Member states of the Council of Europe

The body of Levon Ekmekjian, a member of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) who was executed in Turkey in 1983, has been taken to France following an appeal from his family.

This year, another Serbian border could become a border with a NATO member-state.

If the Montenegrin Assembly accepts the invitation from the Alliance, out of Serbia's neighbors only Macedonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina will be outside it.

The Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro said that it was its "pastoral and civic" duty to ask for a referendum on NATO membership - a call which echoed demands made by Russian politicians and clerics after the Western military alliance invited Podgorica to join last month.

The Bulgarian government published on Monday information on former agents of the country's Communist-era secret service - State Security (DS).

The information is published in open data and is accessible at opendata.government.bg, the press service of the government informs.

Denmark has announced it is closing its border with Germany, daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports.

The development is a reaction to Sweden's move, hours earlier, to introduce passport control with Denmark, the newspaper quotes the country's PM Lars Lokke Rasmussen.

The measures is in force "starting immediately".

For the first time in half a century, Sweden was demanding photo identification for all travelers from Denmark in a drastic move to stem an unprecedented influx of refugees.

Turkish businesses will ask for the removal of barriers to the Greek market during Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' visit to ?zmir planned for next month. 

"Greece is still largely closed to foreign investment. There are around 2,000 Greek companies in Turkey, but only 20 Turkish companies there," said ?zmir Chamber of Commerce head Ekrem Demirta? in a written statement. 

Relations between Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina are "on the rise," the two countries' foreign ministers have said.

Ivica Dacic and Igor Crnadak noted after their meeting in Belgrade on Wednesday that trade relations are "also excellent" - while, according to them, special attention should be devoted to infrastructure projects.

Serbia will make its decision on a candidate for the position of the next UN secretary-general "in time," Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday.

Russia will prohibit Turkish companies from construction, tourism, the hotel business and services for the state and municipalities starting Jan. 1, 2016, the Russian government said in a resolution on Dec. 30.

Russia imposed economic sanctions against Turkey after Ankara shot down a Russian military jet near the Syrian-Turkish border on Nov. 24.