United Kingdom A year since Brexit: Will new UK import controls complicate trade? A year since Brexit rules came into force, EU exporters face more border bureaucracy when delayed UK import controls take effect in 2022. 31/12/2021
Belarus Belarus: Iraqi migrants caught in border tensions fly home 374 Iraqi migrants boarded the first repatriation flight that left Minsk on Thursday amid severe border tensions with Poland. 18/11/2021
Belarus Families mourn young migrants who died at Belarus-Poland border A Syrian teenager who died trying to cross the frontier was buried in Poland on Monday, while the bodies of two Iraqi men were flown home. 16/11/2021
Poland Poland-Belarus: Putin behind migrant crisis at border, says Morawiecki Poland's prime minister accused the Russian president of orchestrating the influx of migrants attempting to cross from Belarus, in a parliamentary debate on Tuesday. 09/11/2021
world news NATO-led mission at Kosovo-Serbia border after deal to ease tensions The move follows an EU-brokered deal to de-escalate tensions triggered by a dispute over vehicle licence plates. 03/10/2021
world news Poland seeks to extend state of emergency on Belarus border `Poland's interior minister said on Monday it would seek to extend the state of emergency in force along the border with Belarus. But rights groups view the measure as unjustified, noting that it allows the authorities to act without any oversight in the border area. 27/09/2021
United Kingdom UK plan to send migrant boats back to France 'inhumane', critics say France says it will not tolerate any flouting of international law, following reports that UK Border Force staff are to receive training on how to turn back migrant boats before they reach the English coast. 09/09/2021
Poland Poland wants state of emergency declared over Belarus border migrants Poland's government has called for a state of emergency to be declared at the border with Belarus to tackle illegal migration. 31/08/2021
Norway 'Don't urinate towards Russia' sign appears at border with Norway Written in English, the new sign orders people "no peeing towards Russia" or they will face a hefty fine. 27/08/2021
Poland Poland bolsters border with Belarus to stop migrants Poland has deployed hundreds of troops and is laying barbed wire along its border with Belarus to stop the arrival of migrants seeking to enter the country. 19/08/2021
Uncovering Europe Is Lithuania's 550-km border fence going to be money well spent? MPs approved the border fence earlier this month after a surge in the number of migrants arriving at Lithuania's frontier from Belarus. 18/08/2021
Uncovering Europe How France's COVID pass has pushed diners over the border to Belgium In Saint-Jans-Cappel, near the Belgian border, restaurant owner Bénédicte Duyck is worried. Her customers literally only have to cross the street to find a Belgian restaurant where they will not be submitted to France's new vaccine rules. 13/08/2021
Lithuania European Union hits back at Belarus over 'illegal migration' European Council President Charles Michel has reiterated that "Lithuanian borders are European borders" during a press conference on Monday. 06/07/2021
United Kingdom Post-Brexit trade: UK delays EU import checks by several months UK industry groups, who had long warned of disruption from post-Brexit red tape, have welcomed the move. 11/03/2021
Russia Diplomat uses hand-pushed rail trolley to get from N Korea to Russia A group of Russian diplomats and their families have returned from North Korea on a hand-pushed rail trolley due to COVID-19 restrictions. 26/02/2021
world news Is the UK making too much of the EU's blunder over Northern Ireland? The row has provided ammunition to some calling for agreed post-Brexit arrangements over Northern Ireland to be scrapped. 11/02/2021
United Kingdom EU condemns threats as Northern Ireland-GB port checks suspended EU staff working in Northern Ireland were told not to go to work on Tuesday after threats forced authorities to halt post-Brexit checks on goods. 02/02/2021
world news Post-Brexit trade: Is red tape chaos really just 'teething trouble'? A month after the UK left the EU's Single Market and Customs Union, importers and exporters say the new rules have brought a nightmare of red tape and extra costs. 29/01/2021
France Brexit headache: French firms point finger at UK over red tape delays Overwhelmed customs services and IT problems in the UK are to blame for trade disruption under post-Brexit rules, say companies and authorities in France. 20/01/2021
Uncovering Europe Scottish seafood trade 'grim' as Brexit red tape hits UK exports to EU Several trade bodies are warning that UK exports to the EU risk grinding to a halt, as new post-Brexit trade rules begin to bite. 11/01/2021
United Kingdom First lorries cross English Channel under post-Brexit border rules The holiday period, COVID-19 restrictions and pre-New Year stockpiling helped ensure a smooth start to new border operations now the UK has left the EU's trading system. 01/01/2021
United Kingdom Northern Ireland traders in the dark over post-Brexit GB trade Northern Ireland retailers say they're not ready for new trading arrangements with Britain from January 1 as they've not been given the technical information needed. 08/12/2020
Serbia Serbian police arrest two people after seven bodies found in Paraguay Serbian police have arrested two people for migrant smuggling in connection with the recent discovery of seven bodies in a shipping container in Paraguay. 29/10/2020
United Kingdom Brexit trade: Border chaos warning piles pressure on UK government The UK logistics industry wants urgent talks over inadequate Brexit border plans, warning of "severe" trade disruption unless the government gets its act together. 04/09/2020
United Kingdom English Channel migrants 'forced onto boats' to make perilous crossing Dan O'Mahoney, charged with stopping the sea journeys from France to England, says many migrants are at the mercy of smugglers and unaware of their destination. 03/09/2020
Kosovo Kosovo asks Apple Maps to show it as an independent nation Foreign Minister Meliza Haradinaj described Apple Maps as a "direct contradiction of the political and legal realities" in a letter to company CEO, Tim Cook. 28/07/2020
