The border closures are set to last six months and are threatening to test European unity. Most of Germany's neighbors are fellow members of the European Union, a 27-country bloc based on the ...

German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Wednesday that border controls would halt human trafficking. "We are also stopping criminals and extremists," she added. The announcement follows ...

Germany has already been carrying out the checks at its borders with Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria and Switzerland since last year. Germany, a member of the 27-member European Union ...

FILE - German police officers stand at a bridge over the river Rhine at the border between Germany and France in Kehl, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File) 37,094 ...

BERLIN — Germany's government ordered temporary ... This adds to restrictions already in place on the land borders with Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria and Switzerland.

Germany will extend its strict border controls brought in to tackle migration and Islamist terrorism by a further six months past their planned expiry in March, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced on ...

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