London announced it had agreed to hand over the Indian Ocean Archipelago in October, but Mauritius’s new government in Port Louis wishes to alter the terms.

French President Emmanuel Macron is due to travel to the islands on Dec. 19.

Mayotte has a population of about 321,000 and is made up of two main islands located in the southwestern Indian Ocean.

The Balkan nation has been beset by weeks of student protests following a deadly train station disaster last month.

The free travel zone currently comprises 23 of the 27 EU member countries, along with Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein.

The groups have united in an effort to keep out the rising right-wing populists in the country, after judges annulled the results of a presidential election.

President Yoon Suk Yeol has apologized for declaring martial law on Dec. 3 but has not stepped down from his post.

Yoon Suk Yeol briefly declared martial law on Dec. 3 in a move that saw troops take to the streets of Seoul before the action fizzled out later the same day.

Insurgents took Rastan and Talbiseh early on Friday morning as thousands have begun to flee Syria’s third largest city.

Footage posted to social media shows officers raiding offices and hauling Coalition for Change leader Nika Gvaramia away in a car.