Monday, June 22, 2020

Monday Mania - Part 2

As "just another manic Monday" hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, hundreds of rioters attack police in Stuttgart, Germany.

From Deutsche Welle, more on the rioting in Stuttgart.

From the CPH Post, three people who attended a BLM rally in Copenhagen test positive for the coronavirus.

From Polskie Radio, the chief of NATO has a "good talk" with Polish President Andrzej Duda.

From Radio Prague, police in Prague investigate a man who allegedly vandalize the recently re-erected Marian Column in the city's Old Town Square.

From The Slovak Spectator, places in Slovakia get flooded.

From Daily News Hungary, indoor pools and saunas in Hungary reopen.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Turizmus.)

From Hungary Today, Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony leads a protest against a proposed "Budapest Tax".  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Index, and read related stories at Index and ATV.)

From About Hungary, according to Prime Minister Orban, Hungary is ready for a second wave of the coronavirus.

From Russia Today, President Putin visits the Russian Armed Forces cathedral on the 79th anniversary of the invasion by Nazi Germany.

From Sputnik International, Putin's limo gets sanitized.

From The Moscow Times, when running your mouth in Russia, please keep it clean.  (If you read Russian, read the story at Mediazona.)

From Romania-Insider, Romania's oldest casino will be converted into a museum.

From Novinite, the Sofia City Court allows a political party named "There Are Such People" to register.

From The Sofia Globe, when indoors in Bulgaria, please keep your mask on.

From Radio Bulgaria, two Bulgarian political parties are fined for holding rallies in which coronavirus rules were violated, along with the stadium which hosted the rallies.

From Ekathimerini, the Greek island of Mykonos before the reopening of tourism.

From the Greek Reporter, new DNA evidence suggests that modern Greeks are descended from the ancient Mycenaeans.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, tensions rise again in Budva, Montenegro.

From Balkan Insight, police in Montenegro question Serbian Orthodox clerics about protests held at churches.

From Total Croatia News, as music returns to the Fortress of St. Mihovil in Šibenik, Croatia, so does the plastic.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Morski.)

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia and Austria will make all efforts to keep their mutual border open.

From the Malta Independent, civil society NGOs resume protesting in front of Malta's parliament.

From Malta Today, a Maltese parliamentary committee approves a nominee for the country's next police commissioner.

From ANSA, the first car crosses the new bridge in Genoa, Italy.

From SwissInfo, the Swiss government re-launches a campaign against curbs on immigration in the E.U.

From The Portugal News, Portuguese regions report their new coronavirus cases.

From El País, a look at Spain's "new normality" from yesterday.

From France24, a "vast farming project" sits on a rooftop in Paris.

From RFI, the NGO ship Ocean Viking leaves Marseilles, France to resume its search for migrants in the Mediterranean.  (Since the ship is sailing in the Mediterranean and not the Atlantic, and its crew are not terrorizing coastal villages like the historical Vikings used to do back in their day, I'd say that the Ocean Viking is neither.)

From EuroNews, schools in France reopen as more coronavirus restrictions are lifted.

From VRT NWS, a school in Brussels is closed for disinfection after two students test positive for the coronavirus.

From The Brussels Times, vandals write anti-white and anti-police graffiti on the town hall in Zaventem, Belgium.  (If you read Flemish, read the story and see the pictures at Het Laatste Nieuws.)

From the NL Times, for the second time, a transmission tower near Rijswijk, Netherlands is set on fire.

From Dutch News, for the first time since March 12th, the Netherlands reports a 24-hour period without any deaths from the coronavirus.

From Euractiv, some good news from the former soviet state of Georgia, including electoral reform.

From Voice Of Europe, VOE ceases its news publishing operation.

From the Express, U.K. chief Brexit negotiator David Frost could be knighted for his efforts.

From the Evening Standard, the victims of the Reading stabbing attacked are paid tribute by a minute of silence at a local pub.

From the (U.K.) Independent, according to U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel, the threat of "lone wolf" terror attacks is growing.

From the (Irish) Independent, gardaí investigate a fire set by vandals to a tree sculpture in Dublin.

From the Irish Examiner, the Irish Dáil considers holding its vote for the next Taoiseach in Dublin's convention center.

And from The Conservative Woman, Canadian writer Jordan Peterson debunks the idea of white privilege.

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