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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

UK-headquartered palletised freight distribution network Pall-Ex Group has expanded operations in Europe by signing a partnership deal with Econt, one of Bulgaria's largest providers of transport and logistics solutions.

Pall-Ex will start operations in Bulgaria by the middle of next year, the company said in a statement. Econt operates over 40% of the parcel market in Bulgaria.

The 43rd edition of the Sofia International Book Fair will take place at the National Palace of Culture (NDK) in the Bulgarian capital between December 8 and 13.

More than 200 publishing houses will be represented at the largest book forum in Bulgaria, which will feature more than 80 events - presentations, readings and discussions.

By Eurogroup Chief and Dutch PM Jeroen Dijsselbloem at the Eurogroup Press Conference on December 7

Good evening everyone and welcome to this press conference. I was going to say that we’ve had busier turnouts – looking at the audience tonight – but it makes sense, because we also had a short Eurogroup meeting.

A Russian warship passed through Istanbul's Bosphorus en route to the Mediterranean on the morning of Dec. 6, with one soldier seen in footage holding a ground-to-air missile, private broadcaster NTV has reported.

The soldier held the missile on his shoulder in the shooting position during the passing of Russia's Caesar Kunikov warship.

Episodes broke out at the anarchist hub of Exarheia in Athens at 2 a.m. on Sunday as young people began to throw molotov cocktails at police. One Portuguese tourist who happened to be passing by in a car was catapulted by rocks and has been injured.

Three warships from NATO member states Portugal, Spain and Canada have traversed the Dardanelles toward the Black Sea, accompanied by Turkish coastal guard boats

The gοvernment aims to form a just and sustainable social security system without further pension cuts, Labour Minister George Katrougalos said during his meeting with the president of EU Labour Ministers Council Nicolas Schmit on Tuesday.

He stressed that it is not only a national guideline but a national need.

Nobel laureate economist Joseph E. Stiglitz spoke about Greece during athe conference of UNIDO in Vienna. A keynote speaker at the event, he was asked by reporters about Greece and said that the country is under strong pressure as a result of austerity measures while it is also being called on to assume the burden of the refugee crisis.

The lighthouse is the symbol of safety and guidance that has helped mariners find their way home since ancient times. Even though now they are not so useful as they used to be, they are still epic monuments to human ingenuity and to their own resilience.

Andros Island, Greece