Nine Western European countries decided Saturday (29 August) to increase ad-hoc checks of train passengers' identities and luggage.
But the experience of travelling by train in Europe is to remain largely unchanged.
“We can’t do and don’t want complete, comprehensive checks on people or luggage in trains in Germany or Europe", Germany's interior minister Thomas de Maiziere said, according to Associated Press.
De Maiziere and several transport and security ministers met in Pa...
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