Sunday, March 8, 2020

Sunday Stories - Part 2

On a cool clear Sunday on which we spring forward, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, to deal with the coronavirus, Italy issues a lockdown in four regions.

From EuroNews, Italy becomes the second-most country affected by the coronavirus.

From the Malta Independent, according to Commissioner for Domestic Violence Audrey Friggieri, Malta is considering ankle bracelets for domestic violence perpetrators.

From Malta Today, Maltese women's rights activists march in Valletta.

From Total Slovenia News, a meteorite is found in Prečna, Slovenia.

From Total Croatia News, Croatia is willing to take in some refugee children now in camps on Greek islands.

From Balkan Insight, International Women's Day is observed in the Balkans.

From Ekathimerini, Turkish President Erdoğan thinks he has the right to tell Greece what to with its borders.

From the Greek Reporter, a look at the ancient Greek city of Thouria.

From Voice Of Europe, another fire breaks out at a migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos.

From Novinite, Bulgaria confirms its first two cases of the coronavirus, I mean, four cases.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria closes schools and kindergartens in two districts due to the coronavirus.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria's Days of Orthodox Cinema festival will start on March 10th.

From Romania-Insider, Romania announces "unprecedented" measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

From Russia Today, more on Russia's new migration and citizenship policies.

From Sputnik International, Russian President Putin advocates presidential term limits.

From The Moscow Times, Moscovites who violate self-isolation orders could find themselves in a different sort of confinement.

From the Hungary Journal, as Hungary confirms its seventh coronavirus case, celebrations and flight to northern Italy are cancelled.

From Daily News Hungary, the latest version of Rubik's Cube is a ball.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Qubit.)

From Hungary Today, more on the main celebration cancelled due to the coronavirus.

From About Hungary, here's the latest on the coronavirus in Hungary.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia confirms two more cases of the coronavirus.

From Radio Prague, the Czech Republic has confirmed 31 cases of the coronavirus.

From Polskie Radio, women march to observe International Women's Day in Polish cities.

From Deutsche Welle, according to an opinion column, fan protests show that the media covering soccer needs some self-reflection.

From the NL Times, the trial of the first suspects in the downing of flight MH17 starts tomorrow.

From Dutch News, two more patients in the Netherlands die from the coronavirus.

From VRT NWS, the number of coronavirus cases in Belgium rises to 200.

From The Brussels Times, according to a virologist, an Italy-style quarantine wouldn't make much sense for Belgium.

From France24, to contain the coronavirus, France forbids gathering of more than 1,000 people.

From RFI, three women, including the current incumbent, run to be mayor of Paris.

From SwissInfo, according to a poll, about a quarter of Swiss people think that the border with Italy should be closed due to the coronavirus.

From The Portugal News, Portugal's Judiciary Police seize over 500 kilos of she-don't-lie.

From the Express, the Liberal Democrats admit that their Brexit policy was a "big mistake".

From the Evening Standard, on a highway in the British county of North Yorkshire, driving conditions become baaaaaad.

From the (U.K.) Independent, by eating and passing a battery-powered pedometer, pigs set their pen on fire.

From the (Irish) Independent, Ireland confirms two more cases of the coronavirus, bringing the country's total to 21.

From the Irish Examiner, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou MacDonald calls for "all-party" talks to deal with the coronavirus.

And from The Conservative Woman, how men have found life's Playstation under feminism.

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