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“When Peter the Great laid the foundation of a new capital in St Petersburg, none of the European countries recognized this territory as Russian”

BELGRADE - Russian troops have arrived in Pakistan on Friday to take part in two-week military exercise, a first in the two countries' modern history. Moscow and Islamabad were on opposite sides during the Cold War.

Athenians are the least satisfied with life in their city out of the European Union's 28 capitals, though they like it better than they did four years ago, according to a recent report published by Eurostat, the European Union's statistical agency.

The Bulgarian capital Sofia is the fifth most dangerous city in Europe and the most dangerous in the European Union, a study shows.

Moscow, St Petersburg, Kiev and Belgrade have bottomed the personal safety ranking in a recent report of US think-tank Mercer.

To mark the 30th anniversary of the European Capitals of Culture initiative, EU Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Commissioner Tibor Navracsics is participating in a number of activities in Mons (Belgium), 2015 Capital of Culture together with Plze? (Czech Republic).

Bulgaria's Sofia has been named European Capital of Sport 2018, ACES Europe, the European Capitals and Cities of Sport Federation, announced Tuesday.

The hotels in Bulgaria's Sofia are in the Top 10 list of cleanest hotels in world capitals, shows a list of the Hotel.info portal. 

The ratings are formed on the opinions of more than 6 million users of the tourist portal, who rated hotels in world capitals.

Most clean are the hotels in Tokyo, while the dirtiest are in Kiev.