UNESCO warns Syrian heritage sites endangered
Phnom Penh. UNESCO on Thursday added six ancient sites in Syria including a fortress of Saladin and a Crusader castle to the endangered World Heritage list, warning that more than two years of civil war had inflicted heavy damage, AFP reported.

Bulgarian parliament increases maternity benefit from BGN 240 to BGN 310 as of July 1
Sofia. The Bulgarian parliament has increased the maternity benefit for children aged 1-2 from BGN 240 to BGN 310 as of July 1, FOCUS News Agency reported.

Shame in Bulgarian President’s Office (ROUNDUP)
Sofia. The meeting of the Consultative Council for National Security, which is taking place in the President’s Office, was terminated at its very beginning following a scandal with Ataka leader Volen Siderov. President Rosen Plevneliev announced a 15-minute break and asked his jurists to verify whether the head of state has right to remove Volen Siderov from the meeting. Even before the meeting Siderov and Ataka MPs chanted “resignation” in front of the President’s Office and called on Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov to probe i