British Prime Minister Theresa May has vowed to regain control of her country’s borders and leave the single market, promising a clean break from the EU while warning other EU countries not to take punitive actions against the UK. In her first in-depth speech on Brexit since succeeding David Cameron as Prime Minister, Theresa May vowed to pursue a clean break with the European Union and place the... 

EU ministers will meet in Amsterdam to discuss steps to allow states to reintroduce national border controls for two years, possibly spelling the end for the 30-year-old Schengen Agreement allowing passport-free travel across 26 states, according to reports. The refugee crisis has pushed Europe to “a make or break” point, IMF chief Christine Lagarde said at the World Economic Forum in Davos last... 

Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told Danes that the government is weighing up the re-imposition of controls along the country’s border with Germany. Denmark is considering the re-institution of border controls with Germany, following Sweden’s decision to reinstate checks at its border with Denmark in November, Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said in his New Year’s speech... 

On Monday the European states of Slovakia and Austria reinstated border checks. The move follows a closing of the border over the weekend by Germany. Germany says the situation is the worst refugee crisis since the end of the Second World War. It is now reappraising its open arms policy toward immigrants. Austria plans to deploy the army to stem the influx of refugees from Syria, the greater Middle... 

Austrian train operator OeBB says Germany has stopped all trains coming in from the country, and Germany’s Interior Ministry has abruptly introduced “temporary” border controls with Austria. More than 2,100 extra police have been dispatched to secure the borders. Austria’s national train company OeBB also announced earlier that it is suspending services to and from Hungary, which is where...