Olaf Scholzโs government says โacute dangersโ led to decision but some EU criticise โunacceptableโ decisionGermany will reintroduce temporary checks at all nine of its land borders on Monday in a move that has drawn criticism from several of its Europe…
The risk of Ukraine losing the war this winter has pushed Washington and London to reconsider how Kyiv uses Western-supplied long-range missiles, but the U.S. remains fearful of escalation.
Netherlands will ask the European Commission for an opt-out on EU asylum and migration policies.
Two advisers to the British Labour Party pushed Kamala Harris allies to focus squarely on immigration and the cost of living.
Hungarian prime minister has a message for Olaf Scholz: “Welcome to the club.”
The children reportedly filmed themselves circling a red and green pole that marks the Russian border post.
Two advisers to the British Labour Party pushed Kamala Harris allies to focus squarely on immigration and the cost of living.
The war has done nothing to still the president’s populist impatience with the complexities of governing, and it’s playing against the country’s strengths.
White House summit on Friday could grant Ukraine new powers to strike Russia’s military bases.
The Hungarian government said that instead of paying a โฌ200 million fine, it should actually get more money for border control.
“Davos with guns” gets a new boss.
The EU Migration Pact did not close the debate on Europe and its borders. This week, both in national and EU politics, it has been proven that migration remains as potent an issue as ever.
As Germany is to start checks at all its land borders, clarifications from the authorities on how such checks will work suggest that the actual disruption to those crossing the border could be less than anticipated.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis criticised Germanyโs decision to introduce controls at its borders saying such a move would endanger Schengen and hinted that Berlinโs current social policies may be to blame for attracting migrants.
The Investigative Centre of Jan Kuciak (ICJK) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have suspended their participation in the state-run press freedom platform, citing the inappropriate nomination of a new member linked to a media outlet spreading disinfo…
EU officials and diplomats say when push comes to shove, the new PMโs position is so far so similar to his Tory predecessorโs.
Shoot down Russian missiles and drones, Ukraine urges its neighbours; hopes rise of US permission to fire long-range missiles into Russia. What we know on day 932See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageRussian forces have begun a significant counter-off…
Malmรถ in southern Sweden and Copenhagen in Denmark have faced escalating gang violence in recent years, which has intensified over the summer to the point where police from both countries are now operating across borders.
Organisers of international summit hope to create pressure to reverse laws including a ban on women speaking in publicMore than 130 Afghan women have gathered in Albania at an All Afghan Women summit, in an attempt to develop a united voice representin…
Pressure comes as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrive in Kyiv.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s move to establish new border controls risks generating an EU rift.
A top GOP lawmaker says the U.S. is ready to loosen restrictions. The Biden administration says no decision has been made.
Poland’s prime minister says Berlin’s decision to impose controls on all land borders is unacceptable.
Poland’s prime minister says Berlin’s decision to impose controls on all land borders is unacceptable.
Berlin’s decision is a “de facto suspension of the Schengen Agreement on a large scale,” Polish PM says.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Tuesday (10 September) sharply criticised Germany’s decision to tighten controls on all its borders, including the one it shares with Poland.
The deal will allow Viktor Orbรกn’s government to bypass Kyiv’s sanctions on Russian oil giant Lukoil.
Critics say tightened land border checks a โtransparentโ bid to appease far right that breaches free movement rightsGermanyโs decision to tighten controls at every one of its land borders seems driven chiefly by politics, is difficult to justify in law…
New regulations come into force next week following spate of suspected Islamist attacksEurope live โ latest updatesGermanyโs interior minister has announced that controls at all of the countryโs land borders are to be stepped up in an attempt to confro…
New controls at German land borders can be seen as a reaction to the far-right party AfD’s electoral success rather than a response to recent terrorist attacks and could be dangerous for European cohesion, leading to a breakdown in the Schengen system,…
Interior minister Nancy Faeser says controls will be set up at borders with France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark for six monthsNancy Faeser, the German interior minister, also said that the government has designed a scheme enabling …
Interior Minister Nancy Faeser says Germany will set up temporary controls at all of its land borders, expanding checks it already has in place at some borders, in an attempt to curb irregular migration.
Chancellor Olaf Scholzโs government steps up response to demand for tougher line on irregular immigration
The interior ministry said Monday that it was applying temporary controls to Germany’s land borders to limit migration and ward against ‘Islamist terrorism.’
German police will carry out checks on the borders with all nine neighboring countries.
Following increased political pressure, German interior minister Nancy Faeser announced on Monday (9 September) that she will introduce checks at all border crossings and developed a model to refuse entry to irregular migrants.
The Baltic state passed details of the incident to NATO, following news of a Shahed drone crossing into Romania overnight.
Nicolรกs Maduro doesnโt care about your evidence or your condemnations.
The attack comes amid a tense military and political situation for Israel, with many people protesting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s failure to reach a cease-fire deal.
This weekโs indictment of a social media content firm shows how itโs getting easier and easier for Russia to influence U.S. elections.
A top political strategist explains how the Latino vote is shifting.
The challenge is getting the former president to stick to the script.
The Bulgarian government pledged on Thursday to fight the shadowy and criminal organisations that profit from traffic at its borders and tarnish the country’s image.
British Defense Secretary John Healey told POLITICO the new Labour government would increase military spending.
The answer depends on when you ask.
The new French prime minister has embraced conservative stances at home which could net him tacit support from the far right.
Irregular crossing of EU borders has decreased by over a third in 2024 so far.
Harris is polling ahead of Trump in Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin โ but her slight lead is either within or just barely outside the margin of error.
Recent optimism has deflated and worries mount that tensions between Israeli leadership and Hamas will only continue to increase.
Human rights campaigners say Mongolia will become an “accomplice” if it fails to arrest Putin, who is wanted for war crimes.
This summerโs conventions featured strongly diverging visions of the future โ and the present.
The two sides say they are close to an agreement that could end one of the former Soviet Union’s longest-running territorial conflicts.
Martin Vladimirov is director of the Energy and Climate Program at the Center for the Study of Democracy. Announcing its plans for what could be called TurkStream 2 on Aug. 21, Turkey finally dropped all pretenses. According to the countryโs energy minister, Alparslan Bayraktar, the state-owned gas monopoly BOTAล would now be able export around [โฆ]
The fighter jet went down during a major Russian attack on Ukraine, the military said in a statement. What we know on day 919One of the F-16 warplanes that Ukraine received from its western partners to help fight Russiaโs invasion has crashed, killing …
Elections in three eastern German states are likely to usher in Russia-friendly parties, giving Vladimir Putin a foothold in the country’s politics.
Joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz shows Britain’s new leader working to heal Brexit wounds โ while walking a fine line back home.
As the conflict in the Middle East escalates, keeping the lights on is becoming a national security priority.
Kursk operation has taken 594 Russian PoWs, Syrski claims, as Grossi says Russian nuclear plant vulnerable like โthe building across the streetโ. What we know on day 917See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverage Volodymyr Zelenskiy called for more F-16 fi…
The request comes from Kyiv; many EU countries are wary of the risks.
Despite excitement at the Democratic National Convention, Kamala Harrisโ campaign is still selling her as the underdog.
The Port of Dover, Folkestone tunnel and St Pancras International will increase facilities to avoid tailbacksBritish ports will be given ยฃ10.5m in state support to prepare for increased border checks this autumn, when the EUโs much-delayed entry-exit …
The EUโs new border system has raised fears of queues and delays for British travelers to Europe.
Exhaustion and want โ the two key ingredients for successful peace talks โ are as absent in Kyiv as they are in the Middle East.
The approach is supported by top National Guard leaders, lawmakers and top leaders in both parties from states with space missions.
Singer says she was questioned on the Srebrenica genocide and on her support for protestors opposing EU-backed lithium mining.
The vice president inherited a campaign that was in danger of falling off a cliff with Latino voters.
Kyiv delivers blunt warning to Minsk.
As pressure grows in Berlin to reintroduce checks on all German borders, its neighbouring EU countries are warning the move could lead to a domino effect that could unravel the border-free Schengen area.
Cover-ups, botched investigations and a general feeling of impunity set alarm bells ringing.
The AfD accuses the ruling coalition and the moderate center-right opposition of shortcomings on security.
โItโs a serious tragedy, folks. This is serious stuff,” said one Russian as Ukraine hammered a military airfield.
35-years after a seminal protest for freedom from the Soviets, an organizer accuses the West โ particularly Germany โ of โsuicidal naivety.โ
Europeโs free-travel zone, otherwise known as the Schengen Area, is increasingly being punctured by border controls as many EU countries opt to tighten their internal borders.
A diminishing number of grassroots U.K. musicians are performing at the continentโs festivals.
From immigration to housing and confronting the left, new U.K. PM Keir Starmer appears to offer a playbook for victory to the Democrats in the U.S.
Both Europe and the US must acknowledge that our fear of provoking Moscow is what ends up reliably provoking Moscow.
Russian leader says Ukraine’s gains sound like a you problem.
Kyiv’s sanctions on Lukoil have riled Budapest, which has refused to divest from Moscow’s cheap crude.
CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh and two Ukrainian journalists were named in the criminal case.
PM’s choice of Apostolos Tzitzikostas could raise the temperature of simmering resentments between Greece and North Macedonia.
Georgian Dream looks to shut down party founded by former leader Mikheil Saakashvili.
Yes, Barack Obama made a “crowd” size joke, referencing Donald Trump.
As member states call on the EU Commission to enforce the Union’s external borders, the EU’s border agency, Frontex, has launched tenders for around โฌ400 million worth of equipment, including the purchase of drones and other surveillance technology.
The former NATO general cited West Germany as a historical comparison.
Audience members were moved to tears as the president spoke, delivering a historical speech to mark the passing of the torch to his vice president.
Record low asylum applications โsurprisingโ when global displacement is at all-time high, with aid agencies blaming fear and far-right rhetoric Ten years ago the then prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt asked Swedes to โopen your heartsโ to refugees. Now …
As Ukraine awaits a response to its Kursk invasion, the Russian leader is once again demonstrating he has an adversity problem.
The war that has erupted on Russian soil in the Kursk region is arousing mixed feelings among men of fighting age. Meanwhile, bounties for signing up ‘for the front’ are reaching record sums.
“There are some feeble signs that the Russian army is having to withdraw some of its troops”, said Peter Zalmayev, Eurasia Democracy Initiative Director in Kyiv, Ukraine. “Not from the Donbas, where the hardest spots of the war are, but from Kharkiv; …
President Joe Bidenโs decision to abandon his reelection bid andย endorse Vice President Kamala Harrisย means that Harris could soon become the standard-bearer for the Democratic Partyโs biggest priorities โ including abortion rights, climate change and student debt relief. Her track record as a California attorney general, a U.S. senator and Bidenโs No. 2 provides only so [โฆ]
The former president has tried and abandoned several monikers for his new Democratic opponent.
Itโs part of her long-held strategy.
Better integration would help reduce delays, but despite airline backing there are legal and political problemsFor airlines struggling to reconcile their stated aims of cutting carbon emissions and making billions from flying ever more passengers, one …
Here are some hints about how Harris’ agenda and Biden’s might compare if she ends up taking the oath in January.
The Pentagon is already working through fixes to allow Ukraine to launch the weapons from its fighter planes.
President Joe Biden told reporters that Ukraineโs advances inside Russian territory have put Moscow in a tough spot, while acknowledging that the U.S. is talking with Kyiv as the incursion continues.
Kursk has indeed turned the tables on Russia, but itโs also highly questionable whether it has shifted the grim dynamics of the conflict.
The water supply for two locations, including a NATO air base, may have been contaminated, according to German media reports.
Yes, immigration poses challenges, but they must be met in a fair, workable way. So letโs rule out deportations to RwandaFilippo Grandi is the UN high commissioner for refugeesIn Europeโs febrile immigration debate, one word crops up again and again: c…
Slovakia’s commissioner has been in Brussels for a very long time.
