Tim Stickings

Tim Stickings

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London
Tim Stickings joined The National's London bureau as a reporter in April 2021. He covers news and politics across Europe, with a particular interest in Germany. He has a degree in history from Durham University and previously worked on the foreign desk at MailOnline.
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Germany began carrying out checks at all nine land borders on Monday in a symbolic blow to Europe's open-border ideals. AFP
Passport checks on two thirds of Europe's 'open' Schengen borders

Fears of illegal migration and extremism linked to Middle East conflict deal blow to European ideal

September 18, 2024, 5:37 AM
Wopke Hoekstra's title has been changed from Commissioner for Climate Action to Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth. EPA
EU names Wopke Hoekstra as climate and 'clean growth' tsar

Green agenda gets new economic focus as Ursula von der Leyen names European Commission team

September 17, 2024, 2:02 PM
Iran's nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami, left, held talks with IAEA boss Rafael Grossi during the agency's annual conference in Vienna. Photo: IAEA
Iran hails 'step forward' in stand-off with nuclear inspectors

IAEA boss Rafael Grossi holds 'positive' talks with Iran's nuclear chief and plans to visit Tehran

September 17, 2024, 9:43 AM
Campaigners have welcomed the new Labour government's focus on both climate and nature after Conservative ministers watered down net-zero policies. AFP
Britain to name climate and nature envoys amid push for global energy transition

Foreign Secretary David Lammy expected to weigh in on environmental crisis as UN summits loom

September 16, 2024, 9:31 PM
Olaf Scholz has a year left before a September 2025 election at which he insists he will seek a second term. EPA
Does German migration crisis spell the end for Olaf Scholz?

Polls paint bleak picture for German Chancellor as he battles far-right resurgence and spate of terrorist incidents

September 14, 2024, 6:11 AM
Slums in India are sprayed to prevent mosquitoes spreading disease. Health chiefs warn a hotter planet could have severe health effects such as increased illness. EPA
UAE invited to join group tackling climate effects on health

Cop29 host Azerbaijan asks UAE, Egypt, Britain and Brazil to help steer discussions at UN summits

September 12, 2024, 4:08 PM
Jens Stoltenberg will hand over the reins of Nato to Mark Rutte on October 1. EPA
Jens Stoltenberg 'to take over Munich Security Conference'

Outgoing Nato chief expected to become chairman of elite defence gathering likened to Davos

September 12, 2024, 3:25 PM
Protesters at a Vienna theatre voice their opposition to the visit of Israel's parliament speaker. Photo: Gaza List
Austrian pro-Palestine activists protest against Israeli official's visit

Knesset speaker Amir Ohana salutes Austria for 'standing by Israel' in Vienna anti-Semitism speech

September 11, 2024, 1:05 PM
Police tend to handle migrant neighbourhoods in a tougher manner than areas perceived as mainly German, according to a major new study. EPA
Arab migrants 'routinely treated as hostile' by German police

Warning of 'discrimination crisis' as migration and extremism debate engulfs German politics

September 10, 2024, 1:54 PM
The Spectator was sold in a separate purchase from the ongoing bidding for the Telegraph Media Group. The National
RedBird IMI sells UK's Spectator magazine for £100m

Joint venture of US and Abu Dhabi investors sells news magazine to businessman Paul Marshall

September 10, 2024, 12:07 PM
German police escort migrants near the border with Poland. AFP
Germany orders nationwide border checks in migrant crackdown

Schengen free travel suspended as government responds to extremist attack and far-right election win

September 09, 2024, 3:03 PM
Russian troops have been forced to defend against a Ukrainian incursion in the Kursk region, near the border. EPA
Nuclear fears grow as Ukraine and Russia battle 30km from Kursk plant

UN atomic watchdog warns of 'precarious' situation at Russian-held Zaporizhzhia plant in Ukraine

September 09, 2024, 2:03 PM
Investigators searched the home of an 18-year-old Austrian gunman after he was shot dead by police in Germany. AFP
Austria probes teenage Munich shooter's Islamist ties

Teenager with ISIS sympathies was shot dead after opening fire near Israeli consulate in Germany

September 06, 2024, 11:24 AM
Police in Germany put more than 800 foreign suspects under investigation for organised crime last year, of whom more than 200 were from Syria. EPA
German clan crime detectives put Syrians in their sights

Minister calls for deportations as rising numbers of migrants are accused of underworld links

September 05, 2024, 1:10 PM
Armed police descended on the area of Munich where gunfire was reported on Thursday morning. AFP
Armed teenager shot dead near Israeli consulate in Germany

Gunfire in Munich on 52nd anniversary of attack on Israeli athletes at Munich 1972 Olympics

September 05, 2024, 10:17 AM