Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Tuesday Links - Part 2

As the sun keeps shining on a Tuesday, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, President Alexander Van Der Bellen is caught breaking Austria's coronavirus rules.  (Again I say, lockdown rules are for the peons, but not for their overlords.)

From Allah's Willing Executioners, Turkey's ambassador to Austria calls Christmas "selfish".

From ANSA, Italy will hold local and regional elections and a constitutional referendum on September 20th.

From the Malta Independent, Maltese Foreign Affairs Minister Evarist Bartolo thanks Libyan authorities for intercepting migrants.

From Malta Today, boats that carried pro-Haftar mercenaries from Malta to Libya lacked the necessary permits.

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia now allows E.U. nationals to enter without a quarantine, but read the fine print.

From Total Croatia News, the construction deadline for the Peljesac Bridge could be extended for several months.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Poslovni Dnevnik.)

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the E.U. signs agreements with Serbia and Montenegro to cooperate on border protection.

From Balkan Insight, U.N. human rights officials are concerned about Albania's deportation of Turkish alleged members of the Gülen movement.

From Ekathimerini, Greek police decide to augment their presence at the border with Turkey in the region of Evros.

From the Greek Reporter, according to Greek Transport and Infrastructure Minister Kostas Karamanlis, the Thessaloniki Metro will be ready by 2023.

From Voice Of Europe, an illegal migrant from Afghanistan is arrested in Greece for allegedly sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl.  (If you read Greek, read the story at The Toc.)

From Novinite, according to Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova, indoor restaurants in Bulgaria will reopen on June 1st.

From The Sofia Globe, theaters and opera houses in Bulgaria reopen, and more about restaurants.

From Radio Bulgaria, according to its director, no artifacts have been removed from Bulgaria's National Museum of History.

From Romania-Insider, Romanian authorities consider reopening the country's beaches on June 15th.  (If you read Romanian, read a related story at News(dot)Ro.)

From Russia Today, according to President Putin, the coronavirus has peaked in Russia, and the country's postponed Victory Parade will be held on June 24th.

From Sputnik International, Russian authorities start investigating possible violations of flight rules in the crash of an Mi-8 helicopter.

From The Moscow Times, Russia plans to start testing a "doomsday drone" in its Arctic waters.

From Daily News Hungary, the UNESCO world heritage site Hollókő, Hungary will reopen on Pentecost weekend.  (Yours truly was in Hollókő while on a visit to Hungary in 2000.)

From Hungary Today, the European Court of Human Rights rules in favor of Hungary's extradition of the "Azeri axe murderer" to Azerbaijan.

From About Hungary, according to Foreign Minister Szijjarto, Hungary has discussed easing border restrictions with Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

From The Slovak Spectator, if you want to take a hike in Slovakia, take one to the top of Veľký Choč.

From Radio Prague, the Czech Republic's National Museum in Prague launches an exhibition of face masks.

From Polskie Radio, according to Polish government minister Marek Gróbarczyk, a canal between the Vistula Lagoon and the Bay of Gdańsk is underway, despite Russian consternation.

From EuroNews, if isolated people need support Wałcz, Poland, there's an app for that.

From the CPH Post, large Danish companies join forces to build a green fuel production plant in Copenhagen.

From Deutsche Welle, Germany extends its social distancing measures until June 29th.

From the NL Times, another cell transmission tower is set on fire on the Netherlands, this on in the town of Roosendaal.

From Dutch News, support for the Dutch cabinet's proposal to phase out gas for cooking and heating is divided.

From VRT NWS, coronavirus contract tracers in the Belgian commune of Flanders make fewer than two calls per day.

From The Brussels Times, a socialist union representing Belgian health workers plans to protest in public hospitals tomorrow.

From SwissInfo, bicycle riding in Switzerland surges due to the coronavirus.

From France24, President Emmanuel Macron announces a plan to rescue France's auto industry.

From RFI, fans who attended an illegal soccer match in Strasbourg, France are urged to get tested for the coronavirus.

From El País, Spain deescalates its coronavirus measures while not testing all suspected cases.

From The Portugal News, new rules for beaches in Portugal take effect today.

From Euractiv, police in the E.U. are ready to use anti-drone guns that are prohibited in the U.S.

From the Express, Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage exposes a plot to use anger at advisor Dominic Cummings as a bid for extending Brexit.

From the Evening Standard, someone in London tawt he taw a putty tat.

From the (U.K.) Independent, according to former U.K. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Cummings broke three coronavirus lockdown rules.

From the (Irish) Independent, Irish Gardaí report being spat or coughed at 80 times during the country's coronavirus lockdown.

From the Irish Examiner, members of the Irish party Fianna Fáil warn that there is "no guarantee" that they will approve any program for government.

And from The Conservative Woman, the U.K.'s leader are immune - to the truth.

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