Saturday, February 22, 2020

Saturday Stories - Part 2

As a cool sunny Saturday with only twos and zeroes in its date hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, French right-wing politician Marine Le Pen calls upon President Emmanuel Macron to denounce the "undemocratic manipulations" by George Soros.

From France24, at the Paris Agricultural Fair, cows, pigs, goats, chickens and politicians all "strut their stuff".

From RFI, outside the Paris Agricultural Fair, protesters strut their complaints.

From The Portugal News, a company in Porto, Portugal develops drones that can carry medicines and blood tests.

From SwissInfo, farmers and climate activists stage a joint protests in Bern, Switzerland.

From EuroNews, Italy puts 10 towns under lockdown after two people die from the coronavirus.

From the Malta Independent, repair work on an undersea cable between Malta and Sicily is underway.

From Malta Today, the carnival in Nadur, on the Maltese island of Gozo, includes people in coronavirus-inspired costumes.

From Total Slovenia News, what will go on in Ljubljana this coming week.

From Total Croatia News, the Croatian embassy sheds light on the future for Croats in the U.K.

From Ekathimerini, according to alternate Migration Minister George Koumoutsakos, Greece has no plans to construct migration centers on uninhabited islets.

From the Greek Reporter, the American school Lafayette College will resume its Greek study program.

From The Sofia Globe, according to organizers of the Lukov March, Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court has upheld an order by Sofia's mayor limiting the march's activities.

From Radio Bulgaria, an exhibition at Bulgaria's National Library shows old medicine recipies and cures for ailments.

From Romania-Insider, Romanian tennis player Simona Halep wins the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the third time.

From Russia Today, India's first man in space recalls his flight and his training in the Soviet Union.

From Sputnik International, Russia President Putin orders the doubling of the availability of anti-retrovirus therapy for people with HIV.

From The Moscow Times, Senator Socialism (I-VT, USA) blasts Russia for allegedly trying to boost his presidential campaign.  (As is fairly well known, he and his wife honeymooned in the Soviet Union.)

From Daily News Hungary, according to members of the Hungarian cabinet, the "Soros network" is trying to incite hate between Hungarians and Roma in the village of Gyöngyöspata.

From About Hungary, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, in order for Europe to be ambitious, its budget must be ambitious.

From The Slovak Spectator, workers at Slovenský Kras National Park find the oldest bat in Slovakia.

From Voice Of Europe, Slovakia is a difficult place to be a Muslim.

From Radio Prague, Czechs engage in a fierce debate over monuments to the Soviet Red Army.

From Polskie Radio, Poles get ready to eat their pączki.

From Deutsche Welle, German police prepare for reprisals after the shootings in Hanau.

From the NL Times, a court in Noord-Holland sentences a man for attempting to extort the parent company of a supermarket chain by poisoning its customers.

From VRT NWS, burglars break into the Belgian Royal Mint.

From The Brussels Times, Belgium's parliament prepares for a hard Brexit.

From the Express, the British want their new blue post-Brexit passports to be made in the U.K.

From the Evening Standard, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg plans to join a climate strike in Bristol, England.

From the (U.K.) Independent, hundreds of people gather in London to protest the possible extradition of Julian Assange to the U.S.

From the (Irish) Independent, RyanAir CEO Michael O'Leary is roundly criticized for recognizing a truth about terrorism.

From the Irish Examiner, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald says, "I run the party".

And from The Conservative Woman, a non-existent problem gets a draconian solution.

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