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Europe Weekly: Belgium under scrutiny after terror alert dropped

In this edition of Europe Weekly: Belgium drops its terror alert level for Brussels from 4 to 3; a suspect package is found at the city’s main

Europe News

Schengen under pressure after terror attacks

Random checks on the French-German border. This could become a more common sight after the bloodshed in Paris two weeks ago. France wants tighter

World News

Aid agencies fear for thousands of migrants with new border controls in western Balkans

In Greece’s main port of Piraeus the ‘Ariadne’ docked with over 1500 migrants on board. But around 85 of them were detained after it was discovered

World News

Brussels and Paris mount extra security measures

Belgian authorities have stepped up security across the country as the investigation continues into the Paris attacks. Two of nine people arrested

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World News

Europe's Schengen zone at risk after Paris attacks

In the wake of the attacks on Paris, Britain’s prime minister David Cameron has sent a message of solidarity to the people of France. Cameron called

World News

Three things we learned from the Valletta EU Africa summit

World News

EU's long march towards refugee solution continues in Brussels

The EU summit of central and eastern European states grinds on in Brussels as the participants try to get agreement on dealing with the refugee

Bulgaria

Afghan refugee shot dead on Bulgarian - Turkish border

For the first time a refugee attempting to find shelter in Europe has been shot and killed. The victim was an Afghan attempting to cross the Turkish

World News

Schengen: 1985 pact under increasing strain

The original agreement to allow unhampered movement was signed near Schengen, a small town in Luxembourg, on 14th June, 1985. European Economic

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

Europe News

Stay in Turkey, Hungary's Orban tells Syrian refugees

Hungary’s prime minister says Syrian refugees should stop travelling to Europe. Viktor Orban made the comments at a press conference in Brussels. He

Belgium

Refugee crisis 'a German problem' says Hungary's Viktor Orban

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has described the refugee crisis as a “German problem.” He was speaking to reporters after a meeting with the

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

World News

Schengen recoil could turn EU travel back 20 years

European Union border control systems are under an unprecedented strain with the asylum seeker crisis. The EU bloc’s external borders have physical

Greece

Relentless flow of refugees continues in Europe

A new group of some 2,500 migrants was ferried to the port of Piraeus, outside the Greek capital, Athens, on Monday. Brought to shore from the

World News

EU migration policy long on diversity, short on unity

How far has the EU come in developing a common immigration policy? Not far enough, say critics, given the disparity of its voices. None of the

Hungary

Hungary: Razor wire fence fails to halt migrant and refugee influx into EU

A relentless flow of desperate migrants continued to cross into Hungary on Friday morning, crawling underneath a razor wire fence on the border with

Hungary

Record numbers of migrants arriving in Europe

Records have again been broken for the number of migrants flooding into Europe. In Serbia more than 3,200 arrived from the Former Yugoslav Republic

Serbia

Thousands of desperate migrants en route to the EU since Saturday

Thousands of migrants have made their way through no man’s land from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia into Serbia. Most have fled conflict