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According to a recent Gallup research, 45% of the Bulgarians rate their current and future lives miserable enough to be considered suffering.

On 15 February, Brussels' much-loved and somewhat peculiar icon the 'Manneken Pis', to mark the National Day of Serbia, was wearing traditional Serbian costume and from his unique 'pump' the country's plum brandy, šljivovica, was flowing for passers-by to try.

Featuring a programme of Tchaikovsky, this recital is dedicated to one of the most representative Russian composers in music’s history. He wove together both inspiration from the west and Russian national art into a musical language all his own, one of great finesse.