Languages of Europe

Turkish students will be introduced to the letters "w," "x" and "q," which are not in the Turkish alphabet, starting from the fourth grade as part of a lesson teaching children how to use computer keyboards. 

''Today we often ask ourselves as Bulgarians what our main national priority should be. We cannot have a priority as a country and nation other than education'', Vice President Iliyana Yotova said in Topolovgrad.

She took part in celebrations for the Day of Topolovgrad and the Day of Bulgarian Education and Culture and Slavonic Alphabet, the President's press office said.

By tradition, May 24, the Day of the Slavonic Alphabet and of Bulgarian Education and Culture is marked at San Clemente basilica in Rome and by paying homage to the grave of St.Constantine-Cyril the Philosopher, creator of the earliest Bulgarian alphabet in 9 c. A delegation led by Bulgarian Minister of Culture Boil Banov is in Rome for the commemorative events, BNR reported.

Prime Minister Boyko Borisov expressed congratulations for the Day of Bulgarian Education and Culture and Slavonic Literature with a Facebook posting.

''The work of Saints Cyril and Methodius has always been one of our brightest holidays. I wish health and success to all teachers, educational, cultural and spiritual figures'', he wrote.

Greek police say they have arrested two Albanian men in a border region for allegedly illegally harvesting herbs growing wild on the mountainside.

A police statement Tuesday said the men aged 20 and 22 had gathered 16 kilos of ironwort, a herb used for a traditional tea. They were also charged with illegally entering Greece from Albania, in the Krystallopigi area.

In a letter to his European Union counterparts, Greece's ambassador to Turkey, Kyriakos Loukakis, has asked them to abstain from attending the closing ceremony of the Denizkurdu 2017 (Seawolf) naval exercise.

Turkish media published excerpts of the letter, dismissing it as Greek "propaganda" to the Europeans.

Scientists from Norway, Russia, Czech Republic and other European countries are taking part in an international conference concerning 75 years of the establishment of the Institute for Bulgarian language with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, reported BNR.

The Turkish Defence Minister, Fikri Isik unleashed a verbal attack against his Greek counterpart Panos Kammenos during a ceremony held at the Turkish national assembly on occasion of Turkey’s National Sovereignty Day. Commenting on Mr.

The police have arrested 16 officials of the Serbian Customs Administration, along with one "responsible person" from a company.

They are suspected of incurring damages worth in excess of EUR 11.5 million to the Serbian state budget.

An 8km long queue of cargo vehicles formed at the exit on the Bulgarian - Turkish border at Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint, the press centre of Chief Directorate Border Police announced.