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The Pulitzer Prizes in journalism and the arts will be announced on Monday after being postponed by the coronavirus outbreak.
The initial Pulitzer ceremony, which was scheduled for 20 April, was pushed back to give Pulitzer Board members who were busy covering the pandemic more time to evaluate the finalists.
Germany, which is part of Europe’s open-border Schengen area, will extend its border checks until 15 May, a spokesman for the interior ministry has said.
The measure is in line with the European Commission, he added. “Of course, we are guided by the European spirit not to act unilaterally or in an uncoordinated way.”
