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German tabloid Bild continued its own personal form of "Operation Marita" this week by aiming to "punish" German MPs who voted in favor of the Greek loan agreement extension on Friday in the Bundestag.

Specifically, in a three-page layout the headline ran: "542 Ja and 32 Nein -  that's how your MPs voted ? and tons of money continues to flow to Greece".

The German Federation of Journalists (DJV) on Thursday condemned Bild newspaper for running a campaign calling its readers to take a picture of themselves next to a front page reading: ?No more billions for the greedy Greeks.?

The German Journalists Association (Verband der Journalisten der DDR, abbreviated VDJ)  and many an Internet users are in uproar against German tabloid Bild’s unprovoked anti-Greek campaign.

Bild asked its readers to take selfies saying “Nein” to a request of extending the loan agreement, a day before it is voted on by the Bundestag, and to send the photos through an e-mail.

One of three Al-Jazeera journalists arrested for flying a drone in Paris will appear in court next week where he is expected to plead guilty, a judicial source said on Feb. 26.      

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On of the biggest Russian companies wants to buy Serbian Telekom. This decision is not just economical, but also strategical.

The Symphonic Orchestra of the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) has accepted the invitation to accompany the screening of The Godfather (1972) on November 7 in the National palace of Culture in Sofia.

Over 60 musicians will play at the new re-mastered HD version boradcast of Francis Ford Coppola's legendary movie.

In two years Bulgaria will be able to achieve diversification, Iliyan Vasilev, a former Bulgarian ambassador to Russia and currently an energy expert, has said.

Speaking on an event presenting a report on Russia-Turkey relations held in Sofia on Monday, Vasilev argued links with Romania and Greece could be used to this end, but denied to give further details.

More than a month after jihadist gunmen massacred much of the Charlie Hebdo editorial team, those who survived are slowly trying to return to a semblance of normality.
      
Twelve people were killed in the January 7 attack on the satirical weekly, including five of France's most beloved cartoonists.
      

Reuters, celebrating its 30 years of operation, has gathered the best and most important photographs from events that have changed the world.

Sofia Appellate Court (SAS) sentenced the former director of heating utility Toplofikatsiya Sofia Valentin Dimitrov to three years' imprisonment at second instance on charges of property mismanagement.

SAS modified the sentence of the Sofia City Court (SGS), ruling that Dimitrov committed one continuous crime rather than two, as it had been previously decided, daily Dnevnik reports.