European Union

Europe shuts its borders: France, Germany and Bulgaria block travel

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Which European countries are in the Schengen free-travel area? The 26 Schengen countries are:  Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland France, Germany and Bulgaria today blocked travel even with the free-moving Schengen zone as … Read more

President Erdogan refuses to stop migrants trying to cross Turkey’s borders with Greece

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President Tayyip Erdogan said today he would not stop migrants trying to cross Turkey’s border into Greece before advising Athens ‘these people won’t stay in Greece’ and to ‘let them pass into other European countries’.   Tens of thousands of migrants have been trying to get into Greece, a European Union member state, since Turkey said on … Read more