The North Stream pipeline between Russia and Germany “will not benefit from EU financing,” EU energy commissioner Maros Sefcovic told the EU Parliament Tuesday. It “would not give access to a new source of supply” and would increase dependency on Russian gas, he said. Source: EUobserver
The construction of a 10 km long section of underground barrier around Hungary’s border with Serbia has quietly been completed, liberal news site hvg.hu reports. The cost of the additional barrier, which is to stop illegal entries to Hungary through underground tunnels, is HUF 38 million (EUR 104,491). Source Hungary
Days after a suspected Islamist beheaded a French school teacher, police on Monday raided Islamic associations and individuals suspected of extremist religious beliefs, arresting dozens of people, said France’s interior minister, in a sweep expected to last a few more days. Source France24
Since September the UN migration agency has relocated some 124 asylum seekers from Italy to other EU member states. On Thursday, October 15, a group of 60 asylum seekers was flown from Crotone in the south of Italy to Hanover in Germany. Source Info Migrants
