Jose Martinez

The Paris Opera on March 11 appointed 23-year old dancer Guillaume Diop to its Etoile category, the first time a black person has received the ballet's coveted top rank.

The two men who last week managed to escape from the Central Sofia jail used a police car to run away, according to officials from Bulgaria's Ministry of Justice.

The vehicle was an Opel with a blue police light and a fake registration, as Deputy Justice Minister Iliya Angelov explained at a press conference.

Two men – one sentenced murderer and one accused of robbery, car theft and illegal possession of firearms – broke out of the Central Sofia Jail on Wednesday.

The murderer, Nikolai Nikolov, a Bulgarian citizen, serving a 20-year sentence and the Guatemalan Jose Martinez, due to appear in court, are put on the national wanted list.