Soldiers and police officers stand beside the border fence between Hungary and Serbia near Roszke, 180 kms southeast from Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Sept.14, 2015.
An emergency meeting in the lead-up to the EU interior ministers discussion to thrash out plans on how to relocate 120,000 asylum seekers was held on Monday afternoon .
The August 27 discovery of the abandoned truck on an Austrian highway was a shock. Inside, 71 dead bodies brought the message home: they are here. The refugees.
Purported Shiite militants threatened Turkey in a video released Friday by a previously unknown group that showed footage of 18 Turkish workers recently abducted in the Iraqi capital.
A masked protester holds a Polish national flag during a right-wing nationalist march through the downtown, demonstrating against European Union-proposed quotas for Poland to spread the human tide of refugees around the Europe, in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015.
According to some Czech reports, the deal selling small Czech and Slovak
bank Zuno Bank to the second richest Russian oligarch just needs to be
inked. Michail Fridman usually targets energy and telecoms assets, so the
possible Czech connection raises some questions.
A decision by Germany on Sunday to reintroduce border controls with Austria
in the wake of a seemingly endless flow of refugees, mainly comping from
Syria, has led to a similar decision being taken by Czech authorities. As
Thousands of people joined anti-refugee protests in three central European capitals on Saturday after leaders from the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia opposed an EU scheme to fix refugee quotas.
The European Commission said Germany appeared legally justified in reimposing border controls with Austria on Sunday, saying the move showed the need for EU states to back the executive's proposed plans for refugees.
