Coronavirus: Spain and Portugal reopen land border three months after lockdown

The leaders of both nations toured a Moorish fortress in Spain and a castle in Portugal to mark the reopening.

The leaders of Spain and Portugal marked the reopening of their land border, more than three months after shutting it because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Spain’s King Felipe VI and prime minister Pedro Sanchez met with Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and prime minister Antonio Costa for border ceremonies in Badajoz on the Spanish side and later in Elvas, Portugal.