On a very pleasant Wednesday, on which I was able to get some outdoor exercise (which the state of Maryland hasn't yet forbidden), here are some more things going on:
From Free West Media, why is the region of Lombardy the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in Italy?
From ANSA, a record 2,009 people in Italy recover from the coronavirus in a single day.
From the Malta Independent, four people in Malta are fined for breaking the three-person rule, and two snack bars are fined for serving customers.
From Malta Today, Malta's first fatality from the coronavirus is a 92-year-old woman from the island of Gozo.
From Total Slovenia News, small businesses in Slovenia face more problems with rent payments coming due.
From Total Croatia News, about 100 Croatians are returning from the Austrian region of Tyrol.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Turkey sends medical equipment to five Balkan countries.
From Balkan Insight, the "torture" of undergoing a coronavirus test in Serbia.
From Ekathimerini, Greece establishes checks at highways, ports and bus terminals to prevent travel ahead of the Orthodox Easter.
From the Greek Reporter, Greek authorities confiscate tons of contraband antiseptic gel and face masks.
From Novinite, Bulgaria allocates nearly 200,000 BGN for additional aid to Albania for earthquake recovery.
From The Sofia Globe, how Eastern Europe can learn from past crises in its effort to fight the coronavirus.
From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria is now able to start paying the United States for military equipment.
From Romania-Insider, President Klaus Iohannis promises to spend Easter at home and asks his fellow Romanians to do the same.
From Russia Today, President Vladimir Putin gives Russian doctors and nurses a pay increase and the same health benefits as the military.
From Sputnik International, a Soviet-era T-34 tank is prepared a Victory Day parade in Kaliningrad, Russia.
From The Moscow Times, while announcing new coronavirus aid, Putin says, "this too shall pass".
From the Hungary Journal, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto, cooperation among the Visegrad countries is successful, even during difficult times.
From Daily News Hungary, scientists at Óbuda University in Hungary design a ventilator that can help 50 patients to breathe.
From Hungary Today, as Hungarian businesses lay off workers due to coronavirus-related measures, foreign workers are among the hardest hit. (If you read Hungarian, read a related story at Index.)
From About Hungary, according to State Secretary Katalin Novák, the Hungarian government will continue supporting families during the coronavirus crisis.
From The Slovak Spectator, some coronavirus-related news items, from Slovakia, including Prime Minister Igor Matovič announcing that 31 Roma have tested positive for the virus.
From Radio Prague, according to Health Minister Adam Vojtěch, the Czech Republic has stopped the uncontrolled spread of the coronavirus, and "can start returning to normal".
From Polskie Radio, 400 tons of coronavirus protective gear is expected to arrive in Poland next week, on the world's largest cargo plane.
From Deutsche Welle, Germany allows in Romanians for seasonal work on farms.
From Euractiv, the coronavirus is expected to affect every aspect of Germany's E.U. presidency.
From the NL Times, the Netherlands sees its first drop in coronavirus patients in ICUs since the pandemic began.
From Dutch News, a man from Purmerend, Netherlands is arrested for an alleged €850,000 face mask scam.
From VRT NWS, the coronavirus crisis has decreased the production of Belgian fries. (According to most Belgians, Belgian fries are what Americans wrongly call "French fries".)
From The Brussels Times, according to Belgian Minister of the Interior Pieter De Crem, police can enter private homes to stop "lockdown parties".
From France24, France will again extend its coronavirus lockdown, to beyond April 15th.
From RFI, daytime jogging is banned in Paris as France imposes tighter coronavirus restrictions.
From EuroNews, 40 suspected coronavirus cases are aboard a French aircraft carrier.
From SwissInfo, a Swiss medical company says that its machines can perform 30 million coronavirus antibody tests this year.
From El País, the Spanish government believes that life can slowly start returning to normal on April 26th.
From The Portugal News, the Lisbon Metro monitors the temperatures of everyone who enters it.
From Voice Of Europe, European countries struggle to come to an agreement on economic aid to deal with the effects of the coronavirus.
From the Express, the U.K.'s coronavirus curve starts to flatten.
From the Evening Standard, according to U.K. Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's condition is "improving".
From the (U.K.) Independent, the majority of the British public support the police response to the coronavirus, but about one third think that they have gone "too far".
From the (Irish) Independent, a truck driver from Armagh, Northern Ireland pleads guilty to 39 counts of manslaughter in the deaths of 39 Vietnamese people found in truck he drove.
From the Irish Examiner, Ireland's chief medical officer reiterates his call for people awaiting coronavirus test results to stay in isolation.
From The Conservative Woman, questions which the BBC should ask, but won't.
And from Snouts in the Trough, were the "crazy conspiracy theorists" right all along?
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