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A statue in Istanbul depicting Turkey's first ballerina has been damaged in a sexual assault, local media reported Nov. 19.

The much-hyped day of protests in Bulgaria on November 18 saw traffic disruptions by protesters in cars in some parts of the country, while in Sofia participation numbered little more than a few hundred people, under grey skies and light rain, reports Unian.

A team from daily Hürriyet have disguised themselves as "foreign tourists" to document the reckless attitudes of taxi drivers in the streets of Istanbul. Their intentions were not to single out a single person but to expose how taxi scams work.

Twelve ancient Zeugma mosaic pieces looted during illegal excavations in Turkey's southeastern province of Gaziantep nearly 50 years ago will be returned to the country from the U.S. on Nov. 26, Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said on Nov. 19.

''The main boulevards and streets are cleaned. 169 machines have been involved in the snow-cleaning of Sofia last night. The streets and boulevards of public transport, as well as the main roads, have been cleaned. They are still working machines, the snow is expected to stop, but the temperatures will fall.

For the third time, the building of the National Palace of Culture will shine in the colors of the rainbow on the occasion of the International Day of Tolerance, reported the Bulgarian National Television.

A Turkish businessman was killed by gunfire early Nov. 15 in Istanbul.

Turkey's first driverless metro line in Istanbul was ranked as Europe's biggest automated line, the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality said on Nov. 14 citing a Brussel-based transport association.

A man in the southeastern Turkish province of Gaziantep has killed his wife at home after she refused his request to dance. 

There will be no referendum in Sofia for the construction of an installation which can work with waste fuel on the territory of TETS Sofia. This was decided by the Sofia Municipal Council (SCC) at today's meeting.