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Acting Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev stated in Brussels that all institutions in Bulgaria are actively working to secure the release of Bulgarian sailors, though he acknowledged the situation is particularly complex and sensitive, BNT reports. He made these comments while attending a summit of EU leaders alongside the Gulf Cooperation Council.

The European Commission has announced it will allocate 25 million euros to EU member states to enhance the voluntary return of migrants who lack the right to remain. The funding will come from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and aims to expand return initiatives. Countries have until November 15 to apply for this support.

For the first time, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will attend the first Summit of the EU-Persian Gulf Cooperation Council.

He will attend a landmark meeting between leaders of the European Union and Arab Gulf countries in Brussels, according to a Politico article.

Greece submitted its Medium-Term Draft Budgetary Plan (DBP) for 2025-2028 to the European Commission on Tuesday, within deadline, the National Economy and Finance Ministry said.

The ministry said that the plan confirms the fiscal numbers for 2024 and 2025, as reflected in the draft budget for 2025 submitted in Parliament on October 7.

“No, Greece does not have a problem of over-tourism, it faces issues of high concentration of tourists in specific, few destinations, few months a year – But it does not have such a problem and should not have one,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said from the Eleftherios Venizelos Airport, in a d

The European Commission will propose during its new term measures to tighten the EU's stance on migration, responding to pressure from governments across the bloc for which irregular arrivals have become a major political and security problem.

A Greek official on Tuesday criticized the outgoing European Commission for failing to forge a common policy to deport migrants, and she warned that war and climate change were increasing global displacement.

Sofia Voultepsi, a deputy minister for migration, said that a landmark European Union migration pact agreed upon earlier this year remained lacking in practical terms.

The geopolitical turmoil is putting pressure on the illegal immigration issue, which is a security challenge, Minister of Immigration and Asylum, Nikos Panagiotopoulos told SKAI 100.3.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has urged Bulgaria and Romania to complete their journey toward full Schengen membership, emphasizing the importance of eliminating border checks between the two countries.

Two migrant accommodation centers in Albania are set to receive asylum seekers from Italy.

The journey of the first migrants started by sea to the cities of Shëngjin and Gjadër in Albania where the two structures have been built.