world news Frontex chief told to handover details on 3 migrant pushback claims Fabrice Leggeri says he is "working closely" with investigators to get them the missing information after they expressed concern over the time it had taken. 22/01/2021
Europe News Saving Schengen: Germany grapples with COVID crisis border closures The coronavirus pandemic has seen many EU countries closing borders, potentially misapplying the rules of the Schengen visa-free travel area. Berlin is proposing new ways of keeping Europe's borders open while assuaging concerns over health and safety. 03/09/2020
Europe News Truck traffic wait times down, but room for improvement When borders began to close in Europe, trucks transporting essential goods were caught in massive traffic jams. The EU's 'green lanes' scheme to keep transport moving have shown improvements in wait times, but in some hot spots times are far off the 15 minute target. 03/04/2020
state of the union 1989: Europe and the wall In this special edition of State of the Union, we took out the red sofa to ask people about their thoughts on the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, we speak to an MEP who lived through it as a young girl and look at the business of new walls in Europe. 08/11/2019
Germany What is 'secondary migration' and how do Germany plan to control it? German police are to intensify border checks to stop non-EU migrants from illegally crossing into the country, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer announced on Sunday. 30/09/2019
United Kingdom UK Border Force find 60 guns in car arriving in Dover from Calais Britain's National Crime Agency said the find is believed to be "the largest seizure of lethal purpose weapons at a UK port." 04/08/2019
View The Brexit backstop is Northern Ireland's insurance policy | View The opposition to the backstop on the benches of Westminster has been a stark reminder of how Northern Ireland is almost always an afterthought in British politics. 24/12/2018
Europe News Brexit & Gibraltar: the Rock and a hard place Every day, some eight thousand Spaniards cross the border between Spain and Gibraltar to work on the rock ... By car, on foot, by bicycle ... Now they are worried about Brexit. 17/10/2018
Unreported Europe Germany toughens approach on migrants as EU struggles for unity In this edition of Insiders Euronews examines how migration continues to top the European agenda and exposes Europe’s fault lines, even if a deal was reached in late June to toughen border controls and beef up repatriation procedures of migrants non-eligible for asylum. 27/07/2018
Unreported Europe Lack of trust among member states undermines EU migration deal Lack of trust among member states undermines EU migration deal 27/07/2018
Unreported Europe Bavaria tightens borders amid German rethink on migrants As Germany grapples with divisions over migration, Bavaria takes action to stem the flow through the country's southern border 27/07/2018
Europe News EU signs border agreement with Albania The EU and Albania have signed a draft border agreement that would allow European border agency Frontex to deploy to the West Balkan country in case of a sudden surge of migrants into the country. 12/02/2018
Europe News EU: stricter Schengen checks brought in to fight terror Be prepared for possible delays if you are planning to travel in or out of Europe’s Schengen zone. 06/04/2017
Europe News Hungary plans new border fence to stop migrants Hungary says it is building a new fence at its southern border to keep out refugees and migrants. 27/02/2017
Europe News Austria eyes tougher border measures Austria is planning to send troops to help patrol the EU’s external borders and shut down completely the so-called Western Balkan route for migrants. 08/02/2017
Europe News EU officials propose extension of border checks EU officials say Schengen border checks should be extended by three months when they expire next month. 25/01/2017
Europe News EU moves closer to waiving visas for Ukrainians The EU has taken a step towards waiving visas for Ukrainians travelling to Europe for short trips. 17/11/2016
Europe News The Brief from Brussels: UN picks former Portugal PM for top job This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital. 06/10/2016
Europe News The Brief from Brussels: UK's May outlines vision of post-Brexit Britain In this episode: British Prime Minister Theresa May makes her call for a fairer United Kingdom; the EU’s new border guard starts work, and the UN is about to name its next secretary… 05/10/2016
Europe News The Brief From Brussels: UK inquiry slams Blair over Iraq This is the Brief from Brussels, a round-up of the top news stories from Europe’s de facto political capital. 06/07/2016
state of the union Europe Weekly: EU on 'cusp' of migrant humanitarian crisis In this edition of Europe Weekly, the migrant crisis once again dominates the headlines. With border restrictions along the Balkan route and a 04/03/2016
Europe News EU plan to save Schengen unveiled ahead of crunch summit It is a last-ditch attempt to save Schengen. The European Commission has unveiled a timetable to restore the fraying open border zone by the end of 04/03/2016
Europe News Greece is given three months to tighten border controls The EU is turning up the heat on Greece, giving it three months to fix serious holes in border protection. In a bid to stem the influx of migrants 12/02/2016
Europe News EU warns Greece over border controls The European Commission has said that Greece has “seriously neglected” its frontier duties to Europe’s free-travel Schengen zone. It said that Greece 27/01/2016
Europe News Greece under pressure to act on refugees Greece is under pressure to do more to stem the flow of migrants to northern Europe as the EU mulls extending temporary border controls inside its 25/01/2016
state of the union Europe Weekly: emergency talks over border controls and is 'Orbanism' spreading? In this edition of Europe Weekly, Sweden, Denmark and Germany attend emergency talks in Brussels over new border controls; police investigate New 08/01/2016
