

The opening of the Northern Lights Film Festival's eighth edition is due in the Bulgarian capital Sofia on December 07, Wednesday, organizers say.

Renowned Finnish producer, director and writer Mika Kaurismäki's Homecoming (2015) will be the first movie within the program.

It will be screen at 19:00 at Cinema House on Wednesdsay.