BERLIN — Borders opened up across Europe on Monday after three months of coronavirus closures that began chaotically in March. But many restrictions persist, it’s unclear how keen Europeans ...

These ideas are purely hypothetical, not meant to be taken seriously, and aim to spark discussion on Europe’s borders.

As the map below shows, already many "temporary" border controls have been installed in the supposedly passport-free Schengen zone since hundreds of thousands of refugees began entering Europe at ...

World War I involved 32 nations from 1914 to 1919. It redrew the world map and reshaped many borders in Europe. The collapse of the Russian Empire created Poland, the Baltics, and Finland. The ...

Starting with a recent electoral map of Poland, I show how old imperial borders from over a century ago still influence modern politics.

After the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, for a while it seemed like border fences and barriers were a thing of the past in Europe. Many on the continent hoped for a new era of integration and ...

You can always rely on European bureaucrats to give something a dull and dry name. The Schengen agreement, as the plan to do away with Europe's shared border controls later became known, was named ...

Methodology The years in the timeline were chosen to reflect each major shift in borders after wars or other geopolitical events. Maps prior to 1946 were provided by the Max Planck Institute for ...

A new refugee mapping project has revealed an alternative image of Europe as a space that is being shaped by migrants and their struggle.

Already tougher border controls are being imposed across Europe, including more fences and plans for more locations to conduct identity checks on those travelling across national borders.

World War I involved 32 nations from 1914 to 1919. It redrew the world map and reshaped many borders in Europe. The collapse of the Russian Empire created Poland, the Baltics, and Finland. The ...

As borders opened up across Europe three months after closures that began chaotically in March, Spain prioritized the entry of a first batch of thousands of Germans who were allowed to fly to its ...