German fashion industry representatives signed a voluntary code of conduct in Berlin Friday aimed at banning anorexic models from the catwalk, an initiative backed by the federal government.

A 32-year-old Moroccan woman married to a Frenchman has been denied French citizenship because of her religious practices, such as wearing a burqa, the daily Le Monde reported Friday on its online edition.

Madrid wants Mediterranean diet, which is particularly popular in Spain, Italy and other countries in the Mediterranean region, to be entered in the list of world cultural and spiritual heritage.

Sofia has proved to be the city with the lowest quality of life among all in the European Union.

This was showed by data of a survey made by the British consultancy company "Mercer".

The company "Mercer" prepares an annual ranking of large cities worldwide according to quality of life indicators and personal security they offer.

Limonccelo or Amaretto, Underberg or Yegermeister, diestif liquors remain a European ritual.

People outside Europe who are not familiar with it, usually get drunk

The largest maritime exhibition of water in the country will be open tonight in the Sea garden in Varna. Over 50 new models of yachts will be presented during Bulgaria Boat Show, 20 of which will be on water and the rest on land. The expensive vessels will occupy an area of 2000 square meters.

Today in the online space appeared the first bulgarian official website for long-awaited game of Blizzard - Srarcraft 2.

On Starcraft.bg you can see the last screenshots of the game, news, system requirements, galleries, polls and more.
The site has its own forum where fans can exchange info as for the game and other things.

"The site is still under construction but will have a permanent section of replies from tournaments and music, cards and other things related to the game to download," commented the site administrator Michael Sladkarov.

Licensed televisions in Bulgaria, which are 110 in number, have broadcast 662 thousand hours last year, showed the figures of NSI.

A year earlier 102 televisions broadcast 599 thousand hours, while in 2003 the hours were 498 thousand.

With the biggest share in the past year are artistic renditions (202 thousand hours, including feature films - 107 thousand hours and 95 thousand hours of TV and videos), followed by music shows - 128 thousand hours.

News broadcasts have occupied a total of 41 716 hours, while the ads are 31 786 hours.

Speculations about the public debut of the company behind the social networking Facebook, which according to many is the most challenging company in the Silicon Valley now, continue, informs Reuters.

Kylie Minogue has been one of the most popular stars of world music scene over the past 20 years. She gave a grandiose concert last night in Sofia people in front of 15 000 at Locomotive stadium.