Far-right parties are making significant strides in Austria and Germany, pulling EU policies in a rightward direction.

They are initially scheduled to last for six months. These new checks expand an existing system of mobile border controls that Germany has been using at its borders with Poland, the Czech Republic, ...

Although Germany is part of the passport-free Schengen Zone, it launched border checks with Austria in 2015 during the European migration crisis. In October 2023, Chancellor Olaf Scholz made it clear ...

"Back!" - Bavaria does not let every refugee into the country who makes it to the border. In Upper Austria alone, almost every second detected illegal migration attempt is stopped and the people ...

The European Commission will propose during its new term measures to tighten the EU's stance on migration, responding to ...

Discover the allure of Danube river cities and take a cruise along Europe's most iconic waterway, steeped in history and ...

14, 2024. (Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa via AP) BERLIN (AP) — An 80-year-old former officer with communist East Germany’s secret police, the Stasi, was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for ...

This week's EU summit will address the thorny topic of migration. But there are conflicting interests among member states. The European Commission has announced new guidelines for repatriations.

BERLIN — An 80-year-old former officer with communist East Germany’s secret police, the Stasi, was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for the murder of a Polish man at a border crossing in ...