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Europe's economic recovery is strengthening with unemployment in the eurozone dropping in June to its lowest since February 2009, according to official figures released on July 31.

The jobless rate of 9.1 percent was better than predicted by analysts and will boost confidence that the 19-nation single currency area's pick-up is gathering steam after the financial crisis.

After eight years of a financial crisis that has sent household incomes spiraling, Greece remains an expensive country.

Eurostat data show that Greek consumers pay more than all other European Union citizens for their telephony and postal services, with price levels standing almost 40 percent above the EU average rates, and even higher than the rates in Switzerland.

Voting is under way in Venezuela to elect a new assembly with powers to rewrite the constitution, reported BBC.
The opposition is boycotting the vote which it says is a power grab by President Nicolás Maduro.

Archaeologists have found around 650 skulls, mostly of women and children, and caked in lime and thousands of fragments in the cylindrical edifice, near the site of the Templo Mayor - one of the main temples in the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan (currently known as Mexico City). As expected, the development has sparked few questions over the culture of sacrifice of the Aztec civilisation.

In June 2017, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 618.9 thousand  or by 9.5% above the registered in June 2016.

LA PAZ, Bolivia - Bolivian President Evo Morales, citing information sourced from WikiLeaks cables, said that the US government lodged at least $4 million dollars into anti-government separatist groups from 2006 to 2009.

Tour operator Thomas Cook has said there is a continued recovery for bookings to Turkey and the resurgence in Turkey had not been affected by increased tensions with Germany. 

Britain plans to play a larger role in Asia after leaving the European Union, including sending aircraft carriers to the region. This was stated by British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson in an interview with an Australian newspaper. Reports BGNES.

People living with HIV may one day be able to replace their daily pills with just a few injections a year, according to a new study. It comes amid reports that a South African girl has shown no signs of the virus rebounding despite being taken off drugs years ago.

Britain's defense secretary made a strong push on July 26 to build Australia's next fleet of warships, saying the frigates he proposes are best placed to hunt "Russian and Chinese submarines" amid regional tensions.