THIS MAP HELPS EXPLAIN WHY SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES REJECT REFUGEES, AND OTHERS LOVE THEM

Hungary -- and much of eastern Europe -- is missing out on a demographic opportunity Contrary to France, many Eastern European countries face a population decline... READ MORE›

IT S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS

The Munich Krampuslauf celebrates the history of the custom, including the artistry of the hand-carved, hand-painted masks... READ MORE›

THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS CROSS FROM HUNGARY TO AUSTRIA AS NEW GROUPS SET OFF

Thank you Germany said one mother of two children... READ MORE›

GERMANY SAID TO PLAN EMERGENCY BORDER MEASURES

As the crisis continued to deepen, the 28-member European Union bloc seemed as far away as ever from coming up with a common solution... READ MORE›

GERMANS TAKE TO THE STREETS TO PROTEST AGAINST 'ISLAMISATION'

Thousands have defied sub-zero temperatures to join weekly marches each Monday in Dresden under the banner of Patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of Europe, or Pegida... READ MORE›

9 VICTIMS, GUNMAN ARE DEAD, POLICE SAY

Munich shooting 9 victims, gunman are dead, police say... READ MORE›

The Munich Krampuslauf celebrates the history of the custom, including the artistry of the hand-carved, hand-painted masks... READ MORE›

MUNICH GUNMAN RAISED LOCALLY, NO TIES TO ISLAMIC STATE

In Pristina, media said three of the 18-year-old's victims were of Kosovan origin... READ MORE›

TRAIN STATION IN BUDAPEST CUTS OFF SERVICE TO MIGRANTS

Adding to the divisions, Janos Lazar, Mr. Orban's chief of staff, on Tuesday blamed the European Union, which includes Hungary, for stoking the migration crisis... READ MORE›

GREECE MIGHT BE BETTER OFF LEAVING EURO GERMAN MINISTER SAYS

The new bailout package would provide aid of up to EUR86 billion over three years, as well as an economic stimulus package for Greece... READ MORE›

GERMANY IS PREPARING TO 'REINTRODUCE BORDER CONTROLS' WITH AUSTRIA

Germany to 'reintroduce border controls' with Austria as Munich struggles with refugee arrivals... READ MORE›

GERMAN-IRAQI BOY, 12, 'TRIED TO BOMB CHRISTMAS MARKET'

A 12-year-old German-Iraqi boy tried to blow up a Christmas market in the town of Ludwigshafen, prosecutors say... READ MORE›

EMERGENCY EU MIGRANT TALKS AS BORDER CONTROLS RETURN TO EUROPE

EU interior ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday will discuss a proposal by Jean-Claude Juncker, the Commission president, to redistribute 160,000 refugees among member states... READ MORE›

DAVID CAMERON: BRITAIN WILL ACCEPT 20,000 REFUGEES - LIVE

David Cameron is expanding on his commitment to bring 20 000 refugees to Britain... READ MORE›

SOME WONDER HOW TO MAKE ACCEPTANCE LAST

Already Germany has experienced a formidable backlash against the migrants -- the worst in Europe... READ MORE›

GERMANY 'TO REINSTATE BORDER CONTROLS' AS COUNTRY STRUGGLES WITH INFLUX OF REFUGEES

Germany to reinstate border controls as country struggles with influx of refugees... READ MORE›

FOR THOUSANDS OF EXHAUSTED MIGRANTS A JOURNEYS END IN MUNICH

Some 2,100 migrants had poured into Munich's main station by Tuesday night, said Carsten Neubert, a police spokesman... READ MORE›

MIGRANT CRISIS: REFUGEES WELCOMED IN GERMANY LIKE WAR HEROES AS BERLIN EXPECTS 10,000 IN ONE DAY

People greet refugees as they arrive at the main train station in Munich, Germany Photo Corbis I feel very safe here, she told the Telegraph... READ MORE›

SEVERAL KILLED NEAR BAVARIAN TOWN OF BAD AIBLING

At least nine people were killed and scores more injured, police say, after two passenger trains collided in the German state of Bavaria... READ MORE›

SQUALID MIGRANT CITY RISES IN BUDAPEST AS EUROPE SEEKS SOLUTIONS

It goes against basic human values, European values and Hungary's true values... READ MORE›

CHAOS IN HUNGARY AS HUGE CROWD OF MIGRANTS FORCE BUDAPEST STATION TO EVACUATE

Czech police said they had detained 214 mostly Syrian migrants headed for Germany on overnight trains from Vienna and Budapest... READ MORE›

REFUGEES ARRIVE IN GERMANY AND AUSTRIA FROM HUNGARY

The first 500 refugees have reached Munich on special trains from Vienna Nickelsdorf and Salzburg where thousands arrived overnight after abandoning hopes of settling in Hungary... READ MORE›

POPE CALLS ON CATHOLICS TO SHELTER EUROPE'S MIGRANTS

Authorities in Budapest had refused to let the migrants travel amid confusion from European Union member states about what to do with the new arrivals... READ MORE›

'THEY'RE NOT REFUGEES, THEY'RE MIGRANTS AFTER GERMAN LIFE'

Hungary PM 'They're NOT refugees, they're migrants after German life'... READ MORE›

GREEK DEBT CRISIS PITS GREEKS AGAINST GERMANS

In insisting that Greece can stay in the euro only if everyone sticks to the rules Germany has acted almost classically to stereotype... READ MORE›

10 000 REFUGEES REACH MUNICH AND ARE GREETED WITH FOOD WATER AND TEDDY BEARS

Asked how many refugees Munich could accommodate, Mayor Dieter Reiter told reporters That's not the question I am asking myself... READ MORE›

AS GERMANY TRIES TO HOLD ON TO ITS ART SOME WORKS DROP FROM VIEW

Mr. Baselitz's Berlin gallery, Contemporary Fine Arts, said the artist would not comment further on his withdrawal of loans to museums in Dresden and Munich... READ MORE›

AUSTRIA TO CLOSE BORDERS AGAIN AFTER 12,000 REFUGEES ENTER FROM HUNGARY IN 48 HOURS

Werner Faymann said that emergency measures agreed by Austria and Germany to accept large numbers of refugees from Hungary should be lifted gradually ... READ MORE›

HUNGARY CLOSES MAIN BUDAPEST STATION TO REFUGEES

Refugees who arrived at Munich station on overnight trains chanted Ich liebe Angela Merkel, I love Angela Merkel ... READ MORE›

AFGHAN REFUGEE 'HAD IS FLAG IN ROOM'

The 17-year-old injured four people from Hong Kong, two critically, in the attack in Wuerzburg on Monday evening... READ MORE›