Friday, February 28, 2020

Friday Phenomena - Part 2

As a cool cloudy Friday hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, a Russian anti-aircraft missile system arrives in Serbia.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov contacts Turkish President Recep Erdoğan on the issue of migrants.

From Balkan Insight, Kosovo unveils a statue of its first Olympic gold medalist.

From Ekathimerini, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis calls an emergency meeting as migrants and refugees attempt to enter Greece from Turkey.

From the Greek Reporter, according to Mitsotakis, "no illegal entries into Greece will be tolerated".

From Novinite, according to Bulgaria's chief health inspector, the spread of the coronavirus into the country is inevitable.

From The Sofia Globe, Borissov and Mitsotakis discuss the situation in Syria and the situation with migrants.

From Radio Bulgaria, 150 years ago today, the grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire recognized the right of Bulgarians to have a church separate from the Patriarchate of Constantinople.

From Euractiv, Bulgaria sends its gendarmerie to its border with Turkey due to the threat of a migrant wave.

From Russia Today, Russia goes on red alert, from being "surrounded" by coronavirus cases.

From Sputnik International, a Russian Senator faults The Washington Post for allegedly taking his comments on his country's constitutional amendments out of context.

From The Moscow Times, Russia sends warships into the Mediterranean amid tensions with Turkey and Syria.

From Hungary Journal, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, regular attacks by migrants on Hungary's southern border fence should be expected.

From Daily News Hungary, Orban also admits that the coronavirus will likely reach Hungary.

From Hungary Today, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto, relations wil Croatia are excellent, but could improve further.

From About Hungary, according to Hungary's state secretary for youth and family affairs, the government seeks to protect traditional family values.

From The Slovak Spectator, young Slovaks claim that their government has not done much about climate change.  (Is there a Chinese embassy in Bratislava?  If so, why haven't they protested in front of it?)

From Radio Prague, a street and a square in Prague are renamed after slain Russian pro-democracy activists.

From Polskie Radio, according to the leader of Poland's governing conservatives, the country is ready for a coronavirus outbreak.

From Voice Of Europe, under its new left-wing government, Denmark will take in quota migrants for the first time since 2017.  (If you read Danish, read the story at Altinget.)

From Deutsche Welle, how the coronavirus is affecting the travel industry in Germany.

From the NL Times, four stowaways from the Dominican Republic are found on a cargo ship in the Dutch port of Vlissingen-Oost.

From Dutch News, a second Dutch person diagnosed with the coronavirus is identified.

From VRT NWS, 15 Belgians will be allowed to return home after being quarantined in Tenerife in the Canary Islands.

From The Brussels Times, a man is arrested in Brussels after walking around with a fake AK-47.

From the Express, four battlegrounds that the U.K. and E.U. must resolve in order to make a trade deal.

From the Evening Standard, KFC in the U.K. is looking for chicken tasters.

From the (U.K.) Independent, the U.K. needs more defense lawyers.

From the (Irish) Independent, three men are arrested after allegedly brandishing hatchets at a funeral in Strabane, Northern Ireland.

From the Irish Examiner, according to Bríd Smith of People before Profit, the Irish parties Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are trying to prevent a left-wing minority government from forming.

From France24, jihadists from France are reportedly fighting in the Syrian region of Idlib.

From RFI, French Health Minister Olivier Véron advises against shaking hands.

From EuroNews, hundred of people protest outside the César awards ceremony against director  Roman Polanski, whose film J'accuse garnered 12 nominations.

From El País, Spain considers more restrictive measures amid the rise of coronavirus infections.

From The Portugal News, the regions of Algarve in Portugal and Andalusia in Spain are working on a network of electric vehicles for coastal tourist areas.

From SwissInfo, the Swiss media are split over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

From ANSA, a 5,000-year-old sword is discovered at a monastery on an island in Venice.

From the Malta Independent, according to Maltese Culture Minister Jose Herrera, artists should have some "elbow space" when it comes to makeup.

From Malta Today, the Malta Chamber of Commerce joins the call for an urgent meeting about the coronavirus.

From Total Slovenia News, a meteor explodes over Slovenia.

From Total Croatia News, Foreign Ministers Radman (Croatia) and Szijjarto (Hungary) discuss the fight against illegal migration.

And from The Conservative Woman, have Western people lost the desire to have children?

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