Germany

German news source, Der Spiegel, has an exclusive reportage of plans to transfer refugee hotspots from the islands of Lesbos and Kos to a large center in Athens that would fall under the jurisdiction of Frontex and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR). The plans are based on the fact that the Greek border islands cannot handle the influx.

Bulgaria, Serbia and Romania said on Oct. 24 they would close their borders if Germany or other countries do the same to stop refugees coming in, warning they would not allow the Balkan region to become a buffer zone for stranded migrants. 

Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia will be ready to close their borders to migrants if Germany and Austria do the same, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko said on Saturday.

New, tougher asylum rules will take effect in Germany on Saturday, a week earlier than planned, as the country is faced with an unprecedented migrant influx, AFP has reported.

The European Commission has concluded that the initial reintroduction of controls at internal borders by Germany and Austria are in compliance with the Schengen Borders Code.

The same holds true for the subsequent prolongations of border controls, the EU executive body said on Friday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to Turkey on Oct. 18, only two weeks before the key parliamentary elections, was one of the most important diplomatic developments in regards to Ankara's accession process to the European Union. 

Germany defended on Oct. 23 a decision to allow the export of tanks and artillery to Qatar, saying it was confident the arms would not be used in a war in Yemen between government supporters and the Iran-allied Houthis. 

The newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Oct. 23 that four German Leopard 2 tanks and three howitzers had recently been shipped from Germany, bound for Qatar. 

A quartet of key actors in the Syria quagmire meet in Vienna to discuss the future of the country and President Bashar al-AssadThe United States, Russia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia met Oct. 23 to explore a political solution to the Syrian civil war despite basic disagreements over Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's fate and disputes over the ongoing strikes in the war-ridden country.

When refugees travel across different countries, they’re confronted with languages they don’t speak, which can make it even more difficult to know where to turn to access the most basic needs, Google mentions to its blog.

Liane Gunter won the title Tuning World Bodensee in May and she was photographed for the Miss Tuning diary 2016.

The 25-year-old brunette beauty is from Germany and works as a nurse. She came first among 19 other contestants in the Tuning World Bodensee competition.