Circus

Terrifying footage has emerged showing a circus trainer being mauled by a lion in a cage during a live show in Egypt. Islam Shaheen, 35, was filmed waving a stick at a lion while another lion is climbing up a ladder during his show in Alexandria. Then a third lion attacks the man savagely, leaving him with fatal injuries.

Migrant children from Syria and Iraq have been receiving training at a ?circus school? in southeastern Mardin province operated by volunteers, who are working to help the children improve themselves and find a sense of normalcy during a difficult time. 

Two lions born in Bulgaria who were once part of a circus here have already undertaken a long journey to Africa.

Black and Jora, both 8 years old, were part of a circus that once performed all around Eastern Europe and Turkey.

British cabaret-punk trio The Tiger Lillies will be staging their ?Hamlet? show at the Zorlu Performance Art Center in Istanbul on Oct. 15, 16 and 17. 

The group?s show will be sponsored by the Danish Culture Institute, the Istanbul Culture and Art Foundation (?KSV) said in a press release. 

BELGRADE - Cirkusfera and Bitef Theater announced a series of shows, workshops and lectures to mark the Week of Contemporary Circus, April 23-28.

The event is aimed at raising public awareness of the significance of modern circus, street theater, physical and mental health, and lifelong learning, the organizers said in a release.

The Greek Parliament has voted to lift the parliamentary immunity of Golden Dawn MP Artemis Matthaiopoulos to face charges of robbery.

During a vote Wednesday, 198 of the 203 deputies present backed the decision. Four MPs voted against and one present.

Matthaiopoulos denied the charges which he said are politically-motivated.

Bulgarian Christian Stoinev is among the 12 semifinalists of the 9-th season of America's Got Talent reality show, reports the Pressa daily.

Stoinev, 22, and his chihuaha Scooby, have a significant chance of winning the show.

Author Mircea Cartarescu says in an interview with AGERPRES as part of MY CITY BUCHAREST project that Bucharest for him is a paradoxical city, somehow out of time, kind of unique, 'a bizarre blend of supermodern and dereliction.'

Christian Stoinev, a 22-year-old of Bulgarian origin, impressed the jury at the reality show America’s Got Talent with his acrobatic performance.

Stoinev, a 5th generation circus performer, is the son of a Bulgarian immigrant to the United States.

Four suspects charged in connection with the death of a 13-year-old boy last Sunday at a fairground in Elliniko, south of Athens, were given conditional release pending trial after testifying before an investigating magistrate on Friday.