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Bulgaria's government has given the green light to Dutch-flagged research vessel Pelagia to conduct an oceanograpic expedition in the country's territorial sea and exclusive economic zone from 28 January to 5 February 2016.

Turkey's intelligence agency had posted two recent warnings to all security units in the country over possible attacks on tourists in Turkey along with foreign mission buildings and other foreigners, daily Hürriyet has learned.  

EU officials have told Bosnia and Herzegovina that it urgently needs to publish the final results of the census it conducted in 2013, after claims by local politicians that Sarajevo could soon apply for membership.

Bulgarian teachers are paid the lowest salaries among European countries.

This is shown by the latest annual report of Eurydice on Teachers' and School Heads' Salaries and Allowances conducted in 36 European countries during the 2014/2015 school year.

With an average wage of EUR 4970 per year, teachers in Bulgaria rank at the bottom.

The Tourism Organization of Serbia (TOS) will be presenting the country at the Vakantiebeurs fair in Utrecht, the Netherlands, from January 12-17.

The Bulgarian men's national football team dropped one position in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking released on Thursday.

At present, Bulgaria has 494 points and occupies the 72nd place between the teams of Israel and Uzbekistan.

The EU is far from satisfied with Turkey's cooperation in stemming the flow of migrants to Europe after a deal clinched late last year, European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans said Jan. 7.

In a hypothetical referendum on EU membership, every third EU citizen would vote in favour of one's country to leave the Union.

This is revealed by a survey of Gallup International conducted in 14 EU member-states including both founding countries such as France, Germany and the Netherlands and new members such as Bulgaria and Romania.

The net value of investment into Bulgaria increased by 37.5% year-on-year in the first three quarters of 2015, the head of the country's investment promotion agency said.

Turkey is trying to lure more European football clubs this year, though it has lost around 50 million euros in football tourism income amid the diplomatic crisis with Russia, said a senior sector representative. The Mediterranean resort of Antalya alone is expected to host around 1,500 football clubs in 2016 for more than 55 million euros of tourism income.