The bridge that connects the German city of Frankfurt an der Oder and the Polish city of Slubice is quite a strange sight these days. Rows of EU flags have been hoisted on it and on either side of it.

German police officers monitor entry at the German-Polish border crossing in Kuestrin-Kietz. Since the introduction of stricter checks on May 8, the Federal Police have registered 7,960 unauthorized ...

Polish border guards check a vehicle at the Stadtbrücke border crossing between Frankfurt (Oder) in Brandenburg and Slubice in Poland. Poland has introduced temporary controls at the border with ...

For years, people living near the German-Polish frontier took the open border for granted in their daily lives. With the re-introduction of border checks, all that is changing. The bridge that ...