EU ministers beef up anti-terror measures
European countries agreed Thursday to begin giving extra scrutiny this summer to travelers who meet criteria indicating they could be terrorists or Muslim foreign fighters.
The decision, taken at a meeting of EU interior ministers, was announced by Rihards Kozlovskis, Latvia's interior minister, who chaired the session.
EU officials said the decision, to go into effect in June, will apply throughout the 26-nation Schengen area, to which 22 EU member states belong.
Kozlovskis said the "risk indicators" to be used to single out travelers and their documents for intensive examination are still being drafted by EU officials and member countries.
