Culture

Osman Evcan, a Turkish convict serving a prison sentence in the northwestern province of Kocaeli, has put an end to his 39-day hunger strike after officials agreed to serve him sufficient vegan food. 

Dionysiac revelry inspired the top designers of Milan that created a Gucci shoulder bag with a Grecian flavor.

1. Christmas in December

Itamar Rabinovich, a former Israeli Ambassador to the United States (1993-1996), spoke with Novinite last week, while he was in Bulgaria to attend a conference on education and culture and their role in combating extremism.

A bakery has been converted into a church for the Protestant community in the southeastern province of ?anl?urfa, a city bordering Syria and hosting many Syrian migrants.

The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia, NUNS, announced a protest for Monday under the slogan "Female journalists do not kneel/PM keep the promise", urging Vucic to fire Gasic immediately.

Famous "Islamism expert" Oliver Roy's latest book, "En quête de L'Orient perdu" (In Search of the Lost Orient), did not provoke enough of the debate and criticism that it deserved, especially these days when we all talk and write about Islam and Islamism with reference to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

“Let the women play in more feminine clothes like they do in volleyball. They could, for example, have tighter shorts. Female players are pretty, if you excuse me for saying so, and they already have some different rules to men – such as playing with a lighter ball.” FIFA President Sepp Blatter had said ten years ago and the world laughed at his gaffe.

A Christmas event will take place on December 19 and 20 at Meteora neighborhood in Thessaloniki sponsored by Municipality of Pavlos Melas.

Guests will have the opportunity to enjoy a complete Christmas spectacle without any cost except for donating dry and canned foods to the basket of social solidarity.

One of the world's leading architecture events, the 15th International Architecture Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia will take place on May 28 and Nov. 27, 2016.