Member states of NATO

Turkey can increase its GDP 20 percent by 2025 if it can boost the average number of women in the labor force from 30 percent to the OECD average at 63 percent, according to a study by worldwide management consulting firm McKinsey & Company in cooperation with the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD).

Increased security measures have been introduced along Bulgaria's borders and at military sites, announced the chief of defence General Konstantin Popov at Novo Selo. The final stage of the multi-national military training exercise Platinum Lion took place there on Tuesday. The exercise was observed by the ambassadors of the USA, Albania, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and Ukraine.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Tuesday condemned three separate suspected terror attacks in Turkey, Germany and Switzerland, and called for measures to boost stability in the Middle East and North Africa.

Three out of four Greek firms currently based in Bulgaria exist only on paper for tax-evasion purposes, a survey by the University of Bristol, cited by English-language Kathimerini, shows.

"Of the 14 000 Greek-owned enterprises in the neighboring country, only 3000 are actually active," Kathimerini says, citing the data.

Despite widespread opposition in the ranks of SYRIZA to such a prospect, Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas has called for the creation of "closed" reception centers for migrants on Aegean islands, saying they will help minimize tensions amid local communities.

An improvement in the way the country's migration crisis is being managed and the smooth completion of the bailout review would enable Greek tourism to maintain its northbound course in 2017, according to the head of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), Andreas Andreadis.

Lithuania will host NATO training sessions with the participation of about 4,000 soldiers from 11 countries from the alliance, reported TASS.

Iron Sword training will continue until December 2 and no Bulgarian soldiers will be taking part in it.

Greece ranked fourth, behind Spain, Turkey and Germany, among the destinations that Thomas Cook tour operator customers in Germany visited this summer, the company has announced.

German arrivals in Greece increased 10.6 percent year-on-year in the period from January to August 2016 to exceed 2 million.

Bulgaria had the biggest number of road fatalities in the EU last year, European Commission data shows.

The country had a rate of 98 deceased people per million inhabitants, with 95 in neighboring Romania and in Latvia, 82 in Lithuania, and 82 in Croatia.

Malta (26), Sweden (27), the UK (28), Denmark and the Netherlands (31 each) had the lowest number of road fatalities.

Capital flight from Greek banks last year has boosted deposits in Bulgaria and Romania, English-language Kathimerini says.

Deposits in Bulgaria rose 10% last year, while in its neighbor Romania the value was 8%.

Greece, on the other hand, saw a 23% slump over the same period.