Thursday, May 21, 2020

Thursday Tidings - Part 2

As a partly cloudy Thursday hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, migrant mobs clash with police at a reception center in Ellwangen, Germany.

From Deutsche Welle, who is Bavarian Premier Markus Söder, who could succeed Angela Merkel as Germany's chancellor?

From the CPH Post, the impact of the coronavirus on Denmark.

From Polskie Radio, according to Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Poland plans to hold presidential elections on June 28th.

From Radio Prague, a website spotlights Czechoslovak citizens imprisoned in the Soviet Gulag.

From The Slovak Spectator, a gift from the Slovenská Sporiteľňa Foundation to the Slovak Academy of Sciences will enable it to almost double the number of coronavirus tests it can perform.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungary's first autonomous ultraviolet disinfection robot arrives at Semmelweis University.  (If you read Hungarian, read a related story at Index.)

From Hungary Today, the Hungarian government decides to discontinue its transit zones.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)

From About Hungary, Minister of Human Resources Miklós Kásler praises the "successful" end of Hungary's first phase of coronavirus measures.

From Russia Today, Chechen Republic leader Ramzan Kadyrov is hospitalized in Moscow for possibly having the coronavirus.

From Sputnik International, Russian Su-57 fighter jets pass government tests.

From The Moscow Times, a U.S. military plane carrying donated ventilators lands at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport.

From Romania-Insider, a former Romanian Orthodox bishop is charge with sexual abuse.

From Novinite, lower vehicular traffic in Sofia, Bulgaria has resulted in lower levels of nitrogen dioxide.  (If you read Bulgaria, read the story at TopNovini.)

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria will lift its ban on the entry of E.U. and Schengen Zone citizens starting tomorrow.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria considers three options for reopening its schools this coming autumn.

From Ekathimerini, a history of Turkish violations of Greek airspace.

From the Greek Reporter, Greece releases a list of the first 20 countries whose tourists will be allowed in.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the Republika Srpska, part of Bosnia and Hercegovina, terminates its state of emergency and curfew.

From Balkan Insight, the Balkans are not yet ready to declare victory over the coronavirus.

From Total Croatia News, bus companies, cafe owners, and event managers demand more bailout measures from the Croatian government.

From Total Slovenia News, a look at Slovenia's third coronavirus stimulus bill.

From the Malta Independent, according to several organizations, a second wave of the coronavirus has hit Malta.

From Malta Today, Foreign Minister Evarist Bartolo tells the E.U. that Malta will not become a crisis center for migrants.

From ANSA, according to Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, the worst of the coronavirus "is behind us".e

From Voice Of Europe, the German NGO Sea-Eye petitions Italian authorities to give them back their ships.

From SwissInfo, Swiss trains consider requiring masks in some cars.

From The Portugal News, an update on the coronavirus in Portugal.

From El País, Spain chooses to be cautious about reopening its borders.

From France24, France considers holding a final round of local elections in June, or redoing them next January.

From RFI, French prosecutors investigate five care homes for health violations after the deaths of elderly residents.

From VRT NWS, a video shows violence against police officers arresting a suspect in Anderlecht, Belgium.

From The Brussels Times, the Belgian coast has no "major crowds" on Ascension Day.

From the NL Times, a street in Rotterdam is evacuated due to a bomb threat.

From Dutch News, three Dutch universities jointly study the role of cats in the spread of the coronavirus.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at De Volkskrant.)

From EuroNews, a team of researchers in the U.K. tries to find out if specially trained dogs can detect the odor of the coronavirus in humans.

From the Express, the U.K. uses helicopters and drones to detect migrants trying to cross the English Channel.

From the Evening Standard, according to a professor of theoretical epidemiology at Oxford University, there is a "strong possibility" that U.K. restaurants and pubs could now reopen.

From the (U.K.) Independent, according to U.K. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer, mental health problems are "the hidden cost" of the coronavirus pandemic.

From the (Irish) Independent, a door falls off an Irish Air Corps helicopter and lands in a schoolyard in Dublin.

And from The Conservative Woman, a video from Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage showing migrants in the English Channel puts to shame "so-called journalists".

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