and Austria. While these countries have open borders with each other, they maintain controlled borders with non-Schengen countries. This arrangement allows for a balance between ease of movement ...

Vienna says it will tighten border controls at 12 further points. Government officials claim other countries along the Greece-to-Austria Balkan route are also increasingly tightening checks.

T wo EU nations, Romania and Bulgaria, are eliminating land border controls to the rest of the bloc after Austria dropped its veto last month. All EU countries except Cyprus and Ireland are now in ...