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Bulgaria ranks second after Georgia as the most preferred destination among Turkish residents, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute data.

A total of 7.5 million Turkish citizens traveled abroad in 2013, where they spent USD 5.3M, the statistics showed, cited by the Turkish Haberler.

A text uploaded on the Indymedia website on Wednesday appeared to confirm police suspicions that a mysterious incident in the central Athens neighborhood of Exarchia on Saturday night, when up to 20 armed men wearing hoods or helmets abducted two people, was a case of local anarchists removing drug dealers from the area.

The annual awards ceremony for Novinite's "Personality in the News" will take place on Monday, March 31, at the Ceremonial Hall of the Sofia University.

Greek nongovernmental organization Praksis and the Hellenic Red Cross have inaugurated a new shelter in Patra aimed at providing relief to dozens of migrants sleeping on the streets of the western port city.

The project is funded in part by the governments of Norway, Ireland and Liechtenstein through the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

1,539 people sought asylum in January and February

BELGRADE -- In the first two months of 2014, 1,539 people sought political asylum in Serbia, while the total for 2013 was 5,065, authorities have announced.

The rise recorded on Wednesday by the main banks and most mid-caps wasn’t enough to send the benchmark of the Greek bourse to a new 34-month high, as several non-banking blue chips headed south following two sessions of gains at the start of the week.

Authorities in Greece said Tuesday they had recovered the bodies of seven immigrants who drowned overnight when a boat sank in the eastern Aegean Sea after traveling illegally from nearby Turkey.

The most popular brands among the Bulgarian internet users are Samsung, Nivea, Nokia, Adidas, Sony, LG, Coca-Cola and Nike. 

Those are the brands in different categories, associated with “good quality” and “good price” by 1670 Bulgarian internet users, aged 20-59, surveyed by Gemius. They are also the most often mentioned online. 

A new report by CIVIL – Center for Freedom, an NGO, documents numerous human rights violations over 2013 and at the start of this year in Macedonia.

BELGRADE - The 42nd International Film Festival Fest will welcome world renowned actor Franco Nero in Belgrade on March 8, the distribution company Tuck Vision has announced.

He will attend a premiere of "Dark Sea" (Mamula), the horror movie he is starring in, at Centre Sava at 10 p.m. on Saturday.