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Nationalist Threats Shadow Sofia Pride's 10th Anniversary

Various international organisations have called on the Bulgarian authorities to ensure the security of the LGBTI activists who will march in the Tenth Anniversary Sofia Pride on Saturday in the centre of the Bulgarian capital after threats from extreme nationalists.

British PM May Loses Overall Majority

Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives have come first in Britain's general election but lost their overall majority in parliament, near-complete results showed on Friday, AFP reported.

With just 16 seats left to declare, the Conservatives have won 309 seats, meaning they cannot get an overall majority in the 650-seat House of Commons.

Artists Transform Facades into Works of Art in Bulgarian Seaside Town of Ahtopol

For a week, artists from Bulgaria and abroad will transform the facades of 30 buildings in Ahtopol, the most southern Bulgarian town on the Black Sea coast, into works of art. A festival will be launched in the seaside town on 12th of June which aims at transforming the seaside town into an outdoor gallery, reported BNT. 

Mexico: PRI Candidate Narrowly Wins Important Mexico State Election

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TOLUCA, Mexico - In the all-important gubernatorial election in the State of Mexico, the most populous in the nation and often a harbinger of subsequent presidential election results, the candidate of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party narrowly defeated the candidate of the socialdemocratic Morena amid accusations of fraud.

Serbia-Hungary police cooperation deemed "excellent"

Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic spoke on Thursday in Budapest with his Hungarian counterpart Sandor Pinter about illegal migration.

They also discussed cooperation in protecting external borders and exchange of information in the fight against human trafficking, the Serbian government announced.

Verizon to slash over 2K jobs after acquiring Yahoo

Verizon is expected to lay off around 2,100 workers after concluding its acquisition of Yahoo. The cuts will come from duplicate jobs in its AOL unit which will be combined with Yahoo to form a new company called Oath.

Turkey to deploy troops to Qatar

President Recep Erdogan of Turkey has ratified legislation, which were fast-tracked by its parliament, to deploy Turkish troops to Qatar. The training and assistance mission will boost the "security of the entire region," the Qatari foreign minister said amid a diplomatic rift with its Gulf neighbors.

Hilarious! Corbyn accidentally slaps Emily Thornberry’s breast!

Jeremy Corbyn accidentally hit the shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry in the breast after a high-five went…wrong!

Mr Corbyn being really happy with the exit polls attempted to give a high-five to Thornberry -without looking- something that she failed to do as she was not looking either.

Just watch:

Qatari airlines left with one route to fly - via Iran

After Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates (UAE) closed their airspace, only one narrow route remains for Qatari carriers to transport passengers - via Iran.

The move has caused serious problems for the country's airlines.

Theresa May Ahead but Set to Lose Majority in UK Election

Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives are set to lose their overall majority after Britain's general election, an exit poll showed on Thursday after voting closed, AFP reports.

The Conservatives were set to win 314 seats, followed by Labour on 266, the Scottish National Party on 34 and the Liberal Democrats on 14, the poll for the BBC, Sky and ITV showed.

Major political crisis in Great Britain – Hung parliament confirmed!

Theresa May is facing a mounting backlash over her “catastrophic” election campaign. May opted to go for snap elections aiming to strengthen her government. The gamble, however, failed to pay off and now Great Britain is left in chaos.

Moldova Energy Deal Raises Concerns of Russian Pressure

A sudden decision taken by Moldova's Ministry of Energy to modify a recent energy contract awarded through a public tender to a Ukrainian company and introduce a new clause allowing the government to buy electricity from a Russian-owned plant in the breakaway region of Transnistria has raised concerns over lack of transparency of the government in Chisinau and its vulnerability to Russian press

Refugee tragedy to become festival film

A new short film depicting the tragedy of Syrian refugees attempting to reach Europe has been shot in the Aegean province of İzmir's Çeşme district. The shooting was done on the beach of Palace Hotel in three days. 

For Turkey the genie is out of the bottle in Syria

Now that the U.S. has finally pushed the button for the long-planned Raqqa operation in Syria to dismantle the so-called caliphate of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the genie is out of the bottle.

From Syria to Qatar

Turkey should reconsider the not-so-easy and unfortunately disastrous path it followed in the Syria crisis before indulging into undertaking any sort of mediation in the crisis between Qatar and a Saudi-led block of nations accusing the gas-rich state of supporting and abetting terrorism.

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