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For the first time in history, Bulgaria hosts a tournament from the ATP World Tour.

The first edition of Garanti Koza Sofia Open began on Monday and will last until Sunday, with the Arena Armeec hall being the venue for the matches.

The draw took place on Saturday, qualifications followed on Saturday and Sunday and the matches from the first round began on Monday.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu has said Russia will "face the consequences" if it continues to violate Turkey's airspace, two days after Ankara declared that Russia had again violated its airspace despite multiple warnings. 

Germany's AIDA Cruises has adjusted its 2016 deployment in Europe, opting to pull the AIDAstella from the Eastern Mediterranean due to "ongoing security concerns" in Turkey.

A EUR 3 M project financed by the EU plans to restore the population of black vulture in Bulgaria.

The project entitled "Bright Future for Black Vulture in Bulgaria" will be implemented by NGOs from four countries, private bTV station informs.

More than a hundred students from the United Kingdom were admitted to the Medical University in the Bulgarian city of Pleven.

The students will begin their six-year education programme which is taught in English in several days.

On Sunday the rector of the university will greet the new students at a special welcome event featuring a performance of the city's folklore ensemble.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Thursday passed a resolution on the state of human rights in Kosovo.

It was tabled by Rapporteur Augustin Conde of Spain.

Spanish police arrested nine people on Jan. 27 accused of belonging to and collaborating with a criminal and terrorist organization due to connections with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the Spanish Interior Ministry said in a statement.

In December 2015, Bulgarians completed 309 010 trips abroad, which represented an increase of 15.4 % compared to the same month in 2014.

This is seen by the latest figures of the National Statistical Institute (NSI) released on Wednesday.

Transparency International published its Corruption global rankings. 2015 showed that people working together can succeed in fighting corruption with Greece improving its score.

Ten commercial chambers representing the leading trade partners of Bulgaria, which have invested more than 20 billion euros direct in the country in the past two decades, have written to the Bulgarian authorities urging them to reform the courts.