Saturday, April 25, 2020

Saturday Links - Part 2

As a relatively pleasant Saturday hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, an Italian study analyzes how long the coronavirus survives at various temperatures.

From SwissInfo, Swiss researchers team up to prevent shortages of face masks.

From The Portugal News, new rules are proposed for restaurants in Portugal.

From El País, according to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Spaniards might be allowed to walk and exercise outdoors on May 2nd.

From France24, French winemakers battle to keep their crops alive during the coronavirus crisis.

From RFI, environmentalist groups "slam" the €7 billion aid package given to Air France.

From VRT NWS, what measures are in Belgium's coronavirus lockdown exit plan?

From The Brussels Times, according to a study, 4.3 percent of Belgians have developed coronavirus antibodies.

From the NL Times, 100 people are arrested for violating social distancing rules at a campsite in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.

From Dutch News, the Netherlands will introduce a 15-eurocent deposit on small plastic drink bottles.

From Deutsche Welle, Germans in Berlin and Stuttgart protest the country's coronavirus restrictions.

From EuroNews, German police arrest over 100 anti-lockdown protesters in Berlin.

From Voice Of Europe, the German right-wing party AfD calls for aid to local inns and breweries.

From Polskie Radio, Poland plans to reopen its outdoor sports areas and playgrounds on May 4th.

From Radio Prague, large numbers of Prague residents visit farmers markets.

From The Slovak Spectator, the lookout platform about the Bojnice, Slovakia castle is reopened.

From Daily News Hungary, a quiz on Hungary's World Heritage Sites.  (I've been to the places in questions 2, 5 and 6.)

From Hungary Today, face masks will soon become mandatory on Budapest's public transportation system.

From About Hungary, the Hungarian government takes "extraordinary economic measures" in the fight against the coronavirus.

From Russia Today, the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg offers a 125th anniversary tour by video.

From Sputnik International, a Russian Mi-26 helicopter makes a hard landing in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region, reportedly injuring six people.

From The Moscow Times, Presidents Putin (Russia) and Trump (U.S) issue a joint statement on the anniversary of the meeting of Soviet and American troops in Germany in 1945.

From Novinite, a magnitude-5 earthquake striking in eastern Romania is felt in the Bulgarian cities of Varna and Ruse.

From The Sofia Globe, some questions and answers on parks in Bulgaria and other matters.

From Radio Bulgaria, a Bulgarian trade union leader is optimistic about the country's economic prospects.

From Ekathimerini, the migrants currently on Greek Aegean islands will be moved out of their camps in groups.

From the Greek Reporter, an ancient site where men were buried with their horses in Doxipara, Greece will be restored.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Italian and Turkish naval vessels conduct a joint training exercise in the eastern Mediterranean.

From Total Croatia News, Dubrovnik, Croatia decides against a proposed new fish market due to its appearance.

From Total Slovenia New, the Slovenian government is engulfed in a scandal over the procurement of personal protective equipment.

From the Malta Independent, five men working for a Maltese company are charged with breaching E.U. sanctions on Libya.

From Malta Today, Malta's Green party calls a coronavirus contact-tracing app "every totalitarian regime's wet dream".

From Euractiv, left-wing linguistics scholar Noam Chomsky blames the coronavirus pandemic on "the neoliberal version of capitalism".

From the Express, the "real" reason why Prince Charles is "more reserved" than Prince William and Princess Kate.

From the Evening Standard, U.K. World War II veteran Captain Tom Moore is "shortlisted for honour" after raising £28 for the NHS.

From the (U.K.) Independent, U.K. Prime Minister and coronavirus survivor Boris Johnson intends to go back to work on Monday.

From the (Irish) Independent, over 500 Irish Defence Forces veterans apply to re-enlist.

From the Irish Examiner, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald discusses her coronavirus experience.

From The Conservative Woman, how true is the threat of a "second wave" of the coronavirus?

And from Snouts in the Trough, what if a coronavirus vaccine is discovered by Israeli scientists?

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