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Spotify released its list with the most popular music artists of 2015 and Ed Sheeran is on the top.

The young audience in Greece really loves his songs announcing him the most popular artist of the year according to Spotify.

Turkey's ancient city of Hasankeyf and its surroundings has been shortlisted for the Seven Most Endangered program 2016 by Europa Nostra and the European Investment Bank InstituteEuropa Nostra, the leading European heritage organization, and the European Investment Bank Institute announced on Dec 10 the 14 monuments and sites shortlisted for "The Seven Most Endangered" program 2016 by an intern

A specialized website has ranked Bulgaria among twenty countries offering the world´s best WiFi services.

In terms of average download speed, Lithuania and Estonia have come first in a ranking published on UK-based tech watchdog Rotten WiFi's blog which includes tests of speed and quality of public hotspots in 184 countries.

Top Turkish and German leaders have discussed the upcoming mini-summit that will take place between Turkey and eight EU countries on Dec. 17 in Brussels, where they will discuss how to best handle the growing refugee crisis. 

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has released a report on the retirement systems of 34 industrial countries and show that poverty threatens Germany, too as Deutsche Welle reports.

The results of the report were presented on Tuesday at Berlin and there were not very promising for German pensioners.

The rise of eSports is a global phenomenon with tournaments attracting millions of viewers and pro-players becoming so famous that the mainstream media such as BBC starting to notice. A group of girls found that there was just one thing missing from eSports – a powerful and inspirational female presence in professional gaming.

Istanbul Modern Cinema will host the second International Istanbul Silent Cinema Days between Dec. 3 and 6. 

Bringing together pioneer examples of cinema accompanied by live music, the festival's corporate partners are Italy's world famous cinematheque, Cineteca di Bologna, and Eye Filmmuseum, a prestigious film museum in the Netherlands. 

The number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad has increased by 11.5% on the year in October, reaching 335,500, the national statistical office NSI announced on Friday.

The curtain has come down on the Turkish pavilion at the 56th Venice biennale following a six-month festival of art.

Turkey's entry at the 56th International Art Exhibition, an installation titled "Respiro" by influential conceptual artist Sarkis, received great interest from local and international media as well as the art world. 

Eurogroup released a statement following the meeting of European finance ministers on Monday, November 23: