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As I understand the situation, the below is the current state of play for the below European countries which are open now to international travel.

Austria
Those attempting to enter Austria must present negative results of a molecular biological test for SARS-CoV-2 not be older than four days at the moment of entry.

If the health certificate cannot be presented, these persons are to be accommodated in suitable accommodation for 14 days, which they are not allowed to leave for this period unless the immediate departure is ensured.

At the beginning of May, Vienna Airport started offering passengers the possibility to undergo molecular-biological COVID-19 testing (PCR test) directly on-site at the airport. Test findings are available within about three hours and passengers who result negative upon testing do not have to stay in self-quarantine for 14 days upon arrival in Austria.

Czech Republic
Visitors will have to present a negative test for COVID-19 upon entry to the border authorities. On May 26, the country removed comprehensive and systematic border controls and opened all road and rail crossings for Germany and Austria.

Greece
As of June 15, travellers from 29 countries, mostly EU members, will be eligible to travel to Greece for non-essential purposes, after the authorities decided to open the borders. Only passengers arriving from high-infection countries will be subjected to testing. If test results are negative, the traveller will, however, need to quarantine for seven days.

Estonia
All residents of the European Union, Schengen Area, and of the United Kingdom are eligible to enter Estonia since June 1. Tests to be offered at the airports, as a way to avoid quarantine for those resulting negative.

Iceland
Iceland is also working on offering Coronavirus tests to arriving travellers at the Keflavik airport, the country’s international airport, as a way to avoid the 14 days mandatory quarantine as of June 15.

All travellers reaching Iceland through its airport and provide a medical document proving they are not infected with Coronavirus will not need to take the test.

Portugal
Portugal’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Augusto Santos Silva has announced that Portugal will soon open its borders for tourists from a selected number of countries, mostly for the EU Member States and Portuguese speaking countries.

Arrivals by air will be subject to health checks but not to compulsory quarantine, he did not specify whether these “health checks” included COVID-19 testing.

However, some Portuguese regional tourist boards including Madeira and Porto Santo, which have announced their plans to reopen to international tourists from July 1, will offer travellers COVID-19 tests, paid for by the local Government.

Slovakia
Travellers eligible to enter the Slovak territory can avoid isolation in state quarantine centres, given that they present negative results of an RT-PCR test for COVID- 19 not older than four days.

Slovenia
Travellers must present a negative test result on SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), that is not older than three days.

Switzerland
Switzerland is planning to abolish all entry restrictions for EU countries in mid-June. However, the authorities have noted that while a mandatory quarantine rule will note be effective, a medical examination at the border for certain groups of people is possible.

The examination includes temperature reading, a health questionnaire or quarantine, for all persons from a high-risk country listed in the COVID-19 Ordinance. A COVID-19 test is possible among other health measures.

Cyprus
The non-Schengen EU member Cyprus is also planning to reopen its borders starting from June 9, to a selected number of countries like Germany, Greece, Malta, and Israel and possibly Scandinavian and UAE countries and the Baltic States.

On June 20, travellers from six more countries, including Switzerland and Poland, will be able to enter the island country.

Upon arrival, travellers will have to show a negative Coronavirus test, taken in the previous 72 hours, to get in.
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