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A French scientist claims to have discovered am image of a portrait underneath the Mona Lisa painting using reflective light technology.

Pascal Cotte has spent more than 10 years using the technology to analyse the painting and claims that Mona Lisa contains an earlier portrait underneath its surface.

From Thursday to Sunday this week, an alternative and world music festival will transform the village of Dolen into the cultural hotspot of the Rhodope Mountains.

Music of Eastern European bands will go hand in hand with cinema, tours of Dolen, hot-air balloon rides, and some 24 exhibitions scattered throughout the village's narrow streets.

Delia Velculescu has replaced Rishi Goyal as head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) head representative to Greece. Rumors state that the replacement was due to his rigid and uncompromising behavior during negotiations as well as Velcusescu’s own experience in assessing Greece’s financial affairs.

The project of the motorway linking Comarnic to Brasov (north of the capital) will go on if the authorities manage to restructure it, namely to find a financial model to be more efficient for the Romanian budget, in the achievement of which such international financial institutions as the EIB and the EBRD should take part, Transport Minister Ioan Rus told AGERPRES on Saturday.

Italy, the country that gave the world the Ferrari, has produced Europe's most reckless drivers, a survey released Feb. 12 found, while Greeks were judged the rudest on the continent by fellow Europeans.
      

Italy, the country that gave the world the Ferrari, has produced Europes most reckless drivers, a survey released Thursday found, while Greeks were judged the rudest on the continent by fellow Europeans.

A growing number of people and firms are offering the government assistance in the project to rebuild the historic Plaka Bridge in northeastern Greece, which collapsed over the weekend.

Gefyra SA, the company that built and manages the Rio-Antirio Bridge, said on Wednesday that it is willing to provide technical expertise and funding for the bridge?s reconstruction.

German airport operator Fraport along with Greek energy group Copelouzos was named the preferred bidder to lease and operate 14 of Greece's 39 regional airports, the country's privatisation agency said on Tuesday.

Bulgaria is highly likely to lose EU funds of EUR 100 million in the sphere of healthcare as the deadline for wrapping up public procurement procedures by December 10 is too short, according to Health Minister Petar Moskov.