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An operation by the Bulgarian authorities that led to the dismantling of an illegal workshop for counterfeiting of 100 euro banknotes has drawn praise from Europol.

These are perilous times for democracy. In Greece, despite two national elections and one referendum in less than nine months in 2015, nearly half the electorate shunned the ballot box. Elsewhere in Europe, the 50 percent threshold was barely passed in parliamentary elections last year in Portugal and in Spain, where the outcomes were far from decisive.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu will be the guest of honor to inaugurate the world's biggest international halal tourism conference, the organizers of the conference said in a written statement on April 28. 

Spain's King Felipe VI decided April 26 that none of the country's political parties has enough support to form a government, setting the stage for an unprecedented repeat election in June, six months after voters ended the nation's traditional two-party system.

BARCELONA – Serbia secured its spot in the 2016 FINA Men’s Water Polo World League Super Final in China, after defeating Spain 14-13 (4-3, 4-3, 1-4, 5-3) in the fifth and penultimate round of preliminaries in Barcelona late on Tuesday. Scorers for Serbia were Stefan Mitrovic with three goals and Filip Filipovic, Dusko Pijetlovic and

Spanish King Felipe VI has announced no new candidate will be put forward as Prime Minister, paving the way for early elections.

Parliament will be dissolved on May 03, and a snap vote will be held on June 26, local media report.

The legislature's lower house would not provide enough support for any new Prime Minister candidate, the King believes.

An estimated 181,476 migrants and refugees have entered Europe this year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on April 26.

This compared with 52,750 migrant arrivals in Europe across the Mediterranean and Western African routes between January 1 through April 30 last year.

The employment rate of Bulgarians aged 20 to 64 increased by 2 % in 2015 compared to the previous year.

This is revealed by the latest figures of Eurostat released on Tuesday.

In 2014, the employment rate in Bulgaria stood at 65.1 %, while last year it reached 67.1 %.

As in previous years, employment rate continued to be higher among men (70.4 %) than women (63.8 %).

Turkey must stimulate local tourism as local tourists make up just one-tenth of the country's tourists in a bid to recover recent losses in the sector, according to a leading sector representative. 

According to a poll on travel site ‘TravelZoo’, Greece is the 5th preferred holiday destination for British nationals. The survey revealed that safety is the tip priority for the British tourists, a factor explaining why they choose domestic ‘stay-cations’ destinations for their holidays.