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Finland's government said on Thursday Jun 11, it will lift coronavirus-related restrictions on leisure travel to and from neighbouring Baltic and Nordic countries, but excluded Sweden, prompting indignation in Stockholm. Minister of Interior Maria Ohisalo told reporters, the epidemic situation in Sweden does not enable giving up the restrictions yet. For tourists to and from Denmark, Iceland and Norway, as well as Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, where the infection rate is similar to Finland's, restrictions will be lifted on June 15, Ohisalo said. Meanwhile, The Swedish government said the Nordics are one of the most interconnected regions and jointly represent the world's 11th largest economy. A spokeswoman for Sweden's Minister of Interior Mikael Damberg told Reuters, that There is indignation over the situation, not least in border areas. Sweden has not closed its borders in the Nordics. Sweden has adopted fewer restrictions than its neighbours and by June 10, Sweden's COVID-19 deaths were 4,717 - four times the number in the other Nordic countries combined//CNA/Reuters