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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Nov. 25 that Russia may consider cancelling some important joint projects with Turkey after the downing of the Russian jet by Turkish F-16's near the Syrian border on Nov. 24.

The European Commission proposed on Tuesday a euro-area wide insurance scheme for bank deposits.

The EU executive body also set out further measures to reduce remaining risks in the banking sector in parallel.

European Union president Donald Tusk called for calm on Nov. 24 after Turkey, a candidate for membership of the bloc, shot down a Russian war plane on the Syrian border.

The Economic Development Foundation (?KV) has been conducting an eye-opening series of studies on Turkey-EU relations. The first, examining the "mathematics" of the European Commission's progress reports on Turkey, was released last year; the second, examining the "linguistics" of the reports, was recently made public.

The leaders of Germany, Greece and Turkey have agreed to meet because the refugee crisis concerns them particularly, German deputy government spokesperson Georg Streiter said referring to the trilateral meeting announced last week by the Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu.

Plans for three million refugees within European borders and the social and economic impact this could have were examined in a confidential report on the refugee crisis dated November 10, 2015. The document obtained by Proto Thema states that the European Commission is preparing new measures that are to affect Greece.

It took just a week for the EU to express second thoughts over one of its most precious principles: the acquis communautaire, the body of EU legislation, rules and decisions that every member -and prospective member, like Turkey- has to follow in order to be accepted in the family. 

Russia doesn't consider the construction in Bulgaria of a gas hub or a branch of the planned Turkish Stream pipeline, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak has said.

"This is not being discussed," Russia news agency TASS quoted Novak as telling reporters on Friday.

A summit between the European Union and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an to seal cooperation on Europe's migration crisis may be delayed because the two sides have yet to agree how to implement a joint action plan, European diplomats said on Nov. 20. 

EU ministers agreed Nov. 20 to get tough on border security after the devastating Paris attacks, as prosecutors said a third body had been found following a police raid on the ringleader's hideout.