from 00:00 Thursday-Friday local time, the citizens and permanent residents of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia can move freely between the three countries.
On the borders with the outside world there are still restrictions. The English media called the resulting total space of the “Baltic bubble”.
Arrived in the Baltic States from other States continue required to observe the 14-day quarantine.
the EU urges other countries to remove restrictions, since their impact on the economy is a growing concern.
the Baltic Countries — the poorest in the Eurozone. It is expected that their GDP this year will decrease on average by 8%.
Prime Minister Lithuania Saulius Squarrels in his statement called the decision “an opportunity to open businesses and a glimmer of hope for people that life is returning to normal”.
a Relatively sparsely populated Baltic countries most affected by the pandemic are less than some of their European neighbors. According to the Johns Hopkins University, they together account for at least 150 deaths from the coronavirus. National statistics show a small number of new patients.
the European Commission Representative in Lithuania Arnoldas of Pranskevichus wrote in his “Twitter” that the Commission “welcomes the action of member States with a similar epidemiological situation, aimed at a gradual opening of borders between coordinated and non-discriminatory way.”
the Offer to join the “Baltic bubble” got Finland and Poland. Estonia, Finland and Lithuania with Poland on a bilateral basis have already simplified the business and educational trips.
Some other countries are also accepted to remove restrictions on its borders. Germany began to partially open, and on 15 June he planned to do it completely, if the epidemiological situation will not deteriorate.
