Norway said on Thursday that it will close its border to Russian tourists, shutting their last direct access to Europe's border-free Schengen area.
Norway said on Thursday that it will close its border to Russia n tourists, shutting their last direct access to Europe's border-free Schengen area.
As of May 29, most Russian tourists will not be able to enter Norway, which shares a 198-kilometre border with Russia in the Arctic, the government said in a statement. But holders of long-term visas that had been issued before or those who had visas from other Schengen member countries could still cross via the Storskog-Boris Gleb border crossing, the only one between the neighbours.Exceptions will be made for work and study, and those visiting close family residing in Norway.
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has charged Southern monarchs to uphold societal values, promote peace and mediate conflicts among their subjects. Uzodimma gave the admonition, yesterday Federal Government has said it is unacceptable and unsustainable that Nigeria spends over $2 billion out of its meagre foreign reserves on health tourism, stressing that it is in a hurry to reposition the health sector to bring it at par with what obtains in other countries.One year into the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration, the Federal Government said it had accomplished so much within the short period.
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