Madrid extends border controls with Italy for two weeks

Madrid has decided "to extend for two weeks the border controls of passengers who enter the national territory from Italy by sea or by air. This is what sources from the Spanish Ministry of the Interior have reported to ANSA.

The decision is explained after the formal communication received from Italy of the extension for another 15 days of the Schengen suspension against Spain.

The controls established last August 8 for an initial period of one month were thus extended for another 15 days, in reciprocity - it is underlined - with the decision taken by the Italian government.