ATHENS (Reuters) – The European Union is ready to support Greece financially to deal with a growing migrant crisis that is testing the country to its limits, European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid Christos Stylianides said on Friday.

Euronews - Countries in eastern Europe are now on alert for any new migration routes opening up after the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia or “FYROM” announced it was closing its “border completely to illegal migrants”.

Euronews - European security services have obtained the details of thousands of ISIL fighters from forms they filled in when joining the group.

BBC- European Council President Donald Tusk is due to visit Greece and Turkey as he tries to find a common approach to Europe's worsening migration crisis.

Euronews - An estimated 9000 migrants are stranded on the border between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).

Reuters - The bodies of nine people, including two babies, were found drowned off the coast of western Turkey on Tuesday, after a boat carrying people to Greece partly capsized, the Turkish coast guard said in a statement.

Euronews - HSBC has told its staff that it there will be no pay rises and no new employees hired this year.

Euronews - It may be a tradition dating back to the 11th century but masks had to be lifted upon police request at this year’s famous carnival in Venice.

Euronews - A growing number of Iraqis are returning home from Germany, citing a lengthy asylum process, bland food and poor shelters as reasons for leaving.

Euronews - The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, has reassured Turkey that it will get the financial aid promised from the EU to help cope with millions of Syrian refugees.