Italian interior minister Angelino Alfano stressed that "Italy has no intention of suspending Schengen rules or reintroducing border controls with Slovenia," denying earlier reports published in the Italian daily Corriere della Serra.
However, Alfano did confirm that "Italy will step up anti-terrorist security measures on the Balkan route if the situation calls for it," the Slovenian daily Primorski dnevnik reports, adding that "Alfano may be denying all those claims at Slovenia’s insistence."
Interior Ministry State Secretary Boštjan Šefic said at a press conference that Slovenia had not been notified by the Italian authorities that they were going to reintroduce border controls with Slovenia. He said that they checked whether media reports to that effect were true, but they were reassured that they were not.