https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Anyone crossing the land border from France into Spain will have to present a negative PCR test taken in the last 72 hours, the Spanish government's official bulletin said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210327/spain-to-require-negative-pcr-at-french-land-border Sat, 27 Mar 2021 13:17:06 +0100 spain-to-require-negative-pcr-at-french-land-border Germany said on Monday it would not rule out expanding new travel controls to its French border due to Covid-19 variants surging in the Moselle region. Paris, however, urged against border closures. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210215/germany-not-ruling-out-french-border-checks-over-coronavirus Mon, 15 Feb 2021 14:32:13 +0100 germany-not-ruling-out-french-border-checks-over-coronavirus From Sunday travellers arriving in France from from within the EU will need a negative Covid test, the government has announced - although it later added that this applies only to arrivals by air or sea. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210122/france-announces-covid-test-requirement-for-all-arrivals Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:15:21 +0100 france-announces-covid-test-requirement-for-all-arrivals The European Commission has proposed creating new "dark red zones" which would be subject to tight travel restrictions whilst Europeans have been "strongly discouraged" from all but essential travel within the EU as Covid-19 infections rise. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210122/europeans-urged-not-to-travel-as-eu-agency-demands-tighter-measures Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:24:12 +0100 europeans-urged-not-to-travel-as-eu-agency-demands-tighter-measures The UK government has announced that it is introducing new rules stating that all arrivals into the country will need to present a negative Covid test. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210108/all-arrivals-into-the-uk-will-soon-need-a-negative-covid-test-government-announced Fri, 08 Jan 2021 11:22:26 +0100 all-arrivals-into-the-uk-will-soon-need-a-negative-covid-test-government-announced Here's a reminder to Britons living around Europe of some of the rules they will have to abide by when travelling after January 1st 2021. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201209/brexit-reminder-what-brits-in-europe-need-to-know-about-travel-after-december-31st Wed, 09 Dec 2020 16:36:05 +0100 brexit-reminder-what-brits-in-europe-need-to-know-about-travel-after-december-31st The UK government's decision to end freedom of movement does not just hit Brits in the UK, but also those living around the EU who may need or simply want to move to another EU country in future. Please tell us if you are affected. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201214/landlocked-in-the-eu-are-you-affected-by-loss-of-onward-freedom-of-movement Mon, 14 Dec 2020 15:49:03 +0100 landlocked-in-the-eu-are-you-affected-by-loss-of-onward-freedom-of-movement Spain’s Tourism Minister Reyes Maroto believes a resurgence in coronavirus cases in Catalonia shouldn't prompt the closure of its border with France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200722/spain-hopes-to-keep-french-border-open-despite-surge-in-covid-19-cases Wed, 22 Jul 2020 17:50:15 +0200 spain-hopes-to-keep-french-border-open-despite-surge-in-covid-19-cases EU countries have finally agreed to reopen their external borders on July 1st to visitors from 15 countries but American tourists will still not be allowed to travel to Europe because the US is still considered a risk due to the high number of Covid-19 cases. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200629/eu-to-allow-visitors-from-14-safe-countries-but-not-the-us Mon, 29 Jun 2020 21:17:02 +0200 eu-to-allow-visitors-from-14-safe-countries-but-not-the-us As European countries emerge from their coronavirus lockdowns and lift travel restrictions to revive their tourist industries, the EU has been aiming to coordinate the border reopening among its 27 members. But it hasn't quite worked out like that. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200615/open-borders-europes-haphazard-route-to-ending-travel-restrictions Mon, 15 Jun 2020 12:02:25 +0200 open-borders-europes-haphazard-route-to-ending-travel-restrictions The EU's external borders have been effectively closed since mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic but the European Commission is set to announce a plan for a "progressive and partial" reopening of them from July 1st. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200610/eu-proposes-progressive-and-partial-reopening-of-borders-in-july Wed, 10 Jun 2020 15:11:04 +0200 eu-proposes-progressive-and-partial-reopening-of-borders-in-july The Spanish government has made a U-turn after initially announcing it would reopen its land borders with France and Portugal on June 22nd. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200604/spain-to-reopen-land-border-with-france-and-ditch-14-day-quarantine Thu, 04 Jun 2020 14:11:00 +0200 spain-to-reopen-land-border-with-france-and-ditch-14-day-quarantine Switzerland and France have concluded an agreement concerning cross-border employees working from their home in France during to the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200515/switzerland-and-france-conclude-tax-deal-on-cross-border-workers Fri, 15 May 2020 13:59:23 +0200 switzerland-and-france-conclude-tax-deal-on-cross-border-workers The European Union will impose an entry ban on travellers from outside the bloc for 30 days to battle the spread of the coronavirus, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200317/eu-imposes-entry-ban-for-30-days-in-bid-to-slow-coronavirus-pandemic Tue, 17 Mar 2020 21:43:30 +0100 eu-imposes-entry-ban-for-30-days-in-bid-to-slow-coronavirus-pandemic Germany on Monday introduced border controls with Austria, Denmark, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland in a bid to stem the coronavirus outbreak. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200315/germany-to-close-its-borders Sun, 15 Mar 2020 16:43:43 +0100 germany-to-close-its-borders French police may have tried to drop foreign minors over the border into Italy without permission, according to the Italian interior ministry. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181023/italy-accuses-france-of-trying-to-dump-underage-migrants-over-the-border Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:06:00 +0200 italy-accuses-france-of-trying-to-dump-underage-migrants-over-the-border A British border guard was one of 12 people arrested in Britain and France as part of an investigation into arms and drugs smuggling, police said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171009/uk-border-guard-arrested-in-france-in-drugs-and-guns-raid Mon, 09 Oct 2017 19:26:11 +0200 uk-border-guard-arrested-in-france-in-drugs-and-guns-raid In a sign of how complicated the migrant crisis has become for European countries, Belgian police officers who were returning a group of migrants to France were then arrested by their French counterparts on suspicion of “aiding illegal immigration”. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160922/belgian-police-return-migrants-to-france-and-are-arrested Thu, 22 Sep 2016 11:15:24 +0200 belgian-police-return-migrants-to-france-and-are-arrested What’s in a few cm? Well the difference between being free and being locked up in a detention centre for one lucky Moroccan man. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160915/man-freed-after-french-police-stop-him-10cm-inside-spain Thu, 15 Sep 2016 16:37:15 +0200 man-freed-after-french-police-stop-him-10cm-inside-spain British officials were drafted in to help French border police on Sunday after 15-hour queues built up at the port of Dover due to heightened entry checks. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160724/15-hour-tailbacks-in-uk-as-france-heightens-checks Sun, 24 Jul 2016 19:32:17 +0200 15-hour-tailbacks-in-uk-as-france-heightens-checks