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Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Netanya and Haifa are the most prominent cities with the highest percentage of empty homes. The share of vacant properties in the whole country has increased by 24% from 2012. As of mid-2019, 170,300 units are not occupied of more than 9 months. This is 6.5% of Israel's housing stock, according to the National Statistical Institute of the country.

Bulgaria ranks 8th in the ranking of the most successful countries of the Eurovision Song Contest for the last 10 years. This became clear by the official ranking, which includes all 46 countries that have participated in the prestigious music competition since 2010.

The Israeli Film Festival will take place in Bucharest between September 25 and 28, with "Synonymes" film directed by Nadav Lapid, which won the Golden Berlin Bear 2019, to be presented in the closing night, reads a press release of the Israeli Embassy in Bucharest sent to AGERPRES. The festival will bring five Israeli productions at the "Elvire Popesco" Cinema.

It's abnormal for Romania to have, for years, embassies without ambassadors, Theodor Paleologu, the People's Movement Party (PMP) candidate for the presidential elections, stated at a press conference in Iasi on Friday. "It's inadmissible for an embassy to not have ambassadors for more than two to three weeks.

The finale of the Eurovision Song Contest next year will be held in Rotterdam.

The port city has won the honor of hosting a glittering event in a competition with Maastricht.

The 65th edition of the competition will take place in the Netherlands after its participant Duncan Laurence wins in Tel Aviv.

Greece and Israel share common values and objectives as they seek to promote peace and stability in the wider region, Greek Defense Minister Evangelos Apostolakis said Tuesday at Herzliya Conference 2019 in Tel Aviv.

A plane of a Bulgarian private airline made emergency landing in Israel, NOVA learned. The reason is a broken tire and a damaged landing gear.

Immediately after the departure of Cologne 737-400 Boeing, it became clear that there was a problem.

Cyprus Airways and Bulgaria Air have entered into a codeshare partnership. Cyprus Airways' customers will be able to fly from Larnaca to Sofia through a codeshare agreement with Bulgaria Air. The agreement will allow Cyprus Airways to sell tickets under its own flight code between Larnaca and Sofia. Other routes will be added in future.

Boeing plane of the Israeli airline El Al landed at Sofia Airport. There is no evidence of injured passengers, NOVA reported.

The flight was from Sofia to Tel Aviv. It only took 41 minutes to return to Sofia Airport.

Turkey's Foreign Ministry expressed concern on late June 13 over Moldova's decision to relocate its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.