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The European Commission today reported a 63 percent decrease in the number of migrants illegally entering the EU compared to last year's data, 24chasa reports.

Notaries in Athens and Piraeus decided on Tuesday to call off auctions of repossessed properties scheduled for Wednesday because of major police operations in the capital. 

An ancient Urartian settlement, rock tombs and a water tunnel have been unearthed by a researcher in the eastern province of Erzurum

Joska Broz spoke on the anniversary of the founding of the former state, where November 29 was celebrated as Republic Day.

He told Belgrade-based TV Pink that "nobody asked the people whether or not they wanted Yugoslavia to break up - it was a decision made by several powerful figures."

A tropical cyclone killed 19 people on the Indonesian island of Java, officials said on Nov. 29, with most of the victims caught under a landslide.

Talks aimed at ending the war in Syria restarted on Nov. 28 with the Damascus regime enforcing its will, warning the United Nations it would not tolerate any discussion of President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster from power.  

Around 3,000 additional US troops are stationed in Afghanistan under US President Donald Trump's new strategy, the Pentagon said. Now there are about 14,000 US soldiers in Afghanistan, reports mediapool 

Cultural riches ​​from the period of the First Bulgarian Kingdom will be highlighted in the Louvre exhibition in Paris in 2018. This is clear from a message from the Ministry of Culture.

The European Union could collapse in the next few decades, according to a leaked confidential report by the German armed forces which looks at potential future trends within Europe.

SKOPJE - It is more important for Macedonia to join NATO first, and then work on EU accession, says Macedonia 2025 Summit co-founder and board member Mike Zafirovski.

The objective should not be EU membership per se, but European standards, he noted.