Thrace

Archaeology in Bulgaria - A "long line of visitors" formed for the opening of an exhibition of part of the 4th century BC Zlatinitsa - Malomirovo Treasure, one of Bulgaria's numerous stunning treasures from Ancient Thrace, opened by Bulgaria and Poland in the Royal Lazienki Museum in the Polish capital Warsaw, the Bulgarian organizers have said.

276 cartoons, 32 of them Bulgarian, participate in the Golden Kuker Film Festival in Sofia. It begins on May 7, and there will be free screenings.

For the ninth time, Golden Kuker presents the best animations from 94 countries, including Bulgaria. Viewers will experience exciting stories and an impressive vision created with all the means of expression of fine arts and cinema.

''The meeting in Varna is between the EU and Turkey, not a bilateral meeting. I hope that there will be a dialogue which is the purpose of this meeting.'' This is what Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva told bTV in response to a question whether the issue of compensation for Thracian refugees will be raised during the meeting.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit thankfully came to a close Friday afternoon without further incident after a tough first day in Athens.

That said, during his visit to the Muslim community of Komotini in the Greek region of Thrace, Erdogan addressed the crowds gathered outside a local school, something which had not been agreed with the Greek authorities.

Archaeologists have unearthed a 2,300-year-old facility for iron production and a provincial governor's residence - which appear to have been used by Emperor Alexander the Great and his successor in Thrace, Lysimachus - underneath what originally seemed like an Ancient Thracian burial mound located near the town of Knyazhevo, Topolovgrad Municipality, in Southeast Bulgaria.

Her name is Anastasia Stefanidou, she is a student at Democritus University of Thrace where she is studying Political Sciences.

But what is makes the social media go crazy about her is not her views on ideologies and political systems.

Nope!

It’s her amazingly sizzling hot body she just cannot show enough of at her Instagram account.

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Turkey on Thursday offered to waive off university fee for Turkish minority students from Bulgaria and Western Thrace, Anadolu Agency reported.

Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Cavusoglu announced the decision as he received Chairman of Western Thrace Advisory Board Ibrahim Sharif and his delegation at the Cankaya Palace, the prime minister's office in the capital Ankara.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim is expected to visit Greece on Monday, Kathimerini reports quoting unnamed sources on both sides of the Aegean.

The sources did not rule out talks between Yildirim and political leaders in Athens before the Turkish premier travels to Thrace to attend an iftar (fast-breaking) Ramadan meal in Thrace, northeastern Greece.

Five Greek regions are listed in the bottom 10 of the European Union's Regional Competitiveness Index (RCI), which is published every three years and is based on the approach of World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index.

These regions are the Ionian Islands, Western Greece, the Peloponnese, Central Greece, and Eastern Macedonia and Thrace.

A 54-year-old Turkish national was arrested by Greek police in the northern city of Komotini while attempting to enter the country from Turkey. The suspect tried to cross into Greece through the Nymphea border check point, but was apprehended after the Greek authorities ascertained he had an outstanding international arrest warrant on charges of drug trafficking.