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A shopkeeper in the Kahta district of the southeastern province of Adıyaman has filed a criminal complaint against the Netherlands's king, prime minister and other government officials after Turkish ministers were banned from entering the country, escalating tensions between the Netherlands and Turkey, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov is on a visit to the Hague on October 6-7 for official meetings and a public lecture, his ministry has said.

Mitov will be received by his counterpart, Bert Koenders, and Migration Minister Klaas Dijkhoff.

Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders has warned the Netherlands cannot guarantee the safety of citizens travelling to Turkey if they have been critical of Turkish leaders.
 

The EU Council announced on Tuesday that it has adopted a regulation for creating an EU emergency support mechanism that will help Greece and other member states which are under pressure from large numbers of refugees arriving in their territory.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras received Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders on Monday and discussed mainly about aspects of the Greek economic program and its implementation.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet have a series of meeting on Monday.

Specifically, Mr. Tsipras will meet Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders at noon and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry at 15:00.

At 13:15 on Monday afternoon he will meet Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.

A Dutch journalist based in southeastern Diyarbak?r province was detained Sept. 6 by the police for the second time, Netherland official news agency ANP has reported.

Frederike Geerdink was detained at around 2 a.m., as she was following the Democratic Peoples' Party's (HDP) program.

Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva and Justice Minister Hristov Ivanov are to pay a one-day working visit to the Netherlands on Monday.

Their agenda includes meetings with Foreign Minsiter Bert Koenders, Security and Justice Minister Ard van der Steur and Immigration Minister Klaas Dijkhoff, daily Dnevnik reports.

A lawsuit has been opened against Frederike Geerdink, a Diyarbak?r-based Dutch journalist, on charges of making propaganda on behalf of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK), with the prosecutor demanding between one and five years in prison.

Police appealed to Dutch journalist Frederike Geerdink for her testimony as part of an ongoing investigation on allegations of making propaganda for a terrorist organization, Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozda? has said, noting that the judicial process was in line with the legal procedure.