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Some 100 companies will take part in the 240th edition of the traditional Spring Fair, unveiled in the town of Targovishte today.

For a first time craftsmen and producers of Bulgarian household goods will demonstrate old manufacturing techniques, BNR reported.

After nearly a decade, the cycle of decline in the property market appears to be closing. In the year's first quarter prices in selected areas of the Greek capital may have shown a decline but this was at a rate below 1 percent on an annual basis, which has been the smallest yearly drop since the outbreak of the financial crisis.

Emmanuel Macron has won a resounding victory in the French presidential election but the focus shifted immediately on May 8  to whether he can govern the country without the support of a traditional party.

A 24-carat gold fur was presented by a scientist in Kastoria.

Using the nanotechnology method, the scientist and researcher Dr.Ing. Hristo Hadjiev, a Soha Innovations research and development executive, presented the creation at the Western Macedonia Fur Center.

A 3.7 magnitude earthquake has was felt in the port town of Kyllini located on the Ionian Sea coast in the northwest Peloponnese. The epicentre was 15km northwest of the town, while the depth of the tremor was 10km.

The Bulgarian Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach has come in as the cheapest option in a recent survey by the Post Office, quoted by the Independent.

A basket of 10 typical tourist staples, including food and drink, sun cream and insect repellent, was found to be cheaper at Sunny Beach than at 19 other popular beach destinations in Europe.

Greek authorities are on alert after weapons and ammunition were found at a Mosque in the city of Xanthi in the eastern Macedonia and Thrace regions in the north of Greece. According to reports by newspaper “Kathimerini”, Greek intelligence officers detected the weapons after receiving tips and proceeded to investigate a Mosque in the village of Iliopetra of the Topiros municipality.

The British government on Monday gave Northern Ireland's squabbling parties extra time to reach a deal to end their stalemate and form a power-sharing executive, after a deadline to do so expired, AFP reported.

"We now have a short window of opportunity," Northern Ireland minister James Brokenshire said in Belfast, adding that the parties had "a short few weeks".

Member of the UN Human Rights Committee's Advisory Council Jean Ziegler thinks that "the Third World War" is already in progress.

In an interview for the Vienna daily Kurier, he pointed out that 54 million people last year died as a consequence of wars, starvation, contaminated water, or "long vanquished epidemics."

The island of Crete was chosen as the 6th best tourist destination globally by the users of online travel site TripAdvisor. The Greek island came behind some of the most popular choices in the world like, London, Paris, Rome, New York and Bali. Bali was the top pick, followed by London.