Italy likely to extend border controls with Slovenia into 2024

Controls at the border between Italy and Slovenia will probably continue into next year, Rome's interior minister said on Tuesday, citing the risk of terrorists among the migrants in transit on the Balkan route. Italy reinstated police checks at the border as of Oct. 21 for an initial 10 days, suspending the free movement normally allowed within most of the European Union under the Schengen treaty. Following the attack on Israel by Hamas, and assaults by self-proclaimed Islamist militants in France and in Belgium, Rome said the threat of violent action had increased inside the EU.