Every Friday the Czech government reviews the list of countries with a low risk of infection with the corona virus. Germany has been on the list since last week, but this is no longer the case as of November 16.

The real effects are small. For foreigners, the necessity of an important reason for entry continued to apply. Only for those who had one, the procedure will now be more complex ( compulsory quarantine and testing).

You can find the details under Current Corona Rules in Saxony and Czech Republic.

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The new entry rules for the Czech Republic will come into force on November 9th. For this purpose, the world will be divided into green, orange and red category countries, depending on how the COVID 19 pandemic develops in the country. Germany is in the orange category, so from there on you basically can enter the Czech Republic as before the pandemic. A scheme of the Czech Ministry of Health for entering the Czech Republic explains this very well.

But: As long as the state of emergency applies (for the time being until 20.11.), foreigners may only enter the Czech Republic for important reasons.

Further details can be found under Current regulations on Covid-19 in Saxony and Czechia.

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In the Czech Republic, measures the government is taking to slow the spread of the coronavirus are being tightened further. From Thursday, October 22, 2020, from 6:00 a.m., only shops with the basic range (groceries, drugstores, pharmacies) or shops with household supplies or animal feed will remain open. Service providers such as hairdressers and libraries are also closing. Schools or restaurants are still closed. You can currently find further details here .

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30 years of the Saxon Switzerland National Park - a special day for the anniversary and other articles from the area of the national park, experiences and regional topics can be found in the 127th SandsteinSchweizer newsletter.

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Source: Joint initiative of the Sachsenforst state enterprise, Saxon Switzerland National Park Administration and the Landschaf (f) t Zukunft e. V.

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On Saturday, October 3rd, 2020, Christian Preußcher, long-time managing director of the Euroregion Elbe / Labe, died after a long illness.

Christian Preußcher was a driving force behind the founding of the Elbe / Labe Euroregion and worked as its managing director on the German side from its founding in 1992 until he retired due to illness in 2014.

In this activity he has made an outstanding contribution to the development and intensification of diverse cross-border relationships between Saxony and the Czech Republic. On the other hand, as a convinced European, cooperation with other border regions and the growing together of Europe were important concerns to which he devoted himself wholeheartedly. It is fair to say that the Elbe / Labe Euroregion and probably also the Saxon-Czech relations would not be at the level they have achieved today without him.

We mourn the loss of this founding father of the Saxon-Czech euroregional cooperation and hereby express our condolences to his relatives.

The entire team of the Euroregion Elbe / Labe

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