AUSTRIA DIVIDES ITS BORDER CROSSINGS DURING THE EURO CUP

Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ decided to divide its border crossings into three categories during the Euro 2008 soccer tournament.

The first border crossing will be permanently checked, the second will be mobile border crossings which will direct the traffic into single lane and make random checks of individual vehicles, the third category will be tourist friendly crossings without any gearshift, the ministry said. Switzerland, the co-host of Austria too decided to reintroduce international boarder checks during selected matches of Euro 2000.