Saturday, March 28, 2020

Saturday Links - Part 1

As cool cloudy weather returns on a Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the complexities of law enforcement during a time of crisis.

From Townhall, a World Health Organization senior advisor doesn't want to talk about Taiwan's response to the coronavirus.

From The Washington Free Beacon, after getting its $25 million bailout, the Kennedy Center decides to stop paying its musicians.

From The Washington Times, during the coronavirus outbreak, 40 more miles of the border wall is constructed.  (via the Washington Examiner)

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump praises MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow for highlighting the federal government's response to the coronavirus outbreak.

From American Thinker, the coronavirus is causing a slight right turn.

From NewsBusters, some advice about toilet paper from an American musician back in 2007 might be relevant today.

From Canada Free Press, a cost-benefits analysis on bio-warfare.

From CBC News, Canada bans domestic travel by train or plane for anyone showing coronavirus symptoms.

From Global News, Canada's government is trying to bring 248 Canadians home from a ship off the coast of Panama.

From CTV News, Montreal disinfects its port after a longshoreman tests positive for the coronavirus.

From The Portugal News, Lagos, Portugal closes its beaches and riverside fronts.

From El PaĆ­s, Spanish "balcony vigilantes" enforce coronavirus lockdown rules by insulting those they see breaking them.

From France24, France urges its people to buy domestic products.

From RFI, Paris police arrest a man and seize his 23,000 hoarded face masks.

From SwissInfo, Swiss Post works overtime to keep up with an online shopping boom.

From EuroNews, according to Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, the E.U. will lose its "raison d'etre" if it doesn't help during the coronavirus crisis.

From the Malta Independent, schools in Malta will remain closed until the end of June.

From Malta Today, inmates at a Maltese prison are issued face masks.

From Total Slovenia News, dust blown from the Sahara produces a record high concentration of PM10 particles in Slovenia and neighboring countries.

From Total Croatia News, a Canadian software company plans to open a development center in Croatia.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Poslovni Dnevnik.)

From Balkan Insight, migrants in Sarajevo, Bosnia are given shelter in a nearby military barracks.

From Ekathimerini, a lab at Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece will reportedly start 3D-printing respirator valves.

From the Greek Reporter, according to the German Federal Intelligence Service, Turkey purposely incited riots among migrants on its border with Greece.  (If you read German, read the story at Bild.)

From Novinite, Sofia, Bulgaria extends free parking in its blue and green zones until April 12th.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria's health minister orders people discharged from hospitals after testing positive for the coronavirus quarantined for 28 days.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria's foreign ministry will evacuate Bulgarians from Spain and the UAE.

From Russia Today, Russia will ban all cross-border traffic due to the coronavirus.

From Sputnik International, the Russian Federal Medical-Biological Agency claims to have created an anti-coronavirus drug.

From The Moscow Times, the latest news from Russia about the coronavirus.

From the Hungary Journal, Hungary confirms 343 cases of the coronavirus and 11 deaths.

From Daily News Hungary, a Hungarian company prints face masks and donates them to hospitals.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Index.)

From Hungary Today, the Hungarian opposition party Jobbik calls for an immediate and "radical" pay increase for health care workers.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)

From About Hungary, some questions about Hungary's "Coronavirus Bill" and the current "state of danger".

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia allows some shops to open but tightens its hygienic measures.

From Radio Prague, a Czech travelling circus stuck in Latvia is "overwhelmed" by help from strangers offering to feed them and their animals.

From Polskie Radio, the Polish parliament passes an economic relief plan.

From CPH Post, Danish researchers develop a simple method of testing for the coronavirus.

From Deutsche Welle, archaeologists in the German state of Bavaria excavate a large mammoth tusk.

From Voice Of Europe, a migrant NGO in the German state of Lower Saxony demands that state and local government move migrants into private accommodations.  (If you read German, read the NGO's statement.)

From the NL Times, streets, beaches and public areas in the Netherlands are mostly empty.

From Dutch News, the coronavirus death toll rises in the Netherlands, with obese patients dominating intensive care units.

From VRT NWS, flouting coronavirus-related rules in Brussels is gonna cost ya, pilgrim.

From The Brussels Times, Belgian supermarkets donate 223 tons of foodstuffs to food banks.

From Free West Media, the U.K. no longer considers the coronavirus to be a "high-consequence infectious disease".

From the Express, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reportedly "already won" the first round of Brexit fishing talks.

From the Evening Standard, in England's Peak District, police dye a "blue lagoon" black to keep people away.

From the (U.K.) Independent, a theme park in Chessington, England becomes a coronavirus test center.

From the (Irish) Independent, Ireland enters a strict two-week lockdown.

From the Irish Examiner, according to Ireland's health minister, the country will not return to normal after the lockdown is over.

From The Conservative Woman, the coronavirus brings the left-wing chickens home to roost.

From Snouts in the Trough, "will you be one of the lucky ones to get a ventilator?"

From The Stream, the radical playbook of "first deny, then gloat", such as by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D).

From the New York Post, Rhode Island sends police and National Guard personnel to find New Yorkers trying to find refuge.  (via the Washington Examiner)

From WPVI-TV, Philadelphia reports 806 coronavirus cases and offers free food to needy residents.

From Breitbart, President Trump speaks at Naval Station Norfolk and sends the USNS Comfort off to New York City.

From Twitchy, after journalist Greta Van Susteren smacks down former Clinton spokesman Joe Lockhart's cheap shots at Dr. Deborah Birx, he comes back for more.

And from Fox News, former physician and Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) passes away from cancer at age 72.

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