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North Korea’s foreign minister held talks in Stockholm with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven on March 16 amid reports Sweden could play a role in setting up a proposed summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un.

Bulgaria is again the country with the highest mortality rate across the European Union. This is according to  the European Statistical Office. According to data for 2015, the mortality rate in Bulgaria was 1660 per 100 000 people. In the EU, the average was 1036 deaths per 100,000.

Bulgaria ranks first in mortality in the EU, shows the latest Eurostat comparative analysis among member states.

In our country was registered is the highest number of deaths per 100,000 people in 2015, which was taken as the basis for the comparison.

In Bulgaria there were 1660 deaths per 100,000 people, with an EU average of 1036 per 100,000.

Finland is the world's happiest country, according to an annual survey issued on Wednesday that found Americans were getting less happy even as their country became richer.

Turkey has asked Sweden to arrest Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) leader Salih Muslim, calling for his extradition from Stockholm, private broadcaster CNN Türk quoted Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu as saying, its third such request to a foreign country in just over a week. 

Sweden is "a leader in gender equality", but this is not an excuse to diminish the efforts made in this field, Swedish Ambassador in Bucharest, Anneli Lindahl Kenny, told a Wednesday's forum on gender equality.

U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated on Tuesday his plan to slap big tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum, warning the European Union it would get hit with a "big tax" for not treating the United States well when it comes to trade.

Chairman of the Romanian Weightlifting Federation (FRH) Nicu Vlad told AGERPRES on Tuesday that he is proud that his association will host the European Senior Championships in the year Romania celebrates its Greater Union Centennial.

In Chisinau on Friday, Romanian Senator Titus Corlatean, chairman of the Select Committee on Coordination of Parliamentary Activities for Preparing the Romanian Presidency of the EU Council in the First Half of 2019, unveiled the actions of Romania in support of the European and Euro-Atlantic projects of Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine, underlining the legitimacy of the European aspirations of the

Bulgaria ranks fifth in the world by the share of elderly people - over 25% of Bulgarians are over 60, according to UN statistics. It was presented by Ivan Neikov from the Balkan Social Policy Institute during a discussion on the active life of the elderly in Bulgaria, organized by the social ministry, Darik Radio reported.