World news about “Border Controls” published by euronews.
Syrian refugees cross into Jordan: exclusive footage – nocomment On May 11, Euronews gained exclusive access to the Tal Ashehab border crossing between Jordan and Syria. The area is controlled by the military and filming is… 16/05/2013
Police fight against criminal cooperation Criminals are crossing borders to escape prosecution. International crime is a growing challenge for police across the European Union. Is criminal… 17/10/2012
Breaking Borders For some 400 million Europeans the Schengen Treaty means they don’t need to pack a passport when travelling within the 26-nation Schengen Zone. That’s because… 25/07/2012
MEPs slam EU Council’s Schengen reforms Senior MEPs meeting in Strasbourg have heavily criticised a deal in the EU Council to reform Europe’s passport free travel Schengen treaty. Deploring the… 12/06/2012
EU ministers agree Schengen treaty changes EU home affairs ministers have unanimously approved plans to reform the bloc’s passport free travel Schengen treaty. The deal agreed in Luxembourg means… 07/06/2012
Robots on the borderline Protecting maritime and land borders is a daily challenge for Europe. Researchers have been examining how to use lasers, gamma rays and neutron beams to… 30/05/2012
Greece’s anti-immigrant fence Over 80 percent of all refugees and migrants into the European Union cross at the Turkish-Greek border. While Greece finds it difficult to cope with this… 10/05/2012
Keeping the peace in LebanonNajib Mikati, the Prime Minister of Lebanon has made his first official visit to Brussels. Lebanon has earned plaudits for their management of the country’s… 04/05/2012
Romanians angry at Schengen ‘double standards’ At the Albita checkpoint between Romania and Moldova, the police use sniffer dogs and the latest technology to control their borders. But despite spending… 14/10/2011
EU parliament votes for Bulgaria and Romania to be admitted to Schengen A large majority of the European Parliament has voted in favour of a resolution stating that Bulgaria and Romania have met all the conditions for joining the… 13/10/2011
Brussels proposes Schengen shake up Europe’s border controls could be restored if individual countries persistently fail to protect the bloc’s external frontier. The new curbs unveiled by the … 16/09/2011
Europe border controls row brewing A row is brewing in Brussels over how members of the Schengen zone should be able to reintroduce border controls. The European Commission’s planned reform… 15/09/2011
Reding faces the public’s questions in I talk Welcome to I talk from the European Parliament in Brussels, your chance to put your questions to our continent’s leading decision makers. Our guest today is… 12/09/2011
Clashes during West Bank barrier proest – nocomment Israeli troops arrested almost a dozen activists during a demonstration against the barrier Israel is building along the West Bank. 11/08/2011
Kosovo flexes muscles and provokes Serbian fury The trade war that has broken out between Kosovo and Serbia has brought to the surface the simmering political rift that deeply divides the two sides: over… 28/07/2011
Kosovo border post torched – nocomment Kosovo has been trying to take control of its northern frontier crossings and enforce a ban on imports from Serbia – a move in retaliation for Belgrade’s… 28/07/2011
EU Summit spells the end of Schengen? The EU summit has concluded with leaders agreeing to tighten migration controls including a potential rollback of the Schengen accord, reintroducing border… 25/06/2011
EU’s ‘Mr Anti-Terrorism’ on how to keep Europe safe The fight against terrorism is the subject of the latest edition of I talk, presented by Alex Taylor. I-Talk gives you, the viewer, the chance to quiz those… 03/06/2011
Denmark border plans The Danish government has agreed a deal with its main ally, the Danish People’s Party, to strengthen border controls. The agreement allows a permanent… 11/05/2011
EU considers Schengen reform to fight migration Europe has Schengen in its sights. Once lauded as one of the EU’s landmark treaties, an influx of migrants from North Africa has changed all that with calls… 04/05/2011
Europe plans Schengen shake up Europe could give individual states more power to temporarily restore border controls under new plans that were discussed on Wednesday. The possible shake… 04/05/2011
Nuke test on Japanese ship The first ship to leave Japan since the Fukushima nuclear crisis has arrived at Europe’s biggest port Rotterdam. The ‘Carsten Maersk’ container vessel… 14/04/2011
Plugging the gaps in the Turkey-Greece border On the frontier between Turkey and Greece euronews has taken a look at the work of Turkish frontier troops. Nearby is the external border of the European… 02/12/2010
New frontier in Kosovo-Serbia cooperationSerbia and Kosovo have begun a combined operation to staff two border crossings in the first joint-venture of its type since the war between the two ended in… 10/12/2012
New Zealand U-turn on Mike Tyson visaNew Zealand has revoked an entry visa for former heavyweight boxing champion and convicted rapist Mike Tyson. The 46-year-old had been due to appear at an… 03/10/2012
Syrian rebels take control of third border crossingOfficials in Turkey have confirmed that rebels in Syria have seized control of another border crossing between the two countries. Fierce fighting began in… 20/09/2012
Rare reptiles discovered by Brindisi border policeItalian border police have seized a shipment of endangered tortoises. Checks at the southern port of Brindisi revealed a cargo of 20 rare Hermanni… 12/09/2012
Egypt seals off 120 smuggling tunnelsEgyptian security officials say they have now sealed off 120 tunnels in the Sinai peninsula, which were being used to smuggle people and goods to and from… 25/08/2012
Egypt reopens Rafah crossing after Sinai attackSix people identified as ‘terrorists’ by an Egyptian military source are being held after an attack that killed 16 border guards in northern Sinai last… 10/08/2012
Afghan parliament votes to dismiss two top ministersAfghanistan’s parliament has passed votes of no confidence in the country’s Defence and Interior Ministers, demanding that they be dismissed. Defence… 05/08/2012
Turkey closes border with SyriaAll of Turkey’s borders with Syria will be closed on Wednesday, according a Turkish television report which quoted the country’s Customs and Trade Minister… 25/07/2012
Syria: Rebels claim border victory as al Qaeda reports emergeSyrian rebels have claimed control of a third border crossing with Turkey. But as amateur video looked to show them celebrating their capture of the Bab… 22/07/2012
Turkey sends military convoys to Syria borderAnkara is flexing its muscles by sending troops and military vehicles towards the border with Syria which last week shot down a Turkish warplane. The… 28/06/2012
Israel constructs wall on Lebanese borderIsrael has started building a wall along a stretch of its border with Lebanon. It says the barrier is needed to bolster security in one of its frontier… 30/04/2012
Spain tightens border security before ECB summitSpain has stepped up border security ahead of next week’s European Central Bank meeting in Barcelona amid fears that foreign activists will try to join locals… 28/04/2012
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Two NATO troops injured in Kosovo border clashesKosovar Serbs shot and wounded two NATO peacekeepers in clashes in northern Kosovo, the military alliance said on Monday. A spokesman for KFOR, NATO’s… 28/11/2011
May under fire over UK border controlsBritain’s Home Secretary, Theresa May, is facing fresh calls to resign over fears that national security may have been compromised by her decision to relax… 09/11/2011
Gunfire exchanged on Israel-Lebanon borderThere has been a brief exchange of gunfire between Israeli and Lebanese soldiers along the border between the two countries. No injuries were reported but… 01/08/2011
Fresh protests at Serbian Kosovo borderThe EU will this week send a mediator to help reduce tensions between Serbia and Kosovo after a series of incidents on their border. The visit by… 31/07/2011
Russia and EU move closer to visa abolitionCould there soon be free travel between the EU and Russia? In Brussels, the two powers have taken a step closer to that with negotiations on the abolition of… 13/07/2011
New EU presidency warning over internal bordersThe Polish prime minister has hit out at those who want to reintroduce internal borders in the European Union. A week after his country took over the… 06/07/2011
Denmark reinstates border controls and checksDenmark has reinstated controls and spot-checks on vehicles arriving from neighbouring EU countries. There were more journalists than anything else at the… 05/07/2011
Denmark brings in tougher border controlsFrom today there will be more customs officials on duty in Denmark as the country beefs up its border controls. It comes after the governing coalition… 05/07/2011
Denmark reinstates border controlsDenmark is to re-instate permanent customs checkpoints at its borders and introduce video surveillance of cars entering the country. Politicians from the… 01/07/2011
Syrian opposition set for Damascus talksSyrian opposition figures were set to meet on Monday to seek a way out of the three-month political crisis as refugees continue to flee the country. Critics… 27/06/2011
Automatic deportation for foreign criminals in DenmarkIn the future, foreign nationals who are convicted of a crime and sent to prison in Denmark will be automatically deported on their release. The controversial… 24/06/2011
Israeli forces kill pro-Palestinian protestersIsraeli security forces have killed at least 20 protesters and injured 220 others in clashes along the Syrian frontier. They opened fire to disperse a crowd… 05/06/2011
Rafah crossing offers hope to PalestiniansEgypt has opened its Rafah border with Israel three months after President Hosni Mubarak was ousted from power in a popular uprising. The crossing was… 28/05/2011
EU ministers meet to discuss SchengenEU ministers have arrived in Brussels for an emergency meeting on the future of the Schengen agreement. The talks have been planned for a while but assumed… 12/05/2011
Paris and Rome to propose European border reformThe leaders of France and Italy are meeting on Tuesday morning for what’s being described as a ‘calming of tempers’, a summit over immigration across their… 26/04/2011
Italy to ship North African migrants from crisis islandThe Italian government has announced plans to tackle the massive influx of illegal North African migrants on the island of Lampedusa. The arrival of… 29/03/2011
Greek government trims plan for Turkish border fenceThe United States’ wall along its border with Mexico has concrete and razor wire to discouraged unwanted migrants. Plans to erect such a fence along part of… 03/01/2011
Greece promised EU border patrols against illegal immigrationEuropean Union help has been promised for what Greece is calling a “mass influx” of non-EU nationals entering across the Greek land border with Turkey, which… 25/10/2010
Moroccans suspend Spanish enclave protestMoroccan demonstrators have suspended a blockade of Spain’s north African enclave in Melilla until the end of Ramadan. They had been preventing goods… 19/08/2010
Blockade heightens tensions in MalillaThere is anger on the streets at the Moroccan border of Spain’s north African enclave in Melilla. Activists have started a week-long blockade to prevent goods… 18/08/2010
Spanish govt attacked over Melilla rowThe Spanish government has come under fire from the opposition over the handling of a diplomatic dispute with Morocco. Tensions are running high in Spain’s… 17/08/2010
Rafah crossing opened up by EgyptRafah crossing into Gaza is bustling today after the Eygptian authorities opened it yesterday after three years. Opening Rafah effectively ended the… 02/06/2010
Georgia reopens border crossing with RussiaA mountain pass between Georgia and Russia has reopened in a rare sign of cooperation between the former Soviet neighbours. The Verkhny Lars border crossing… 01/03/2010
EU strengthens Frontex agencyFrontex is the EU agency charged with patrolling the EU’s exterior borders, and today it was beefed up with more powers as Brussels tries to staunch the flow… 24/02/2010
Serbia wins EU trade approval, visa freedomThe European Union foreign ministers have agreed to unfreeze an interim trade agreement with Serbia. Diplomats said this marks a breakthrough in the former… 07/12/2009
EU to lift visas for three Balkan statesThe EU is lifting visa requirements for the people of Montenegro, Macedonia and Serbia in time for them to visit friends and family in the bloc this… 30/11/2009
Turkey and Armenia sign for improved ties325 kilometres of barbed wire is a physical symbol of the hostility and distrust that has existed between Turkey and Armenia for over a century. Ankara… 12/10/2009
Berlusconi wants EU commissioners silencedWhile Europe’s leaders have been relishing peace and friendship in the years since the Second World War, behind the scenes Italy’s Prime Minister has mounted… 02/09/2009
N. Korea reopens borderNorth Korea has agreed to re-open its border with the South and allow tourism and family reunions again. The deal to open the border was secured by South… 17/08/2009
Border benefits for Balkan travellers to EUThe prospect of free access across EU borders has come a step closer for people from Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. The three Balkan states have already… 15/07/2009
Border bother for visitors to ItalyTough luck for tourists as Italy tightens its borders. For the next two weeks, Italy is suspending the Schengen Agreement, which abolished border controls… 28/06/2009
Neighbourly spat on the Adriatic coastJust where is the boundary between Croatia and Slovenia? The question has been a divisive one for the two countries for years. With Croatia negotiating … 05/03/2009
Schengen accords take effect in SwitzerlandThe free circulation of people but not necessarily of goods will now be the norm in Switzerland. The Alpine nation has always had strict limits on the… 12/12/2008
Schengen member Switzerland opens up bordersThe border patrol in Switzerland is still hard at work but it is no longer business as usual with major changes in force from today. Routine passport controls… 12/12/2008
Switzerland in Schengen: end to passport checksSwitzerland is joining Europe’s passport-free travel zone. It has opted for membership of the Schengen zone marking an immediate end to obligatory identity… 11/12/2008
Protests as Israel reseals Gaza border crossingsAngry demonstrations have been held at Erez, the main crossing point into the Gaza Strip from Israel. Aid workers are protesting at being denied entry… 19/11/2008
