Turkish gendarmes arrested hundreds of Syrians, Iraqis, Iranians, Afghans and three human traffickers, near the town of Ayvacik in Canakkale province, coastguard officials told Reuters.

Greece wants a deal on debt relief with its euro zone creditors in February to remove financial uncertainty and spur economic recovery, its finance minister said, but euro zone officials said that timetable was very ambitious and likely to slip.

The atmosphere was calm again on Sunday in Idomeni, near the neutral zone between Greece and FYROM, following tensions between economic migrants from Asia and Africa and FYROM’s police a day before.