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Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic told the Serbian public broadcaster RTS on June 17 that he was "surprised and shocked" by the Hungarian decision to fence off the border to stop migrants from entering the country.

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks has criticized Hungary's plans to build a fence along the border with Serbia.

"Hungary’s plan to build a fence to stop migrants is ill-advised. Focus should be on ensuring access to asylum, not impeding it," Muiznieks wrote on his Twitter account.

The Turkish women's national basketball team defeated Montenegro 61-41 in their first game in Group E of the second round of the European Women Basketball Championship.

The "Fairies of Basket" put out a strong display to maintain control of the game throughout at the Fonix Hall in Debrecen, Hungary.

Germany on Wednesday lifted the last remaining working restrictions on Croatian nationals, thereby enabling them to work without hindrance in the country.

NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said June 17 the alliance was implementing its biggest defence reinforcement since the Cold War, as the region grapples with terrorism and an increasingly assertive Russia.

Building a fence along the Hungarian-Serbian border cannot stop the wave of illegal immigrants, but only slow it down, Rados Djurovic said on Wednesday.

Peter Szijjarto, the Foreign Minister of Hungary, said on June 17 that illegal migration is one of the most serious problems facing the European Union and has announced that Hungary will fence off the border with Serbia - one of the main transit routes to Western Europe.

Hungary to build 4-meter tall fence along border with Serbia

Hungary will build a 4-meter-tall fence along its border with Serbia to "stem the flow of illegal migrants," Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said.

Hungary is set on building a 4-kilometer fence along its border with Serbia in order to counteract the immigrant influx to the country.

According to the latest figures of Eurostat, which were released on Tuesday, Bulgaria's employment rate increased by 0.3 % in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the previous quarter and by 0.8 % compared to the same quarter in 2014.