Poland reports two attacks on border guards, one allegedly involving a Belarusian serviceman. Belarus dictator Alexander ...

T HIS SPRING, the Lithuanian hamlet of Lavoriskes is tranquil. No traffic disturbs the country road that leads from the ...

The Suwałki Gap is a sparsely populated 100-kilometer-wide stretch of forested flat land connecting Poland and Lithuania and ...

Along the thin strip of beach and woodland known as the Vistula Spit which marks the northernmost demarcation between Poland ... 2.5bn in stronger border fortifications between Russia and Belarus ...

Poland was struggling to cope with what ... Finland has denied entry to any migrants crossing its border with Russia since 2023, while incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has promised ...

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Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk visited the Poland-Belarus border on Saturday ... in the number of people crossing into their countries illegally from Belarus and Russia.

Polish authorities thwarted an illegal border crossing attempt near Belarus on 21 March, capturing footage of a group attempting to cut through a metal gate. The Polish Border Guard released ...

The bill, which has been criticised by human rights groups, was signed into law by ... its border with Belarus. "There are hybrid threats arising from the weaponisation of migration by Russia ...

HELSINKI, March 27 (Reuters) - Finland's right-wing government has asked parliament to extend until the end of 2026 a law that allows it to reject asylum applications from migrants crossing its ...