Fight against smugglers rages on EU border with Belarus
On the EU's frozen frontier with Belarus, Latvian border guards are fighting a flow of contraband cigarettes reportedly benefitting organised crime and a close ally of the Belarusian president
EU weighs tighter borders in jihadist fight
European leaders have mooted tightening the EU's external borders, as they vowed joint action following a spate of attacks on home soil blamed on Islamist radicals
Hungary’s Orban vows to oppose EU border-guard plan
Hungarian PM Viktor Orban has vowed to oppose an EU plan aimed at bolstering the bloc's external borders, accusing Brussels of wanting to take away Hungary's control of its own frontiers.