Eggs

Easter liturgies were held in churches across the country, after which traditional egg-tapping contests were organized in many places. The belief is that the winner of the egg tapping contest (whoever's egg does not crack) will have the best health that year.
Many officials from the country and the region congratulated the citizens of Serbia on the great holiday.

The Fiscal Control Unit prevented an attempt to sell 21 tons of liquid egg yolk on the territory of Bulgaria without a certificate, announced the National Revenue Agency (NRA).

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) has detected a new shipment of egg yolk powder delivered from Germany. A laboratory test found fipronil above the norms, the Agriculture Ministry said, quoted by bTV. 

Eggs have fascinated people since a long time. Their perfect form, smooth and round, firm and fragile, containing the start of a life have always mesmerized the human being. As food, it is miraculously nourishing and amazingly versatile in its use. Fried, boiled, scrambled, poached, pickled, preserved, whipped, whisked; we surely have an appetite for eggs.  

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) invites families with young children to its garden on Saturday, April 15, for an Easter egg and treasure hunt. The objective of the game - which will be organized in 40-minute installments for up to 10 families at a time - is to find Mister Easter Bunny and take home the loot of chocolate eggs. The admission-free event runs from 10 a.m.

BELGRADE - Visitors to a beach in northern Germany were astonished to find masses of Kinder Eggs washed up on the coast.

The inhabitants of Langeoog Island in the North Sea got an unusual surprise on Wednesday when hundreds of thousands of plastic Kinder eggs washed up on shore.

Tourists coming to Transylvania are usually interested in legends of Count Dracula, but a new more reptilian-based attraction aims to grab their attention.

In the town of Rasnov, not far away from the so-called "Dracula castle" in Bran, an amusement park full of life-sized dinosaurs is due to open Friday.

More than 105,000 Romanian tourists spent 31.2 million lei on Easter holiday accommodation and catering services throughout the country; boarding houses were the most popular , with over 65,000 clients, according to data processed by the Federation of the Romanian Tourism Employers (FPTR).

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Easter Week is underway in predominately Orthodox Christian Greece, replete with solemn different liturgies for every day of the week leading up to Easter Sunday – the biggest date on the ecclesiastical calendar.