Free movement between the Czech Republic and Slovakia to resume from June 4

The news was announced by both Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovič in advance of a meeting between the two in Prague this afternoon. It will be Matovič’s first official meeting in Prague, or any foreign location, since taking office in March.

Babiš and Matovič said they agreed on the full re-opening of borders two days ago, but kept it secret in order to announce it during Matovič’s visit to Prague.

A press conference with full details will take place this afternoon.

Today’s announcement means that travel between the two countries will go back to ‘normal’, as it was before the epidemic; it’s one of the first such announcements between neighboring countries in the European Union.

Other European countries are eyeing a date of June 15 for opening borders to travelers.

Each destination country may have its own specific regulations, but many are in negotiations to open borders to general traffic with European neighbors from mid-June.