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BrusselsThe European border protection agency Frontex has now also confirmed a new record. In the first ten months of this year, 275 000 illegal border crossings were counted – 73 percent more than in the same period last year.

ThessalonikiOn Thursday Greece commemorated the 49th anniversary of the Polytechnic student uprising, which started with a massive student demonstration and quickly turned into a revolt against the military junta.

KievAlthough his closest allies, the US and Poland, are certain that one of his rockets hit the Polish village, Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelensky insisted until Wednesday that his neighbour was the culprit. He has so far refused to apologize for the attack that killed two Polish citizens and destroyed a tractor.

Steven Sahiounie of MidEastDiscourse interviewed Ambassador Peter Ford to hear his expert analysis of important issues developing in the region.

CincuFrench NATO soldiers stationed at the Cincu military base in Romania bitterly complained to an investigative journalist about the terrible living conditions they suffer. They live in filthy prefabricated houses from Mali that are hardly heated, there are not enough toilets, and garbage is piling up in the camp.

ParisAustrian conservatives are seeking solidarity with the French Rassemblement National (formerly Front National). The Viennese FPÖ leader Dominik Nepp and parliamentary group leader Maximilian Krauß paid a visit to the French parliamentary group leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen on Tuesday in Paris. According to the FPÖ, the topics discussed were “the current migration crisis and the ongoing Islamization in major European cities”.

ParisAfrican countries are well represented among foreign students in France. According to data from Campus France for the 2021-2022 academic year, more than 400 000 students in French universities came from abroad, including the European Union. Of these, over 100 000, or more than a quarter, came from the African continent.

LyonRight-wing and even Macron voters are strongly in favour of stricter measures regarding the reception and management of migrants on French territory, but it appears that the president has been deliberately deceiving his constituents. It is becoming increasingly difficult for the authorities and the media to make people believe that denouncing the migratory invasion is an "extreme right-wing" issue.

It is a small sensation that should ring all the alarm bells among the established players. According to a recent survey by the Wahlkreisprognose platform, AfD federal spokeswoman Alice Weidel is now the favorite for the job of chancellor in central Germany – ahead of incumbent Scholz (SPD).

BerlinFrom 2023, the German government will be funding the United4Rescue association, which supports private sea rescue in the Mediterranean. According to the Budget Committee's budget, United4Rescue will receive two million euros. The payment is to be continued in subsequent years.