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NATO allies plan to send patrol aircraft and missiles to strengthen Ankara's air defences on its border with Syria, officials said on Nov. 1, following Turkey's shooting-down of a Russian bomber. 

The Pentagon has announced that about 70 pieces of U.S. military equipment will arrive in Romania from Germany on Tuesday to support Operation Atlantic Resolve.

Other equipment will arrive in Bulgaria and Lithuania later this month, a Pentagon spokesman annonunced on Monday, according to a news release posted on the U.S. Defense Department website.

Russia's plans to extend its gas link to Germany run counter to European Union interests and risk further destabilizing Ukraine, 10 European governments said in a letter to the European Commission that called for a summit-level debate on the issue.

The 4th annual Economic and Trade Forum between China and 16 countries of Central and Eastern Europe started on Tuesday in China's eastern coastal city of Suzhou.

Eurogroup released a statement following the meeting of European finance ministers on Monday, November 23:

Most people in the EU were owners of their dwellings last year, official statistics showed on Monday.

More than two-thirds (70.1%) of the population in the EU lived in owner-occupied dwellings, while 29.9% were renting their dwelling, according to data released by the EU statistical office, Eurostat.

In Bulgaria, the owners/tenants ratio was 84.3/15.7 percent.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has departed for a visit to China with seven ministers for a meeting with the country's leadership and officials from Central and Eastern European states.

The city of Suzhou in Eastern China is due to host the Fourth leaders' meeting of China and Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries on November 24-25.

Serbia becomes member of UNESCO Executive Board

Serbia has been granted four-year membership in the UNESCO Executive Board on Wednesday, Serbian Ambassador in UNESCO Darko Tanaskovic told "Tanjug".

Aegean Airlines management announced its 2016 route network during a Press Conference in Athens attended by Elena Kountoura, Minister of Tourism, as well as, Greek tourism industry representatives. The new network marks the third year of continued strong growth by Aegean and the increasing contribution to the Greek economy and tourism sector.

REJECTED Kosovo failed to become a member of UNESCO

UNESCO has not accepted Kosovo as a member; the proposal failed to gain a two-thirds majority at the organization's General Conference in Paris on Monday.

142 countries voted - 92 in favor, 50 against, while 29 abstained. Pristina's bid required 95 votes in favor to be successful.