Monday, 25 May 2020 08:56 PM MYTCOPENHAGEN, May 25 — Denmark eased its border controls with other Nordic countries and Germany on Monday, allowing cross-border couples separated by the coronavirus lockdown to meet again if they can prove they have been in a relationship for at least six months.
“They can bring along a photo or a love letter,” deputy chief Allan Dalager Clausen told Danish broadcaster DR. While good news for separated couples, the move highlights some of the issues lawmakers and authorities around the world face as they gradually reopen their countries’ borders. Since then, elderly couples have been seen on the Danish-German border drinking coffee on each side of border and holding hands over the barriers to stay in touch with each other.