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In the third month of 2018, Sofia Airport has served over half a million passengers (556,088), an increase of 7.8% compared to the same month of the previous year.

67% of passengers traveled through Terminal 2, and the remaining 37% via Terminal 1, reported from Sofia Airport.

Olympiakos has clinched home advantage for the play-offs with its hard-fought win over Anadolu Efes, but Panathinaikos's win at Maccabi is probably more important as it kept it in the running for a top-four spot, with two games left to play.

Panathinaikos scored its third straight win downing Maccabi 76-75 in a thrilling game at Tel Aviv on Thursday.

The newly founded Israel-Greece Chamber of Commerce and Industry staged in Tel Aviv a presentation of the Greek economy to some 200 Israeli entrepreneurs, in the presence of Greek and Israeli officials who recommended Greece for investments.

India’s state-run carrier Air India said March 16 it will fly over Saudi airspace to Tel Aviv, a move that ends a decades-long Saudi ban on the use of its airspace for flights to Israel.

Greek energy firm Energean has secured $1.25 billion in funding for the development of two natural gas fields off the coast of Israel, the company's chief executive said on Tuesday.

The U.S. will move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on May 14th -- the day the state of Israel was established and officially recognized by Washington in 1948. 

Swastika was painted at the door of the Polish embassy in Israel, BNT reported. Earlier, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawieckisaid that Jews also took part in the Holocaust.

Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu told DC News on Wednesday that he intends to carry out consultations with US partners regarding the proposal to move Romania's Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the goal being that of making "an informed" decision.

The past year was a record in the history of the metropolitan airport. The serviced passengers in the period are almost six million and a half (6 490 096), an increase of 30.3% annually, reported from Sofia Airport.

What is remarkable is the fact that a record increase for passengers is recorded every month of the past year. Terminal 1 had 36% of all passengers and Terminal 2 - 64%.

The U.S. embassy in Israel will move to Jerusalem by the end of 2019, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Monday, according to Reuters. 

"In the weeks ahead, our administration will advance its plan to open the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem - and that United States Embassy will open before the end of next year," Pence said in a speech to the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem.