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 ...

A Polish man is taking Germany to court over checks at the German-Polish border. He says that it's not just because they make life difficult, but also because they contravene EU law.Jakub Wolinski ...

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German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on an unannounced visit to Kiev that Patriot air defense systems will soon be deployed in the Polish town of Rzeszow near the Ukrainian border.