Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Stories For Super Tuesday - Part 2

As Super Tuesday heads toward evening, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, according to Chancellor Merkel, the fight against xenophobia and racism is Germany's "deepest concerns".

From Deutsche Welle, 14 German Bundeswehr soldiers are suspected of being right-wing extremists.

From Voice Of Europe, a leader in the German party AdF is injured in an arson attack on his car.  (If you read German, read the story at Junge Freiheit.)

From Polskie Radio, Polish legislators pass a special law to help Poland fend off the coronavirus.

From Radio Prague, the Vatican's opening of the Pope Pius XII archives could shed some light on the history of Czechoslovakia.

From The Slovak Spectator, many small villages in Slovakia don't have a grocery store.

From Daily News Hungary, old Hungarian castles need renovation as soon as possible.

From Hungary Today, the Buda Castle Funicular is now 150 years old.

From About Hungary, the latest figures on the migration threat.

From Russia Today, a bust of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in Kaluga, Russia makes him look uglier than anyone remembers.

From Sputnik International, a plane flying from Vladivostok to Moscow lands in Khabarovsk after an "anonymous security warning".

From The Moscow Times, the Moscow Metro launches random passenger temperature checks to detect the coronavirus.

From Romania-Insider, wild animals are still found in Romania's forests.

From Novinite, Bulgaria celebrates its Day of Liberation.

From The Sofia Globe, GazProm and Bulgargaz agree to a price cut for natural gas imported into Bulgaria.

From Radio Bulgaria, a monument to Bulgaria's "Liberator King" stands in Sofia.

From Ekathimerini, "blackmail will not pass".

From the Greek Reporter, Greek police arrest dozens of migrants who illegally entered Greece from Turkey by crossing the Evros River.

From EuroNews, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen calls Greece "Europe's shield" in the migrant crisis.

From Euractiv, is the current migration wave really a refugee crisis?

From Independent Balkan News Agency, a look at what's happening at the Greece-Turkey border.

From Balkan Insight, new Kosovar Foreign Minister Glauk Konjufca wants the several of the country's ambassadors to be removed from office.

From Total Croatia News, the Croatian military is ready to help the police guard Croatia's borders.

From Total Slovenia News, a Slovenian news editor is found guilty of libel against Viktor Knavs, the father of U.S. First Lady Melania Trump.

From the Malta Independent, six people are arrested in connection with the collapse of a building in Hamrun, Malta in which a woman was killed.

From Malta Today, according to Malta's superintendent of public health, the country is prepared to deal with the coronavirus.

From ANSA, China reports seven cases of the coronavirus imported from Italy.

From SwissInfo, an overview of the coronavirus situation in Switzerland.

From The Portugal News, Uber Portugal bans all cars registered in 2013.

From El PaĆ­s, the Spanish Cabinet takes the first step toward making new laws covering sexual violence.

From France24, France will requisition face masks for health professionals and people infected with the coronavirus.

From RFI, French people protest, but do not strike, after the French parliament adopts a motion that can be stopped only by a no-confidence vote.

From VRT NWS, Belgium has 13 confirmed cases of the coronavirus.

From The Brussels Times, Belgian Health Minister Maggie De Block tells sick people to "stay at home, I mean it".

From the NL Times, six stowaways are found near the Rotterdam Port.

From Dutch News, Groningen, Netherlands will have the E.U.'s longest bridge for bicycles.

From the Express, E.U. negotiator Michel Barnier hints at a comprise during the Brexit negotiations.

From the Evening Standard, 10 suspected illegal migrants from Eritrea, including a child, are found in a container in Hull, England.

From the (U.K.) Independent, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.K. rises to 51.

From the (Irish) Independent, Ireland confirms its second case of the coronavirus.

From the Irish Examiner, students in about 30 tents occupy the campus of University College Cork.  (They seem to have learned from the U.S. "occupy" movement.)

And from The Conservative Woman, let's hit back against the enemies of free speech.

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