Toulouse

If you recently travelled with a plane made by the European manufacturer Airbus, it's very likely that the doors you've entered through have been produced by another French giant in the airline industry - Latecoere. After a while, somewhat surprisingly, some of these doors will be produced in Bulgaria, as on Wednesday the company opened its own factory in the industrial zone near Plovdiv.

When Grammy Award winner Cesaria Evora suddenly passed away on Dec. 17, 2011, there was a huge outpouring of emotion from her fans. In 2012, thousands flocked to pay their respects to the great artist at a series of memorable concerts, especially in Toulouse, Lisbon and Paris. 

The Benaki Museum's Pireos Street annex is showing 100 posters designed by 100 renowned graphic artists in 2001 to mark the centennial of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's death. The posters were initially displayed in "Le Nouveau Salon des Cent," an exhibition at the Pompidou Center in Paris, and have since traveled to many cities around Europe, Asia and America.