Europe divided over banning Russian tourists
Ukraine is pressuring the EU to bar Russian tourists from entering the bloc but has met varying responses, with some EU countries agreeing while others resist.
German entry bans cause ripple effects in Europe as hauliers tested
Germany introduces Covid-19 border entry restrictions, which have several consequences for the neighbouring countries and the European Union.
After US boost, Greece looks for EU backing on Turkey talks
Greece looks for EU support this week in tough upcoming talks with Turkey over maritime borders and energy exploration after securing a diplomatic boost from the visiting US secretary of state
Europe still mired in division after migrant crisis
Since taking in more than a million people fleeing war and poverty in 2015, Europe has stepped up border controls but still falls short on common migration and asylum policies
EU to open borders to ‘safe’ countries as pandemic accelerates
The European Union has agreed to reopen its borders to 15 countries excluding the virus-stricken US, as the pandemic accelerated globally with more than 505,000 deaths worldwide
EU’s haphazard route to post-lockdown border reopenings
As European countries emerge from coronavirus lockdowns and lift travel restrictions, the EU has aimed to coordinate border reopening among members - but the process has been far from harmonious
Montenegro woos tourists to Europe’s ‘corona-free’ corner
Less than two months after detecting its first infection, Montenegro is the first European country to declare itself coronavirus-free, a pronouncement it hopes will lure tourists to its Adriatic coast
Europe seeks to save the summer holidays
The EU has set out plans for a phased restart of travel this summer, hoping to save millions of tourism jobs threatened by the coronavirus across Europe, the world's top holiday destination
Romania’s seasonal workers sidestep lockdown out of necessity
Romanian workers are in high demand as farms and home care firms in western Europe clamour for help from the east, even with borders closed because of the coronavirus pandemic
Virus frontier closures hamper cross-border workers
Workers who rely on shuttling across frontiers in Central Europe face a difficult dilemma now that the coronavirus pandemic has seen several countries shut their borders