Sweden

This year’s selection invites you to travel from the dark islands of Indonesia to less exotic locations like Idaho. The choices reflect more unusual destinations, far removed from typical tourist spots.

According to the editors, the emphasis was placed on “locations where visitors feel welcome and support the environment and local community.”

Approximately one-third of residents from third countries in the European Union (EU) are living in overcrowded conditions, a situation mirrored by a significant number of Bulgarians in their own country, according to Eurostat data. In 2023, 34.2% of third-country nationals in the EU were classified as living in overcrowded homes, where the number of rooms was inadequate for the household size.

Tourism arrivals in Cyprus reached 3.27 million between January and September 2024, marking a 4.2% increase compared to the same period in 2023, according to data from the Statistical Service of Cyprus (CyStat).

This figure also represents a slight 0.23% rise from 2019, the year Cyprus saw its all-time record in tourist arrivals.

Bulgaria remains the EU's poorest country, with a minimum wage that feels out of reach compared to central European standards, according to Dariknews.bg. While a minimum wage above 1,500 euros may seem unrealistic for many Bulgarians, in the heart of Europe, these figures are quite common.

Eurostat's latest figures reveal that Bulgaria ranks last in the EU for lifelong learning, with only 1.4% of Bulgarians participating in educational activities last year. This figure is nearly ten times lower than the EU average, indicating a significant lack of interest among Bulgarians aged 25 to 64 in continuing education.

Since Monday, September 30, NATO’s “air heartbeat” has been centered at the 117th Combat Wing of the Hellenic Air Force. For the first time in Europe, the NATO exercise codenamed “Ramstein Flag 24” took place at the Andravida Air Base.

The story of two Swedes, a man and a woman, who were arrested yesterday, Wednesday (10/9), in Neos Kosmos for the murder of a 27-year-old woman, also Swedish, that took place in mid-September in Sweden, is shocking.

The Swedish police investigation into the shots near an Israeli-owned site in the city of Göteborg, which public television says is a unit of Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems.

Police in Athens have announced the arrest of two people who are wanted in Sweden on suspicion of murder and incitement to murder.

The two Kurdish nationals - a 55-year-old woman and a 37-year-old man - were arrested on Wednesday in the Neo Kosmos district on foot of a European arrest warrant.