Hungarian authorities began busing weary migrants and refugees to a nearby registration centre, defusing some tensions at Hungary’s southern border with Serbia.

German chancellor Angela Merkel, reflecting on “a moving, in some parts breathtaking, weekend behind us,” said that all EU countries could help to accommodate the human tide from the Middle East and Africa.

Austrian police have discovered the badly-decomposing bodies of at least 20, and possibly up to 50, migrants piled in a truck parked on the shoulder of the main motorway from Budapest to Vienna.

Eurozone finance ministers will get their first look at Greece’s plan for a new deal tomorrow but will refuse to negotiate just yet.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras last night told politicians in Athens that the government is seeking a bridge agreement to provide government funding until June, when he hopes to have a more lasting arrangement with international creditors.

The Austrian government is beginning talks with the nation’s banks to gain their support for winding down nationalised Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank International in a way that keeps it off the state’s books.

Austria refuses to share bank details

Syria’s devastating conflict entered its third year with no agreement among EU leaders on British and French calls for an easing of the bloc’s embargo to allow arms supplies to the rebels.

MEPs drag their feet on loan regulations

Austrians were bracing themselves for a sharp shift in the country’s political direction today after two far-right, anti-immigration parties made big gains in national elections.