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Bulgaria's Kvadrat 500 To Open Exhibition Hall for People With Visual Impairment
A new exhibition hall for people with visual impairment "Touch the Gallery" will open at Kvadrat (Square) 500 on October 13 at 18:30 hrs, reported the press centre of the Ministry of Culture.
It will present works of art of famous Bulgarian artists from the permanent exhibition of Kvadrat 500 adapted to tactile graphics with audio descriptions in Bulgarian and English.
Natasa Pazaiti in International Competition
Natasha Pazaiti is the only Greek participation in the Pink Glove Photo Competition, a contest that has been held on Facebook to raise awareness for breast cancer.
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Women in Poland strike to protest proposal for abortion ban
Polish women donned black, waved black flags and took to Poland's streets on Monday, boycotting their jobs and classes as part of a nationwide strike waged to protest a legislative proposal for a total ban on abortion.
Two Brazilians stopped at Athens Airport with 2.2 kilograms of cocaine
Police at Athens International Airport on Monday detained two Brazilian nationals, a 24-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman, after determining that they had swallowed small packages of cocaine weighing more than 2 kilograms.
The two suspects arrived in Athens on a flight from Sao Paolo via Zurich.
Two Brazilians arrested at Athens Airport for cocaine smuggling
Greek police arrested a Brazilian couple for attempting to smuggle 2,240 grams of cocaine through the ‘Eleftherios Venizelos’ Athens International Airport. The 24-year-old man and his 27-year-old female co-traveler, who landed in Athens from a Zurich flight, were caught after Greek authorities discovered they had hidden the drugs in 212 plastic bags, which they had swallowed.
Two-Thirds of Deaths in Bulgaria Linked to Cardiovascular Diseases
Two in every three Bulgarians die from cardiovascular diseases, national statistics show.
The data, published on the occasion of the World Heart Day, reveals that more than 70 000, out of 100 000 death cases on an annual basis, were caused by myocardial infarction, coronary artery disease, brain stroke, or heart failure.
Doctor developing dementia diagnosis test for Greeks in Australia
Workers at nursing homes and hospitals in Melbourne often have trouble helping elderly Greek-Australian patients as the two parties don't speak enough of the same language to make proper communication possible. The situation is even harder when the patients are experiencing symptoms of dementia.
Town quarantined over rabies concerns in Turkey's south
A town has been quarantined following the outbreak of a rabies concerns in the southern province of Osmaniye, with at least 104 people receiving treatment in hospital.
GSK cuts vaccine price for refugees, bowing to pressure
GlaxoSmithKline is cutting the price charged for its pneumococcal vaccine when given to refugees, following complaints about the product's "exorbitant" cost by medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres.
Eighty migrants with food poisoning rushed from Piraeus camp to the hospital
A group of 80 migrants with symptoms of acute food poisoning were rushed from a makeshift camp at the port of Piraeus to a local hospital on Friday.
The migrants, who included men, women and children, were all transferred to the Attikon hospital and most were discharged after a checkup. Six adults and 13 children were admitted for treatment.