Tokyo

Turkish national women’s volleyball team ended the FIVB World Grand Prix Finals on fourth spot after a four-set victory over Belgium at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, as Brazil won the title on Aug. 24.

Turkey rallied from losing the first set 26-24 to take thre next three sets 25-21, 25-23 and 25-20 to end the tournament on fourth spot.

Turkey scored a big 3-2 (25-18, 25-23, 21-25, 19-25, 15-12) win over defending champions Brazil on the opening day of the FIVB World Grand Prix Finals at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo on Aug. 19.

Turkey’s Gözde Sonsırma was the top scorer in the match with 23 points while her teammate Neriman Vzsoy had 21. Brazil’s top scorer was Tandara Caixeta with 20 points.

Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (COSR) President Alin Petrache told Romania's representatives to the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing they are the country's future.

As many as 10 people died and dozens were injured as Typhoon Halong slammed into the Japanese archipelago over the weekend, reports said Monday, with heavy rain still lashing the country's north.
      

Svetlana Zhekova was born on February 1, 1967.

Candice Zachariahs & Kevin Buckland

The euro was 0.4 percent from its lowest level versus the dollar since November as investors held the largest position in two years betting on a drop in the currency before the region’s central bank meets this week.

By Rachel Evans & Andrea Wong

The international appetite for euro- zone financial assets that underpinned the local currency the past two years is beginning to erode.

Bulgaria ranks 58th in the list of countries in the 2014 Human Development Report (HDR) released on 24 July in Tokyo.

The HDR covers 187 countries across the world and is published annually by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Bulgaria belongs to the group of countries characterized by high human development.

Governments must act together to lift more people out of poverty and reduce inequality in a world where the 85 richest people have as much wealth as the 3.5 billion poorest people, the UNDP says Improvements in life spans, education and incomes are slowing due to natural disasters, misguided government policies and worsening inequality in a world where the 85 richest people have as much

The 51st Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival will be held between Oct 10 and 18 with a particular focus on films from Spain, the guest country Turkey’s premier film festival will be back for its second half-century in just three months’ time, as the 51st Golden Orange Film Festival brings together stars and top-level cinema in Antalya between Oct. 10 and 18.