Modern Society

Bulgaria will provide BGN 148,395 in grants to countries from the Western Balkans and the Eastern Partnership for the financing of projects for the development of education, social integration, and civil society, the government press office said.

The second edition of ALAN Istanbul's contemporary art series, "New Photography," which opened on Jan. 5, probes fundamental questions including "What is photography?" "What are its limits?" "How do artists communicate with today's world via photography?" and "What are the possible new ways of storytelling and how can photographers draw on other mediums too?"

Athens Medical Association President George Patoulis said that there is an alarming rise in psychiatric conditions in Greece as a result of the economic crisis with 10-12% of the total population of all ages suffering from some sort of mental condition but only half of them seeking medical treatment.