Greece interrupted communication with Muslim neighbors until August 15

On July 31, the Greek government decided to stop land (including rail) and air traffic with North Macedonia, Albania and Turkey until August 15. By a strange coincidence, the list included the country neighboring Greece with a significant share of the Muslim population (in North Macedonia, Albanian Muslims make up almost a third of the inhabitants of the news agency). Read also: In Macedonia in a day 534 patients recovered from COVID-19 As reports the Albanian news agency Telegrafi Maqedoni, this resolution is continuation acting before the measures connected with COVID-19 pandemic. See also: Greece has not opened borders for tourists from North Macedonia. At the same time, Greece continues to receive tourists from EU countries. What is characteristic, Kosovo, not recognized by Greece, did not get on the list. It is worth noting that about a million Macedonian tourists visited Greece annually. See also: In Turkey, 996 cases of infection were detected per day SARS-CoV-2