Turkey will suspend all international flights as part of measures to curb the spread of coronavirus, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday as the country’s death toll from the pandemic climbed to 92. In an address to the nation, he said: “All international flights have been suspended for an indefinite period.” Source Anadolu Agency
German city-state Berlin has triggered nationwide controversy with a new law that puts the burden on authorities to disprove allegations of discrimination, with opponents decrying “general suspicion” of police. Source The Local
The crime had endangered Sweden’s peaceful relations with China. Swedish prosecutor accuses Anna Lindstedt of brokering unauthorised meeting for Chinese-Swedish dissident’s release. Sweden’s former ambassador to Beijing goes on trial in Stockholm on Friday accused of overstepping her mandate by trying to negotiate the release of a Chinese-Swedish dissident held in China. Source Al Jazeera
Greek Alternate Minister for Migration and Asylum, Giorgos Koumoutsakos in a letter to the Vice-President of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas, and the European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, has called for an emergency and flexibility clause to be integrated into the new European Pact on Immigration and Asylum. The letter is co-signed by Cyprus and Bulgaria. Source Cyprus-mail
