Switzerland

Tightened security measures are in place at the airports in Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna and Bourgas after yesterday's false bomb threats.

The Bulgarian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has commented that its request for new wheeled combat vehicles is one of the most important projects for the recapitalization of the country's Land Forces inventory, writes Shephard Media. 

Thousands of pilgrims gathered Monday in Bulgaria's Rila mountains to welcome their "spiritual" new year with a cosmic-like dance performed in concentric circles, creating a striking image on the verdant mountain plain.

Early sketches of "The Little Prince," the world-famous creation of French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery, have been found in storage in northern Switzerland, local media and an art expert said on Aug. 15.

Babis's response has been to lash out at the European Union, accusing it of trying to "destabilise" the Czech Republic.

Such rhetoric might raise eyebrows in Brussels but it will come as little surprise to Czechs used to Babis's brand of populism.

Swiss Ambassador in Bucharest, Arthur Mattli, expressed his disappointment with the progress of the rehabilitation works at the Brasov High School of Informatics, which are being carried out as part of a project with Swiss funding, the Brasov municipality said in a Wednesday release.

Bulgaria has sent a request to four European countries for proposals for 150 armored vehicles, the defense ministry said on Tuesday, reports Reuters.

The Balkan state, which joined NATO in 2004, has called for bids in a 1.46 billion levs ($836.24 million) tender from Germany, Finland, France, and Switzerland, the ministry said in a statement.

A cyclist from Germany won a 4,000-kilometre race from Bulgaria to France and became the first woman to triumph at the endurance event, reports Euronews. 

Fiona Kolbinger crossed the finish line to win the seventh edition of the Transcontinental Race on Tuesday morning.

The European Court of Human Rights has considered inadmissible the complaint of Shpend Shala, a Kosovo Albanian found guilty of murder in a blood feud, who claimed his right to a fair trial was not duly respected when a Swiss court jailed him for 18 years in 2010.

US rock band Evanescence, which combines rock, metal, and symphonic music elements
together, will take the stage at Istanbul's Volkswagen Arena on Sept 13 as part of its 'Synthesis Live' tour. The tour will start in Switzerland on Sept 1 and end in Russia on Sept 26.