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Marina Satti's Eurovision entry "Zari" has become the first song with Greek lyrics to make it into Spotify's global "Viral 50" list.

With almost 13 million listens on the audio streaming platform, "Zari" now ranks 21st on the Spotify list of the "most viral tracks right now," climbing a number of places already on Tuesday.

The Netherlands, the United States and Germany were the top three investors in Türkiye in the first quarter of 2024, the International Investors Association (YASED) has said, citing data from the Central Bank.

Foreign direct inflows amounted to $1.5 billion in the first three months of the year, while inflows stood at $336 million in March alone.

Türkiye has spearheaded the world's most expansive hot air balloon operations, having welcomed over 5.8 million balloon passengers in the past 13 years, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu has announced.

Domestic energy-intensive industries pay up to twice as much as Germany's and three times as much as France's.

This worrying fact for the competitiveness of domestic industry emerges from a study commissioned by the Dutch government to compare the electricity prices of large industrial enterprises in Germany, France, the Netherlands and Belgium.

Competition in the 68th Eurovision Song Contest kicked off on May 7 in Sweden, with the war in Gaza casting a shadow over the sequin-spangled pop extravaganza.

The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 commenced with a grand opening ceremony in the picturesque Swedish city of Malmö, marking the start of the highly anticipated music extravaganza. This year's competition features 37 talented artists from across Europe and Australia, all vying for the coveted title of Eurovision champion.

Early bookings for summer from domestic holidaymakers have been promising, boosting hopes among hoteliers that this will be a good season for the local tourism industry.

Companies started to collect early bookings in December.

These days of Easter, when we meet with beloved family and friends, and count our blessings and the dear ones lost, as we celebrate nature's renewal and the expectation of Resurrection, our minds turn to a group of our people who were cut off from the nation's body at a very young age many years ago and are now trying - persisting against many odds - to win back the Greek citizenship that they

The Eurovision Song Contest, a music kitsch-fest watched by some 200 million people, kicks off in Malmö, Sweden, on Sunday with its "turquoise carpet" gala, in what fans say is a wide-open year with half a dozen countries having a shot at the title.

Artificial intelligence is changing the world's economic and political landscapes, pushing every country to increase their AI investments. Bulgaria has a lot to catch up with its European peers on that front.