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Plovdiv has been ranked third among the top Christmas destinations in Europe for 2024 by Forbes.

Bulgarian authorities have seized some 436 kilograms of heroin at the Black Sea port of Burgas, the district prosecutor's office said on Monday.

The heroin was stashed in 434 packages hidden inside officially declared cargo in a trailer. The drug haul's value is estimated at 35 million euros.

The number of people entering Georgia's Batumi province from Turkey's northeastern province of Artvin has reached 9 million annually, Sarp border gate data showed as of June 10.

PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, is an international non-governmental organization that promotes animal rights and welfare. The organization has often been criticized for its extreme advertisement and public information campaigns.

A fire at a luxury hotel in the Georgian Black Sea resort city of Batumi left 12 people dead and a dozen others injured, officials said on Nov. 25

Turks from the Black Sea region have been flocking to Georgia’s coastal city of Batumi to gamble and enjoy the city’s nightlife.

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım will pay a one-day visit to Georgia on March 15, according to Turkish Prime Ministry sources. 

The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Yıldırım will travel to the coastal Georgian city of Batumi in the evening after addressing a public rally in the Turkish Black Sea province of Artvin. 

Özgecan Aslan was a 20-year-old university student. She was killed in a private bus after an attempted rape in Tarsus, between Mersin and Adana on the southern coast of Turkey. The perpetrators of the monstrous crime disfigured and burned her body. They have all been arrested. Yet the slogan ?Have you heard Özgecan?s cry?? is still echoing across massive protests all over the country.