Austria will close two smaller crossings at its border with Slovakia and 21 at its border with Hungary from Saturday, in a ...

Slovakia has closed 24 borders and introduced strict measures to help prevent the spread of the highly infectious disease.

Austria has closed off two dozen border crossings with its neighbours Hungary and Slovakia in a big to contain the spread of ...

The disease poses no danger to humans and primarily affects cattle and other cloven-hoofed animals like swine, sheep and ...

calls for asylum seekers to be turned back at German land borders - but only if neighbouring European countries agree. Austria takes the view that under current European Union law those making ...

The government has announced an import ban of livestock from Austria following a new case of foot-and-mouth disease in ...

To strengthen efforts aimed at preventing the disease from reaching Austria, the country will focus its police resources at those borders on its main crossings, the ministry said in a statement.

Austria will close two smaller crossings at its border with Slovakia and 21 at its border with Hungary from Saturday, in a bid to prevent foot-and-mouth disease from entering the country ...