Czech PM Babis says borders with Austria, Slovakia could reopen in June
The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria could open their mutual borders as soon as June 8, allowing residents of the three countries to travel between them, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Wednesday.
Hungarian Roma feel vindicated by school segregation ruling
Hungarian minority Roma said on Wednesday they felt vindicated by a court ruling that a school had unlawfully segregated Roma children for years and the award of $310,000 in compensation, but they feared renewed tension.
Niger says 75 Boko Haram insurgents killed in border-region security operations
Nigerien and allied forces from neighbouring states killed 75 Boko Haram insurgents in security operations earlier this week in the region where the borders of Niger, Nigeria and Chad converge, Niger’s defence ministry said.
Canada-U.S. border travel limits to remain through June: report
The Canada-U.S. border is expected to stay closed to non-essential travel until June 21 amid the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic, the Globe and Mail newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Kyrgyz court upholds life sentence for dissident who received U.S. rights award
Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court upheld a life sentence on Wednesday for a prominent dissident convicted of “inciting inter-ethnic hatred” in the former Soviet republic, quashing hopes for his release under a new leadership.
Germany to start easing border controls from Saturday
Germany will start to relax from Saturday some border controls introduced in March to slow the spread of the coronavirus with the aim of having free travel in Europe from mid-June, Interior Minster Horst Seehofer said on Wednesday.
Merkel aims for Schengen border controls to end from June 15
German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants all emergency border controls introduced to slow the spread of the coronavirus to be removed within Europe’s 26-nation Schengen zone from June 15, she said on Wednesday.
Airline SAS to require face masks on all flights
Swedish-Danish airline SAS said on Wednesday wearing a face mask would be compulsory on all its flights through to the end of August to reduce the risk of coronavirus contagion.
France’s bookstores fight for survival after coronavirus lockdown
Neighbourhood bookstores in France survived the television and later the advent of online shopping. Then came the coronavirus lockdown, an eight-week-long hiatus that has weighed heavily on profit margins and threatens the survival of some stores.
Nigeria’s president appoints ex-U.N. diplomat chief of staff
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Ibrahim Gambari as his new chief of staff, secretary to the government said on Wednesday.
