Friday, March 6, 2020

Friday Fuss - Part 2

As a partly sunny Friday hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, the E.U. hands Turkey another 500 million euros to stop migrants.  (If you read French, read the story at RTBF.)

From Ekathimerini, the European Investment Bank proposes two initiatives to help Greece deal with migrants and refugees.

From the Greek Reporter, Greece confirms 15 new cases of the coronavirus.

From Voice Of Europe, video evidence show the Turkish regime assisting migrants trying to enter Greece.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Serbia confirms its first coronavirus case.

From Balkan Insight, officials in Bosnia and Hercegovina sound the alarm over the prospect of more migrants in the country.

From Total Croatia News, the Croatian Institute of Public Health tries and fails to issue advice about the coronavirus in English.

From Total Slovenia News, as Slovenia's seventh coronavirus case is confirmed, Slovenes are advised to not travel.

From the Malta Independent, Maltese authorities discover an illegal bird-trapping site.

From Malta Today, a cruise ship is denied entry into the port at Valletta, Malta.

From ANSA, as the Vatican reports its first case of the coronavirus, the pope may give his Angelus address via video.

From SwissInfo, city authorities in Geneva, Switzerland plan to investigate munitions dumped into Lake Geneva.

From El País, street vendors in Spain are "illegal people with legal clothing".

From The Portugal News, Portugal has nine confirmed cases of the coronavirus.

From France24, the pope accepts the resignation of a cardinal who failed to report an alleged pedophile priest.

From RFI, who will be the next mayor of Paris?

From the Express, due to the coronavirus, Facebook and Morgan Stanley leave London.

From the Evening Standard, Prime Minister Johnson unveils 46 million more pounds to help U.K. scientists become the first to produce a coronavirus vaccine.

From the (U.K.) Independent, two teenagers are arrested in connection with an allegedly racist attack on a Singaporean student over the coronavirus.

From the (Irish) Independent, Trinity College in Dublin bans students and staff from entering campus for 14 days if they have traveled to regions having a high risk for the coronavirus.

From the Irish Examineracting Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin will resume policy talks.

From VRT NWS, several thousand truant students join Greta Thunberg in a climate march in Brussels.  (Did the march get anywhere near the Chinese embassy?)

From The Brussels Times, why do young Belgians march for the climate?

From the NL Times, the defendant accused in the Utrecht mass shooting is removed from the court for spitting at the judges.

From Dutch News, the Netherlands has confirmed 128 cases of the coronavirus.

From Deutsche Welle, thousands of people rally in Munich, Germany against racism, the far-right, and anti-Semitism.

From Polskie Radio, Poland confirms four more cases of the coronavirus.

From Radio Prague, what chance does the Czech Republic have of having a female president or prime minister?

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia confirms its first case of the coronavirus.

From the Hungary Journal, in Hungary, four foreigners test positive for the coronavirus.

From Daily News Hungary, according to Hungarian official Zoltán Kovács, Hungary's border fence and asylum laws are sufficient to meet new migration challenges.

From Hungary Today, the coronavirus does not appear to have disrupted shopping in Hungary.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Magyar Nemzet.)

From About Hungary, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, "order is the foundation of liberty".

From Russia Today, a Kremlin spokesman denies trolling Turkish President Erdoğan by placing him next to a sculture depicting a Russian victory over the Ottoman Empire.

From Sputnik International, Russian President Putin discusses what his presidency means to him.

From The Moscow Times, the coronavirus could rock the Russian economy.

From Romania-Insider, Romania confirms eight cases of the coronavirus, with three of them reportedly cured.

From Novinite, according to Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Bulgaria takes its commitment to protect the E.U.'s external borders seriously.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgarian authorities indict six people for allegedly making fake ID cards, passports and drivers licenses.

From Radio Bulgaria, where to explore space in Bulgaria.

From EuroNews, the E.U. revives a quota system and wage transparency to deal with the gender pay gap.

From Euractiv, the coronavirus tests Europe's solidarity.

And from The Conservative Woman, the BBC lets the trans madness flow.

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