“The intensification of crises at Europe’s borders, particularly after the attack on Israel, has actually increased the threat of violence within the Union as well.”. This is how a note from Palazzo Chigi explains the decision to reintroduce controls at the border with Slovenia. “A picture aggravated by the constant migratory pressure that Italy faces by sea and land (140,000 arrivals on Italian coasts, +85% compared to 2022),” it continues.
Threats about the presence of bombs reached several French airports in the morning, which were evacuated for control. It happened at the airports of Lille, Lyon and Toulouse, which were evacuated. Nice Airport had also received a threat, but the alert had already ended: it was about luggage that had been left behind and was immediately removed.
Two of the French airports closed due to threats have already reopened and are operating regularly: Nice and Nantes. Lille, Lyon, Toulouse and Beauvais remain closed due to controls.
Ostend airport in Belgium was evacuated due to a bomb threat Following an email warning of bomb attacks was also sent to the French airports of Lille, Lyon and Toulouse, which were also evacuated. In Ostend, around fifty airport staff had to leave the building, while around 150 passengers who had landed on a Tui flight at the time of the alarm are now stuck on board waiting for screening procedures to be completed. The airport is currently undergoing a thorough search and security services are busy monitoring the situation.
The Palace of Versailles has reopened after a three-hour closure after a bomb scare forced it to evacuate visitors for the third time in five days. The checks have been compulsory and compulsory since Friday, when the government – following the murder of Professor Dominique Bernard by a Chechen in Arras – raised the Vigipirate anti-terror plan to the highest level. As in the other cases, nothing unusual was found and the authorities concluded it was a new “false alarm”.
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Italy will reintroduce controls with Slovenia from October 21st
The Slovenian Interior Minister Bostjan Poklukar was informed about this by his Italian counterpart Matteo PiantedosiItaly has decided to introduce temporary border controls with Slovenia due to the changing situation in Europe and the Middle East. This was reported by the Slovenian news agency Sta. The aim of the measure, as Piantedosi explained to Poklukar, is to ““Prevention of Terrorism and Organized Crime”, we read in a statement from the Slovenian Interior Minister. For his part, Poklukar stressed to his Italian counterpart the importance of the “temporality and proportionality of this measure” and called for the measures to be “proportionate and friendly towards our citizens” so as not to destroy the cultural ties, friendship and family of the people who live on the border,” the press release says. The two ministers also agreed that the police chiefs of both countries will meet soon to decide how and where the measure should be implemented. According to unofficial information from the STA, Slovenia will introduce similar border controls with Croatia and Hungary.
The reintroduction of internal border controls with Slovenia “will be implemented from October 21st for a period of 10 days, extendable in accordance with EU Regulation 2016/339. The control methods will be implemented in such a way as to ensure the proportionality of the measure, adapted to the threat and coordinated to have the lowest possible impact on cross-border traffic and freight transport. The further development of the situation and the effectiveness of the measures are constantly being analyzed in the hope of a rapid return to full freedom of movement,” said Palazzo Chigi.
“According to national assessment, the police measures on the Italian-Slovenian border are not sufficient to ensure the necessary security.” This can be read in the note from Palazzo Chigi on the reintroduction of border controls with Slovenia, which states that the scenario “which is also being studied in detail by the Committee for Strategic Analysis on Combating Terrorism set up in the Ministry of the Interior confirms this need for one “further strengthening prevention and control measures”.
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