Greece is to join UK s green list from June 7, country s tourism minister reveals
Spain will open up from May 20 and will not demand anything from arrivals
Pledge based on UK maintaining rate of infection below 50 cases per 100,000
But it may be on the amber list until end of June or even longer due to case rate
Portugal is on green list from Monday but official travel advice is not updated
Huge numbers could risk flying into Portugal and then driving into Europe
British Airways today caused panic for thousands of Britons rushing out to Portugal from May 17 after sending an official warning that their holiday could be illegal and they may be fined £5,000 each if they go.
The airline s message to customers booked on to planes to Faro next week came just six days before the country is put on Britain s green list from Monday.
In a message sent to passengers booked on flights from Heathrow to Faro, seen by The Independent, BA warns: You can only travel internationally from England for legally permitted reasons. This does not include holidays.
And adding to the confusion, BA has said that passengers must fill out a Declaration to Travel form, even though they are due to be axed from May 16. Failure to fill one in is punishable by a £5,000 fine and even arrest.
Huge numbers could risk flying into Portugal and then driving into Europe
Hundreds of thousands of Britons own second homes on the continent
Land border between Spain and Portugal is open with France expected to follow
Travellers from the UK, Israel and Europe will not have to quarantine in Italy
Regulations may also be scrapped from people arriving from US by June
But Britons will have to self-isolate for ten days and take two tests on their return
EuropeAnalysis: Italy s Salvini struggles as rightist ally grows stronger
Angelo AmanteCrispian Balmer
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Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni and League party leader Matteo Salvini leave after a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Palace in Rome, Italy January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
League leader Matteo Salvini is in danger of losing his crown as the undisputed head of Italy s centre-right bloc, a prospect that could destabilise or eventually even upend Prime Minister Mario Draghi s government of national unity.
Under Salvini s frenetic command, the League emerged as Italy s most popular party three years ago and looked likely to dominate the political landscape for the foreseeable future.
Italy plans to lift quarantine restrictions for some travelers from mid-May
May 9, 2021 | 5:13 pm
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MILAN Italy plans to lift quarantine restrictions for travelers arriving from European countries, Britain and Israel as early as mid-May in a bid to revive the tourism industry, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Saturday.
Quarantine requirements may be scrapped for those arriving from the United States from June, Mr. Di Maio said, after meeting Health Minister Roberto Speranza to discuss the easing of restrictions for countries where vaccination levels are high.
“We are working to lift the ‘mini-quarantine’ for people coming from European countries, the UK and Israel, if they have a negative swab, proof of vaccination or have recovered from COVID within the last 6 months. Same thing for the US,” he wrote in a post on Facebook.