Friday, March 27, 2020

Friday Phenomena - Part 2

As the last weekend of March is almost upon us, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, infections in Italy are again on the rise despite curfews.

From ANSA, Italy reports a record 969 deaths from the coronavirus in one day.

From the Malta Independent, people under lockdown in Malta will be allowed to leave their homes to buy food and medicine.

From Malta Today, car dealer showrooms in Malta will be closed due to the coronavirus, but mechanics will stay open.

From Total Slovenia News, a Slovene researcher wins the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award.

From Total Croatia News, how Croatia battled a plague in 1739.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, North Macedonia joins NATO.

From Balkan Insight, the U.N. courts in The Hague, Netherlands are urged to free war crime convicts due to the coronavirus.

From Ekathimerini, Turkish authorities evacuate hundreds of migrants from the border with Greece.

From the Greek Reporter, Greece's determined defense of its border, and more on Turkey's evacuation of migrants.

From Novinite, the company Lukoil-Bulgaria donates 20,000 liters of fuel for the fight against the coronavirus.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria agrees to buy face masks and respirators from China.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria evacuates 39 of its citizens, nine Romanians, and two Hungarians from India.

From Romania-Insider, the Bucharest Half Marathon is postponed due to the coronavirus.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at News(dot)Ro.)

From Russia Today, according to polls, Russians are "split down the middle" on resetting presidential terms.

From Sputnik International, the mayor of Moscow opens Russia's largest coronavirus clinic.

From The Moscow Times, a Russian cosmonaut offers five tips for surviving quarantine.

From the Hungary Journal, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban announces a curfew.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungary will produce medicine to stop the coronavirus epidemic.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at HVG.)

From Hungary Today, gasoline prices in Hungary sink to a four-year low.

From About Hungary, Hungarian universities will remain closed after the end of the state of emergency.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia reports 43 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country's total to 269.

From Radio Prague, an elephant calf is born in the Prague Zoo.

From Polskie Radio, Agriculture Minister Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski urges Poles to buy domestically produced food.

From the CPH Post, Denmark reports eight more deaths from coronavirus, and other news items.

From Voice Of Europe, the Finnish government closes Helsinki and the capital region from the rest of Finland due to the coronavirus.

From Deutsche Welle, Germany treats people from the French region of Alsace and the Italian region of Lombardy for the coronavirus.

From The Local DE, a German court sentences a Tunisian man to 10 years in prison for planning a biological terror attack with ricin.

From Euractiv, German astronauts offer tips for surviving lockdown.

From the NL Times, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte tells everyone to stay home this weekend.

From Dutch News, the Dutch cabinet delays creating new climate change measures, as coronavirus measures reduce air pollution.

From VRT NWS, Belgium's coronavirus measures will remain in place at least until April 19th.

From The Brussels Times, police in Brussels seize several foreign cars whose drivers violated Belgium's coronavirus lockdown.  (If you read Flemish, read the story at De Morgen.)

From France24, France reports 299 more deaths from the coronavirus, bringing the country's total to 1,995.

From RFI, an app to monitor coronavirus cases in France is developed in record time.

From EuroNews, French police are asked some bizarre questions about lockdown.

From SwissInfo, Switzerland sends army personnel to help protect its borders.

From El País, due to the coronavirus, Spain faces five crises in one.

From The Portugal News, Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa announces the arrival of thousands of masks, suits, and boot covers.

From ReMix, 20 quotes showing how open borders and political correctness were more important than public health to some politicians, health officials and journalists.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From the Express, according to a study, the coronavirus could have a harmful effect on men's sexual health.

From the Evening Standard, the Birmingham, England airport will be used as a coronavirus temporary mortuary.

From the (U.K.) Independent, U.K. police are inundated by people reporting their neighbors for alleged coronavirus lockdown violations.

From the (Irish) Independent, Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announces new restrictions due to the coronavirus.

From the Irish Examiner, Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs urges Irish on short-term visas in the U.S. to return home.

And from The Conservative Woman, the U.K. is under "government by cargo cult".

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