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Denmark blocks routes to Germany as refugees refuse to register

Denmark has stopped all trains running to Germany due to exception passport checks. The move comes after hundreds of refugees travelling from Germany

World News

Migrants pulled from train tracks by Hungarian police

There have been struggles between migrants and police in the Hungarian town of Bicske. Chaos broke out as their train, bound for Austrian border

Hungary

Hungary: Keleti station opens to migrants

The authorities in Hungary have opened the main train station in Budapest to migrants. International services, however, remain suspended. However

Hungary

Exhausted and confused migrants board trains they hope will get them closer to Germany

Exhausted and confused, many migrants have crammed onto trains they hope will them closer to Hungary’s border with Austria but they’re not really

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Hungary

Thousands trapped in Budapest

No information. No facilities. Images from last night (September 2) show how migrants and refugees have spent their last two days and nights in

Hungary

Migrants cram trains as Hungary reopens station

Keleti Terminus, the main railway station of the Hungarian capital Budapest, has reopened. Migrants have poured in and boarded trains, even though

Hungary

Hungarian police block refugees and migrants outside Keleti train station

Hundreds of migrants and refugees chanted “freedom!” and defiant slogans outside Budapest’s Keleti international railway station on Wednesday

Hungary

Migrants with tickets denied access to Budapest train station

Hundreds of angry migrants have been demonstrating outside Budapest’s Keleti railway station. Authorities closed the station earlier to check

World News

Tighter security to be imposed at European railway stations

European ministers agree on tighter security controls at railway stations following the August 21 foiled gun attack on a transcontinental Thalys train.

France

Ministers discuss how to protect Europe's trains from terrorism

How can Europe’s railways be protected from the threat of terrorism? The subject is being discussed in Paris on Saturday by ministers from nine

France

France: Terror charge for train shooting suspect Ayoub el Khazzani

Suspected Islamist gunman Ayoub el Khazzani has been formally charged with attempted murder with terrorist intent. Four days after being overpowered

Europe News

European ministers to discuss extra train security measures

Increased security measures on the Amsterdam to Paris high-speed Thalys train were very much in evidence as it pulled into Brussels main station on

France

France awards Legion of Honour to men who disarmed train gunman

Four men who helped disarm a gunman on an Amsterdam to Paris train have been awarded France’s highest honour. French President François Hollande

France

Train heroes to be honoured for bravery

French president Francois Hollande is to award the men who disarmed a gunman on board a high speed train with the country's highest award, the Legion d'Honneur.

France

'Dude, I tried to shoot him': video shows moments after train attack in France

Video footage is released showing moments after suspected gunman in Thalys train attack is restrained in the carriage.

France

France train gunman suspected to have ties to 'radical Islamist movement'

Fingerprint evidence has shown the heavily-armed man suspected of launching an attack on a French train is a Moroccan national known to the European

France

'Train terror attack': Praise for passengers who tackled gunman

Presidents and prime ministers have praised passengers who disarmed a suspected Islamist gunman apparently poised to commit mass murder on a busy

Republic of North Macedonia

FYROM: Macedonia declares state-of-emergency

A state of emergency has been declared in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), as crowds of migrants continue to gather on its southern

Republic of North Macedonia

Balkan route now 'busiest irregular passage to EU' for migrants

Migrants in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) have been seen surging onto a railway line in the southern town of Gevgelia, desperate

Bulgaria

Nine hurt in Bulgaria train accident

Nine passengers have been injured in an accident at a railway station in Bulgaria. It is said to have happened in Bulgaria’s second city of Plovdiv