The Czech prime minister, Andrej Babiš, says it would be ideal if the
borders between the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany and Hungary all
opened at the same time on June 15. He made the comment after talks on
Tuesday with the German chancellor, Angela Merkel.
The foreign ministers of the Czech Republic and Austria have agreed to
allow free movement of people between the two states from mid-June. The
Czech minister of foreign affairs, Tomáš Petříček, made the
announcement on Tuesday after speaking to his Austrian and Slovak