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Football's European governing body UEFA has banned Bursaspor from the next UEFA competition because of the Turkish football club's financial issues, according to a statement on Dec. 22.

The CCTV system monitoring traffic on Sofia's main streets and venues has not been properly functioning for months, an investigative journalist has argued.

Slavi Angelov told the Bulgarian National Television that shortage of funding at the Interior Ministry makes it impossible for the institution to transfer payments to the company maintaining the system.

The automobile of Petko Sertov, the former head of state security agency DANS who disappeared last Friday, was reportedly spotted near the town of Petrich, kilometers away from the Bulgaria-Greece Border.

The Interior Ministry's Chief Secretary said on Thursday authorities were investigating into the information, Darik Radio reports.

BELGRADE - A total of 111 victims of human trafficking were identified in Serbia in the first ten months of the year, the data of the Centre for trafficking victims protection show.

The data were presented to mark the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, December 2.

The Chamber of Deputies' Speaker Valeriu Zgonea says that Prime Minister Victor Ponta has proven in Sibiu that the Government is concerned with the problems of local authorities, regardless of the political affiliation of those heading them.

Human trafficking victims double this year

BELGRADE -- The number of registered victims of human trafficking has nearly doubled compared on last year, Sanja Kljajević has said.

Astra Giurgiu football club won the Romanian Supercup on Friday night, defeating champions Steaua Bucharest 5-3 after penalties (1-1 after the extra time). It was an unprecedented performance for the team, who had also won the Cup on penalties.

Astra Giurgiu won its first football Romania's Cup, after beating Steaua Bucharest 4-2 in shootout Friday night, at the National Arena in Bucharest.

After 120 minutes the score was tied, 0-0. Laban, Junior Morais, Budescu, and Yazalde brought victory and the first trophy in Astra Giurgiu's history.

The City of Sibiu (central Romania) was declared the best tourist destination of the year in Romania at the Excellence Awards Gala organized on Thursday evening by Hotel Tourism Leisure Investment Conference, according to a press release remitted on Friday to AGERPRES by the Sibiu Town Hall.

Two Santorini hotels feature in a Tripadvisor list of Europe's top 25 hotel establishments prodiving excellent service.

Situated in the area of Imerovigli, the Anastasis establishment earned fifth place, while Astra Suites, also in the same area, ranked 20th. Anastasis also earned 16th place in the website's top 25 hotels worldwide in the same category.