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The National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation (MIET) and its Archive of Greek Literature and History (ELIA) are hosting a bazaar at MIET's Kapandji Villa, with discounts coming to as much as 70 percent on selected books, magazines, postcards, old newspapers and other memorabilia from the 19th and 20th centuries, in Greek as well as other languages.

It's an early summer evening at Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, the maze-like warren of alleyways crammed with shops that has been the city's trading hub for over half a millennium. But this time, there are no traders' voices beckoning to travelers to come and haggle over the price of a carpet. Nor is the air filled with the pungent whiff of oriental spices being offered to passers-by.

The annual Anglican Church Christmas Bazaar, raising funds for the church's charitable programs for more than 60 years, will take place at the Aigli venue in Zappeio on Sunday, November 26. Doors will be open from 11 a.m. to 3.30 p.m.

Aigli, Zappeio Garden, Vassilissis Olgas,
tel 210.336.9300

Christmas bazaars and holiday festivals around the world prove to be a potential target for terrorists, for which authorities take serious security measures, sega said.

A garden bazaar of arts and creative crafts conquered Borisova Garden with beautiful jewelery and paintings, BGNES reported.

The bazaar, located in ''Maimunarnika'', will stay there until the end of the day, and will open doors again tomorrow morning.

For another year, the 'Garden Bazaar of Arts' is opened for all Sofia citizens, this time the event is held in one of the most cool and pleasant places in the capital, Borisova Garden, BGNES reported.

Italian charity association Co.As.It. is organizing its annual Christmas bazaar at the Italian School in Athens on Saturday, December 3, and Sunday, December 4. The event showcases a wide variety of traditional Italian food and drink, including wines and gluten-free goods.

An iconic restaurant founded in 1901 in the historic Spice Bazaar and popular spot among international celebrities is set to close due to a dramatic plunge in the number of foreign tourists visiting Istanbul and ongoing restoration works in the bazaar, daily Habertürk reported on Oct. 22. 

The Syrian national wounded in a shooting on Monday was involved in a people smuggling affair, Interior Ministry sources say, cited by daily 24 Chasa.

The retailer who owns a stand at Iliyantsi, a bazaar on the outskirts of Sofia, allegedly took EUR 100 000 for services that included organizing migrant groups and acting as a broker between them and the smugglers themselves.

Istanbul means the Grand Bazaar in a sense. The bazaar was first built by the Byzantine Empire, but the Ottomans carried on and expanded the building further. The bazaar was one of the first covered markets of the world. Nearly 600 years later, the building still stands. The bazaar symbolizes how Istanbul has been a business center of the Middle East and the Balkans.