International Congress

The percentage of arrivals in Athens rose by 14% in the first 3-month period, according to data presented in a joint press conference by the city’s Mayor George Kaminis and the vice-President of Aegean Airlines, Eftychios Vasilakis. Athens achieved an all-time record number of arrivals in 2016 with 4,6 million travellers compared to 4.2 million in 2015.

One of the biggest problems of the current era is "cultural superficiality," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said. 

Bulgaria reported record revenues in tourism - over BGN 5.5B from January to October, or 14.7% more than the same period of 2015, announced the outgoing Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova, during the International Congress on World Civilizations and Modern Tourism, held in Sofia.

Contemporary Istanbul, where several new and good pieces of world and Turkish visual art are being exhibited, was opened with a special activity this week.

Turkish artist Ali Elmacı has withdrawn a sculpture of his from the 11th Contemporary Istanbul art festival following an attack on it on Nov. 3.

Members of religious groups attacked the art fair late on Nov. 3 in protest over the sculpture that displayed the likeness of Sultan Abdulhamit, an Ottoman sultan known for his conservatism.

Bulgaria's capital Sofia is hosting an international Southeast European studies congress from August 31 to September 4.

This has been the third time Bulgaria has ever organized the International Congress of South East European Studies - the last one having been more than two decades ago.

BELGRADE - The International Congress "Nikola Tesla: The History of the Future" will be held in Belgrade on April 24-26 and it will bring together more than 30 speakers from Serbia and abroad.

The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra (BIPO) will be on the stage in Istanbul with the participation of Grammy award-winning pianist and composer Michel Camilo on March 19.

The Turkish capital is soon to become one of the leading centers for international conferences and conventions, the head of the Ankara Trade Chamber has said, outlining their objectives to let Ankara receive its piece of the share of the $400 billion-worth market.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic conferred with the delegation of the International Committee of Slavists (ICS) to mark Serbia's four-year presidency in the science organisation which will be crowned by the 16th International Congress of Slavists in Belgrade in 2018.