Food and drink

The Festival of the Arts in Sofia will be hosted by the Radisson Blu Grand Hotel in Sofia on May 30 and 31. It is set on bringing joy and entertainment to children on their holiday.

They will get the chance of participating in various artistic activities, including workshops for jewelry making, home decoration, ceramics, sweets and paintings.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) head Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu has vowed to support farmers if his party is elected in the June 7 general elections during a campaign stop in the Central Anatolian province of Konya. 

The number of livestock holdings for cattle, sheep and goats, and pigs in Bulgaria fell by 34% on an annual basis in 2014, according to a media statement of Bulgaria's Agriculture Ministry.

Bulgaria's Agriculture Ministry published statistics on livestock by November 2014.

Leading figures in the world of healthy snack foods came together in Antalya at the 34th World Nut and Dried Fruit Congress on May 22-24. Around 1,000 food professionals from 61 countries, including Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent and Chobani CEO Hamdi Ulukaya, discussed the indispensable role of nut products and dried fruits in healthier diets across the world. 

Foreign scantily-clad women working as coffee vendors in Nicosia offered passers-by refreshing frappe wearing nothing more than hot shorts and tank tops. Cyprus citizens reacted to the indecent appearance of the vendors inundating regional roads and causing traffic problems.

Athineo Museum, Athens’ first beer museum opened its doors to the public at the former Athinaiki Zythopoiia Brewery at 102 Kifissos Avenue.

Photo credit: (c) Romanian Tennis Federation

The competition among 128 players from 25 countries, organized by the Romanian Tennis Federation and sponsored by the Dr. Oetker Company, began on Saturday, but the official opening is scheduled on Sunday at 6.30pm and is open to all fans. The singles and doubles contest will end on May 31.

The Turkish Cultural Foundation's Culinary Arts Center YESAM in Istanbul has organized a cultural journey to the heart of the rose.

Daron Dylon Wint, aged 34, a former employee of American Iron Works was apprehended by the police after a manhunt that stretched to New York City where he has relatives in Brooklyn.

Drinks bottler Coca-Cola HBC AG said first-quarter sales volumes rose 7.2 percent, helped by four extra selling days versus last year, the earlier timing of the Easter holiday and a good performance in Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Hungary and the Czech Republic.