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Prime Minister Boyko Borisov clarified on Thursday his position on the possibility of Bulgaria hosting a hotspot reception centre for refugees.

Borisov dismissed earlier interpretations that he had requested for such a hotspot to be set up in Bulgaria during the extraordinary meeting of the European Council on Wednesday.

Russia faced mounting calls on Sept.24 to explain its intentions in the Syrian conflict as European diplomats met after Germany's leader said President Bashar al-Assad should be involved in any peace talks.

Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn resigned on Sept.23 over a pollution cheating scandal that has sparked a US criminal investigation and worldwide legal action with unfathomable financial consequences for the auto giant.

A hotspot for refugees may be established in Bulgaria by end-November, according to German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Merkel, as cited by the press office of the EC, said that Bulgaria had requested the measure on the grounds of experiencing substantial migratory pressure.

Anna Stefanopoulou, the Greek mechanical-engineering professor and engine expert at the University of Michigan, who reportedly exposed the Volkswagen emmissions scandal burst the Greek media bubble with a statement on her site:

I was not involved in the research or data analysis that exposed the VW issue as some Greek language articles and blogs stated.

Hungary will either protect its "green border" with fences - or, "if this option is not so popular," it could let migrants travel to Austria and Germany.

This is what Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said early this morning in Brussels, adding that migrants "continue to arrive via Greece."

European Council President Donald Tusk pointed to the Priority Actions for the migrant crisis proposed by the European Commission following the informal meeting of EU leaders.

He asked EU institutions and governments to work speedily on the following issues:

The resignation of a newly sworn-in deputy minister in the day-old leftist Tsipras government isn’t the first time a deputy affiliated with the rightist-populist Independent Greeks’ party (AN.EL) has attracted a firestorm of criticism for preposterous and odious posts.

Republican People's Party (CHP) head Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu has started a five-day European tour during which he is scheduled to meet top European politicians and Turks living in Europe, as part of his party's election campaign.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel repeated her position that Europe had to improve EU border controls, especially with Turkey, arriving at the EU extra-ordinary Summit on the migration crisis, Wednesday. “We must see how to improve the protection of our borders, how to set up the right refugee reception centers”, she said.