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The UN's health agency said Thursday that the scale of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has been vastly underestimated and "extraordinary measures" were needed to contain the disease.
      

If elections for Bulgaria's parliament were held now, GERB would get 23% of the votes, shows a Gallup survey. 

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) would get nearly 16% and their former coalition partner from the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) would get around 8%. 

Greece will overshoot the target of 19 million foreign visitors this year – and that’s not counting cruise passengers – tourism industry officials said this week.

Ten years ago today, the Athens Olympics were just getting into full swing. It was a joyous occasion for the city as people from all over the world descended on the Greek capital imbued with a unique sense of camaraderie and positivity.

Pope Francis said dialogue and not "displays of force" would bring peace to the divided Korean peninsula as he began a visit Thursday to South Korea that the nuclear-armed North marked with a series of rocket launches.
      

BELGRADE - If Serbia was to introduce sanctions for Russia, it would be like shooting itself in the leg, Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Serbia Alexander Chepurin said in an interview for the Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti.

The most popular destinations among Bulgarian online users this summer are London, Barcelona and Istanbul, a survey of trivago.bg shows.

Although it is the most expensive destination in the top ten list with average prices of EUR 209 per night, London has been the most popular search on the platform, Dnevnik notes.

The editorial team of the only Albanian newspaper in Montenegro, Koha Javore, are calling on parliament and ethnic Albanian parties to keep it alive.

The problem facing the weekly Koha Javore is that it is part of the bankrupt state-owned Pobjeda company, which is millions in debt and facing closure or sale.

President: We would lose friends by taking sides

BELGRADE -- Tomislav Nikolić says he wishes to see an end to hostilities in Ukraine, "not only because of Serbia's specific position - but for the sake of people there."