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Four times more deaths in the Mediterranean in January 2016 and thirteen times more arrivals in Greece and Italy have been recorded compared to the same month of 2015, the latest data of the international Organisation for Migration (IOM) shows.

Iraq announced on Feb. 2 that it has awarded Italian firm Trevi a contract to repair and maintain the country's largest dam, which is in danger of catastrophic collapse.

Fatalities among migrants and refugees in the Mediterranean in January topped 360 due to a particularly deadly final weekend of the month, when over 100 men, women in and children died in the waters off Greece, Turkey and Italy, the International Organization for Migrations said on Tuesday.

Anheuser-Busch In Bev SA/NV's merger with SABMiller Plc is unlikely to alter the competitive landscape of the European beer market over the next 12-24 months, as it will take time for the combined entity to hit its stride, Moody's Investors Service said in a special report published on Feb. 2. 

Italy will contribute to a 3 billion euro European Union fund to help Turkey tackle the European migration crisis, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Feb. 1, dropping objections blocking implementation of the plan. 

Romania's new push for a stronger NATO involvement in Eastern Europe, this time by creating a permanent alliance fleet in the Black Sea in a move aimed to counter Russia's strong involvement in the region, was welcomed by analysts in the country.

Turkey's government has decided to enact legal measures to ensure human trafficking is treated as a terror crime, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmu? said Feb. 1.

Turkey's exports declined 14.4 percent to $9.2 billion in January compared to the same month of 2015, according to data from the Exporters' Assembly of Turkey (T?M). 

Analysis of data released by the EU statistics body Eurostat shows that in four years, from the start of 2010 to the end of 2013, 58,713 Macedonian citizens obtained permission to stay in or become citizens of EU countries.

The number is more than equivalent to the population of the fifth largest town in Macedonia, Tetovo.

Over 10,000 unaccompanied migrant children have disappeared in Europe, the EU police agency Europol said on Jan. 31, fearing many have been whisked into sex trafficking rings or the slave trade.

Europol's press office confirmed to AFP the figures published in British newspaper The Observer, adding that they covered the last 18-24 months.