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As of now, citizens of all three Baltic countries can freely cross borders again, however, all who come from other states are still required to undergo 14-day self-isolation.
The Baltic countries – Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia – on May 15, 2020 opened borders with each other, thus easing the movement restrictions imposed during the quarantine in relation to the coronavirus pandemic.
In the Estonian village of Ikla, where the Estonian-Latvian border checkpoint is located, on this solemn occasion they even prepared a birthday cake for the border guards.
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According to the Voice of America, as of now, citizens of these three countries can freely cross borders again, however, all those arriving from other states still have to undergo 14-day self-isolation.
Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are small states with a relatively low population density, which were among the least affected COVID-19 countries on the continent: according to Johns Hopkins University, 9, 54 and 62 people infected with coronavirus, respectively, died there .
Poland and Finland were also invited to join this Baltic area. The leaders of the European Union expressed the hope that in the near future other EU countries, where the situation with the epidemic is similar, can also open borders.
On June 15, pursuant to separate agreements, the borders between Austria, Germany, Switzerland and France must also be opened.
The EU fears the repeated waves of the epidemic, but summer tourism in Europe usually generates around 150 billion euros, and the failure of the tourist season will be another blow to the epidemic in European economies.
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“Now we are beginning to think about the summer, and even more, as well as the places we love to travel. This means gradual and cautious steps towards restoring the journey, taking into account the advice of scientists … We need carefully rediscover borders in Europe. ” said EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Westager.
Each EU country will independently decide how and when to abolish quarantine restrictions, and in many states people are now urged not to travel abroad.
As UNIAN.Tourism reported, the European Union does not intend to review the conditions of a visa-free regime with Ukraine in relation to the coronavirus crisis, or for any other reason. At the same time, they are not yet committed to predicting when they will be able to open borders for Ukrainians.
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