Saturday, June 6, 2020

Stories For D-Day - Part 2

As a warm sunny anniversary of D-Day hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, protesters demonstrate in coronavirus-riddled Stockholm, Sweden.

From the CPH Post, rebuilding the neighborhoods of Copenhagen, one stitch at a time.

From Deutsche Welle, "why are German neo-Nazis training in Russia?"

From Allah's Willing Executioners, an Iraqi refugee accused of killing his wife in Dortmund, Germany previously killed his first wife in the Netherlands.

From Polskie Radio, according to Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Poland wants more American troops.

From Radio Prague, two Russian diplomats expelled by the Czech Republic are expected to leave tomorrow.

From The Slovak Spectator, volunteers clean the area surrounding the Liptovská Mara dam in Slovakia.

From Daily News Hungary, an "enormous" railroad tunnel could be built under Budapest.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Napi.)

From Hungary Today, accord to Prime Minister Orban, speaking at a Trianon centennial event, "Hungary is winning again".

From About Hungary, more on Orban's speech.

From Sputnik International, a mass grave of German soldiers is found in Russia.

From The Moscow Times, today is Russian Language Day and the birthday of Russian literary figure Alexander Pushkin.

From Novinite, of the 90,000 Bulgarians who lost their jobs due to fallout from the coronavirus, almost 57,000 have new jobs.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria reports its ninth outbreak of the bird flu this year.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria is one of the few countries where soccer has resumed playing in front of live spectators.

From Ekathimerini, starting today, Greek restaurants, cafes and bars can use their indoor spaces for customers, with limits.

From the Greek Reporter, Greeks view the strawberry moon with a penumbral eclipse.

From Total Croatia News, hotels in Zadar, Croatia predict a major drop in business due to flights staying grounded.  (On my trip to Croatia in 2007, I stayed at a hotel in Zadar.)

From Total Slovenia News, what the Slovenian weeklies Mladina and Demokracija have to say this week.

From the Malta Independent, the Maltese government decides to bring all stranded migrants ashore from the Captain Morgan ships where they are currently housed.

From Malta Today, the Captain Morgan boats dock in Malta.

From Voice Of Europe, three migrants brought to Italy by the German-based NGO Sea-Watch are convicted of crimes such as torture, sexual violence and human trafficking in a court in Sicily.  (If you read German, read the story at Junge Freiheit.)

From SwissInfo, the art fair in Basel, Switzerland is canceled due to the coronavirus.

From Gatestone Institute, ECRI tries to kill free speech in Switzerland.

From The Portugal News, the Portuguese still consider travel to be risky due to the coronavirus.

From El País, Spain's bars and nightclubs can reopen this coming Monday, but without dancing.

From France24, a group of policemen on Facebook is under investigation for racist comments.

From RFI, small D-Day commemorative ceremonies are held in France.

From EuroNews, more on the commemoration of the D-Day landings at Normandy.

From VRT NWS, the coronavirus pandemic in Belgium is "tailing off".

From The Brussels Times, mobile teams in Belgium prepare to tackle coronavirus "super-spreaders".

From the NL Times, Dutch enforcement officers who assist police in patrolling communities will have easier access to weapons.

From Dutch News, Dutch farmers want to bring in more seasonal workers from outside the E.U.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at LTO Nederland.)

From the Express, the U.K. is given until October 31st to agree to a "full legal text" on its future trade agreement with the E.U.

From the Evening Standard, U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel urges people not to join George Floyd protests, but they join the protests anyway.

From the (U.K.) Independent, more schools in the U.K. decide against reopening for fear of a second coronavirus wave.

From the (Irish) Independent, Ireland's High Court orders Twitter to provide the details on a parody account.

From the Irish Examiner, Irish police plan to refer the organizers of anti-racism protests to the Public Prosecution Service due to violations of social distancing rules.

And from The Conservative Woman, the answer to the U.K.'s energy needs could be salt.

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