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Economic losses in Texas from Hurricane Harvey, which is still pounding the water-logged US state with rain, will be some $58 billion (49 billion euros), disaster analysts in Germany said on Aug. 31.

Atlanta, Georgia-based garage-rock act Black Lips is coming to Athens's Gagarin 205 venue on Thursday, August 24, with tracks from its new album - "Satan's Graffiti or God's Art?" - as well as older hits that underscore the act's dirty, rock 'n' roll vibe.
Tickets, which cost 25 euros, can be purchased at www.viva.gr.

Western intrusion into traditional Russian spheres of influence "represents a highly provocative and destabilizing policy," Robert Merry writes this for the National Interest, in an article headlined, "Stop Poking the Russian Bear."

Beside Ukraine, Georgia and Belarus, the author includes Serbia into one of these "spheres of influence."

A total of 1,645 undocumented immigrants were returned to their countries of origin last month, according to figures provided by the Greek Police Monday.

The Turkish Athletic Federation's discovery of Meryem Bekmez's remarkable skills in athletics at the age of 12 saved her from getting married at a young age.

"She would have been married off like her sister, or would be working on the field," said her father Hacı Bekmez, had she not been "discovered" yet.

American Vice President Mike Pence praised Montenegro's NATO membership as a "historical achievement" during a meeting with Montenegrin Prime Minister Dusko Markovic in Podgorica on Wednesday.

"NATO is made up of big and small states, but the US does not have small allies," Pence said, adding that his visit illustrates the US' support for the Western Balkans.

The Novo Selo Training polygon near Sliven, Southern Bulgaria, hosted a Distinguished Visitors' Day at the biggest multinational exercise in the Black Sea region Saber Guardian 2017, according to BNR and NovaTV.

Tactical units from Bulgaria, USA, Greece and Georgia demonstrated joint action of the multinational battalion combat group in defense.

Serie A club Fiorentina have signed Bulgaria under-19 international defender Petko Hristov from Slavia Sofia on a five-year deal, both clubs said on Monday, according to BGNES and eurosport.co.uk.

The 18-year-old, considered to be one of the best young players in the Balkan country, was a key figure in Bulgaria's team at the European U-19 championship in Georgia this month.

Would you wear a pizza shoe? How about one decorated to look just like a Georgia peach? Or one decked out like a hunk of delicious cheese?

A total of 38 people were injured early on July 16 when a tour bus carrying a group of Georgian students overturned in the Eynesil district of the Black Sea province of Giresun, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.