Thousands of demonstrators led by prominent Russian writers marched through the streets of Moscow on Sunday, protesting the recent inauguration of President Vladimir Putin.

(Reuters) - Thousands of Spaniards fed up with economic misery and waving banners against bankers marched on Saturday to mark the first anniversary of the grassroots "Indignados" movement that has sparked similar protests around the world.

Up to 600 people denouncing the Bank of England rallied in London and a Reuters witness said scuffles broke out between some demonstrators and police, with at least 12 arrests.

Close to 84% of the income of Bulgarians is being spent in covering basic consumer needs, according to official statistics revealed Saturday.

Bulgaria's National Statistical Institute has estimated that in 2011 Bulgarians spend most for food - some 35% of their income.

Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov has been reduced to pleading Plamen Galev and Angel Hristov, aka The Galevi Brothers, two of the nation's most notorious mobsters to surrender.

The Galevi Brothers have gone missing just after on May 3, 2012, the Bulgarian Supreme Court of Cassation confirmed their four- and five-year sentences for organized crime activities.

Mobsters Angel Hristov and Plamen Galev, better known as the Galevi brothers, are hiding in Africa, according to reports that emerged just days after the notorious pair was sentenced by Bulgaria's Supreme Court to serve time in jail.

Angel Hristov and Plamen Galev have fled to Africa just days before they were sentenced to jail and were imposed a ban to leave the country, local Struma dialy reported, citing friends of the two.

Bulgarian bankers are seeing an unprecedented rush of clients, who want to pay off their loans in advance, prompted by uncertainty about their job and incomes in the coming months.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and Russian Patriarch Kirill have underscored the common cultural heritage of the people of Bulgaria and Russia during their meeting in Sofia Saturday.

On Saturday, Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, was received by the Bulgarian state leaders, including President Plevneliev.

(Reuters) - On Monday, a 38-year-old geology lecturer hanged himself from a lamp post in Athens and on the same day a 35-year-old priest jumped to his death off his balcony in northern Greece. On Wednesday, a 23-year-old student shot himself in the head.

In a country that has had one of the lowest suicide rates in the world, a surge in the number of suicides in the wake of an economic crisis has shocked and gripped the Mediterranean nation - and its media - before a May 6 election.