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The following story about the Syrians of Bulgaria appears after the author was awarded funding as part of the BIRN Summer School for Investigative Reporting.

Depleted, Divided and Dispirited - The Syrians of Bulgaria originally appeared on Balkan Insight.

Novinite is republishing the text without abridgment.

An iconic restaurant founded in 1901 in the historic Spice Bazaar and popular spot among international celebrities is set to close due to a dramatic plunge in the number of foreign tourists visiting Istanbul and ongoing restoration works in the bazaar, daily Habertürk reported on Oct. 22. 

Costas and Sofia are two Athenians who have created a welcoming shelter for the Greek capital's homeless on Evripidou Street in the heart of the city.

There is no real threat to the life of citizens in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, the Interior Ministry's Chief Secretary, Georgi Kostov, has said.

Bulgaria is facing the problem of propaganda disseminated by "paid" local and media and certain groups, Eric Seth Rubin, nominated to be the next US ambassador to Bulgaria, has said.

In his words, these are trying to convince Bulgarians they are not welcome among Western allies.

The Bulgarian government has given Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev a mandate to sign a deal under which the engines of six MiG fighter jets will be overhauled in Poland.

After the cabinet's move, Parliament is yet to ratify the agreement which sparked controversy in Bulgaria and also outrage from Russian manufacturer RSK MiG.

Bulgaria's main ruling party GERB has announced the names it has endorsed to run for mayors of the country in the October 25 local elections.

French newspaper Le Monde presents the Greek crisis through an exploration into the life and times of the Patatopoulos family. The clip shows the changes in the life of a typical Greek family since 2010.

European royal families attended a memorial service in memory of Prince Kardam, the eldest son of Bulgaria's Last King and former Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

Princess Marie-Chantal of the Greek Republic, feeling nostalgic, shared a throwback wedding photo to the day she married the former Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece. The photo was taken 20 years ago in London on July 1, 1995, and she doesn't appear to have aged a day. Titled, "My Wedding Picture", the photo shows Marie-Chantal Miller in a Valentino wedding gown?