Monday, April 13, 2020

Links For A Rainy Monday - Part 2

As the rain on Monday yields to some sunshine, here is some more bud dah duh dah dah duh:

From Free West Media, Germany accepts intensive care coronavirus patients from other countries.

From Deutsche Welle, Germany will consider relaxing its coronavirus restrictions.

From Polskie Radio, according to President Andrzej Duda, understanding Polish history is "impossible" without Katyń.

From Radio Prague, Czechs mark the 70th anniversary of the communist crackdown on religious orders in Czechoslovakia.

From The Slovak Spectator, according to a Slovak umbudswoman, healthy inhabitants of quarantined settlements must be protected.

From the Hungary Journal, Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga reacts to criticism from Germany.

From Daily News Hungary, a mobile epidemic hospital in Kiskunhalas, Hungary is ready to admit coronavirus patients.  (If you read Hungarian, read related stories at HVG and Hello Vidék.)

From Hungary Today, a Nigerian man is arrested for allegedly raping a woman in Budapest.

From About Hungary, according to Foreign Minister Szijjarto, the Hungarian government is helping Hungarians outside of Hungary.

From Russia Today, the Russian military gets its first batch of modernized T-90 tanks.

From Sputnik International, a Russia company develops an anti-coronavirus drug, and plans to start clinical trials in 10 to 12 days.

From The Moscow Times, China tightens its security at the Russian border due to fears of a new coronavirus wave.

From Romania-Insider, Romanian authorities predict that the country's coronavirus outbreak will peak in late April.

From Novinite, Holy Week begins for Bulgarian Orthodox Christians.

From The Sofia Globe, the Bulgarian cabinet orders retailers to sell locally produced food.

From Radio Bulgaria, according to Health Minister Kiril Ananiev, Bulgaria is "far from" its coronavirus peak.

From Ekathimerini, according to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the war against the coronavirus "has not been won yet".

From the Greek Reporter, seismic noise in Greece has gone down to a tenth of its former level during the country's coronavirus lockdown.

From Voice Of Europe, authorities in Kosovo allegedly put pressure on an ethnic Serb news site.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, North Macedonia imposes a total restriction on movement from this coming Friday to the following Tuesday due to the coronavirus.

From Balkan Insight, the southern region of Hercegovina in Bosnia battles forest fires.

From Total Croatia News, Croatia has some experience with lockdowns, thanks to the Hapsburgs and the Ottomans.  (If you read more, read the story at Jutarnji Vijesti.)

From Total Slovenia News, according to analysts, the Slovenian government deserves mostly praise for its handling of the coronavirus epidemic, but less for communication.

From the Malta Independent, Malta criminalizes the willful spreading of the coronavirus.

From Malta Today, Frontex locates four migrant boats in the Mediterranean Sea, two in Malta's search and rescue area.

From ANSA, coronavirus-related deaths in Italy pass 20,000.

From SwissInfo, Switzerland needs farm workers.

From The Portugal Newsthe GNR decontaminates over 1,000 ambulances and 30 facilities.

From El País, as some Spaniards go back to work, experts debate if letting them do so came too soon.

From France24President Emmanuel Macron extends France's coronavirus lockdown until May 11th.

From RFIthe French health ministry confirms that the coronavirus outbreak in France has plateaued.

From Euractiv, Airbus shelves plans for a new aircraft plant in France due to the coronavirus.

From VRT NWS, could garden parties keep Belgians under coronavirus lockdown longer?

From The Brussels Times, Easter weekend brings "dozens" of people outdoors in the Belgian region of Flanders.  (If you read Flemish, read the story at Het Laatste Nieuws.)

From the NL Times, another telecom transmission mast is set on fire, this one in the Dutch city of Tilburg.

From Dutch News, the mayor of Hillegom, Netherlands tells people to not visit the town's bulb fields.

From EuroNews, the World Health Organization warns to lift coronavirus lockdowns "slowly and carefully".

From The Cauldron Pool, police in the English county of North Yorkshire threaten a journalist after he reports a mosque for violating coronavirus restrictions on public gatherings.  (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)

From the Express, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson gets "back in the driving seat" while recovering from the coronavirus.

From the Evening Standard, according to Foreign Minister Dominic Raab, the U.K. should prepare for a lockdown extension.

From the (U.K.) Independent, a motorist is caught doing 151 miles per hour near London.

From the (Irish) Independent, a man is charged for stealing a car on Good Friday in Cobh, Ireland.

From the Irish Examiner, Irish garbage truck drivers find more rubbish than ever.

From The Conservative Woman, the Labour Party's racist in charge of anti-racism.

And from Snouts in the Trough and the "you can't make this up" department, the World Health Organization praises North Korea for its lack of obese people.

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