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The EU Parliament is set to discuss migration and to explore options to preserve the Schengen area amidst tensions among member states over the influx of migrants.

Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the current world number one in men's tennis, is through to his sixth Australian Open final.

He on Thursday defeated Roger Federer of Switzerland 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

A major Syrian opposition group Jan. 27 postponed a decision on joining peace talks in Switzerland, as wrangling over who will go threatened to derail the biggest push yet to resolve the war.

Ten commercial chambers representing the leading trade partners of Bulgaria, which have invested more than 20 billion euros direct in the country in the past two decades, have written to the Bulgarian authorities urging them to reform the courts.

A forum on combating human trafficking is taking place in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia on Tuesday.

The meeting entitled "Preparation of a strategy on countering human trafficking" began at 9:30 EET in the Musala hall of Hilton hotel.

In an open letter addressed to state institutions, foreign investors called on Bulgarian authorities to carry out an effective reform of the judiciary.

Europe's top human rights body has sent a delegation to Crimea to assess the situation in the strategic peninsula annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014, officials said on Jan. 25.

Turkey is the 36th most innovative country in the world, according to the recently released Bloomberg Innovation Index.

With a score of 60.92, Turkey ranked 36 out of 84 countries in the 2016 index, retaining its position from 2015 after it had moved up a spot in 2014.  

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is coming to Greece with two new ‘bombs’ up its sleeve. Apart from social security reform that is already on the table, the IMF delegation is preparing to bring back discussion on group dismissals (from the second bailout agreement) and a joint wage chart (already voted on by Greek Parliament).

Lindsey Vonn broke Annemarie Moser-Proell's record for most World Cup downhill victories with her 37th in skiing's marquee event on Jan. 23.

Vonn beat Larisa Yurkiw of Canada by 0.28 seconds on the Olympia delle Tofane course - the same site where she eclipsed Moser-Proell's overall women's record of 62 victories a year ago - with a nearly flawless run amid windy conditions.