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A man died after being hit by a falling tree in Plovdiv and another was killed when lightning set his house alight in the Plovdiv region village of Kostievo on […]
Greece’s prime minister Alexis Tsipras announced his Syriza government’s resignation on August 20, about seven months since taking office ...
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was expected to announce early elections in an effort to quell rebellion within his party. Many left-wing lawmaker ...
Films in the 1960s has a certain glamour this is missing now — then-exotic locations, designer gowns, and fancy rooms. Men were well-dressed and vil ...
We’ve all run into people from the past whom we wish would stay in the past. Promises to call and meet up are just a polite formality. Exchanged phone numbers […]
More than 4000 refugees have blocked the railway from Thessaloniki to Skopje at the border between Greece and Macedonia. Because of this situation, a passenger train and a freight train have […]
Slovakia has said it will only accept Christian refugees under an EU relocation scheme. The country, due to receive 200 people under the EU plan to resettle 40,000 new arrivals, […]
Greece has repaid $3.5 billion to the European Central Bank, with not a day to spare before the deadline expires. Greece made the payment early Thursday, just hours after European […]
A “Code Orange” dangerous weather warning was issued for August 20 in 10 regions in northern, central and southern Bulgaria because of expected rain and thunderstorms. The warning covers the […]
Demolition of illegal buildings in Maksuda, the largest predominantly Roma neighbourhood of Bulgaria’s Black Sea city Varna, began on the morning of August 20. More than 100 police and gendarmerie […]
