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The hit "Bad Guy", with which the young American singer Billie Eilish became famous, was announced as the top global single for 2019 by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry," Reuters and AFP reported.

More than 90,000 persons attended the New Year's Eve show downtown Constitutiei Square organised by the Bucharest City Hall, a release by the mayoralty sent to AGERPRES on Wednesday reads. The event dubbed "Revelion 2020. Disco Night Fever" brought the hits of the 80s and 90s and of the beginning of the 2000s.

It's time to wake up and put aside concerns about the accursed political cost if we want to get serious about the country's defense. It's been 23 years since the Imia crisis and we're still debating the obvious.

In 2018, over 62% of people aged 16 and over in the European Union reported being happy all of the time (14%) or most of the time (48%) over the past four weeks, while 12% were rarely (8%) or never happy (2%), Eurostat reported.

Compared with 2013, the share of happy people in the EU increased by over 2 percentage points (60%).

A Colombian teacher living in Turkey found unexpected success on a TV show during hís rendition of the popular hit Despacito.

Hello, Lorendana, can you tell us a little more about yourself?

I've been an actress for 20 years. I dreamed of becoming an actress since I was 7 years old. Now I also work as a director. Furthermore I am an activist and have been fighting for women's and animal rights for many years. Thanks to my work, I can reach more people, which is great.

In a move to undermine a controversial auction of Madonna memorabilia, a longtime collaborator of the Material Girl has uploaded a number of her demos to YouTube, including "Like a Prayer."