Monday, July 13, 2020

Monday Links - Part 2

As a warm sunny Monday hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, a Dutch government report admits that "nothing can be done about immigration".

From the NL Times, coronavirus-related hospitalizations increase in the Netherlands for the fourth straight day.

From Dutch News, a black "gaper" caricature is removed from the facade of a drugstore in Amsterdam.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at Het Parool.)

From VRT NWS, four workers at a Lidl supermarket are injured in a fight resulting from a woman not wearing a face covering.

From The Brussels Times, Belgian health workers "sound the alarm" about the coronavirus.

From Deutsche Welle, police search in Germany's Black Forest search for a homeless man wearing camouflage gear and carrying several weapons.

From the CPH Post, for the second time, Denmark tops the U.N.'s digital government survey.

From Polskie Radio, Polish President Andrzej Duda is reelected.

From EuroNews, five takeaways from Poland's presidential runoff election.

From Radio Prague, the Czech health ministry lowers the age for free examinations of a private place.

From The Slovak Spectator, the online music festival Pohoda '20 includes Congolese "garbage" music and sunset in California.

From Daily News Hungary, the Hungarian cabinet aims to eliminate prison overcrowding by September 30th.

From Hungary Todaythe Hungarian shipping company Mahart will introduce two inexpensive cruises to explore a bend in the Danube.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Index.)

From About Hungary, the Hungarian government introduces new restrictions for international travel.

From Russia Today, Russia charges former journalist Ivan Safronov with high treason for allegedly passing information to NATO.

From Sputnik International, Russia's military vehicles maker develops a new lightweight armored car.

From The Moscow Times, the Russian government sends an envoy to its Far East in an attempt to ease tensions after the arrest of a popular regional governor.

From Romania-Insider, the open-air Astra National Museum Complex in Sibiu, Romania will add new facilities due to almost €5 million in future investments.

From Novinite, protests continue in the Bulgarian cities of Sofia, Varna, Plovdiv and Burgas, which included a girl climbing a building in Sofia.

From The Sofia Globe, the Bulgarian Medical Association urges protesters to obey coronavirus rules.

From Radio Bulgaria, more on the protests in Bulgaria.

From Ekathimerini, the work of English archaeologist Alan Wace, who conducted numerous projects in Greece, goes online.

From the Greek Reporter, thousands of Greek Orthodox worshipers gather at the tomb of Saint Paisios in Thessaloniki to observe his feast day.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to a spokesman for Turkey's governing party, all features of the Hagia Sophia will be better preserved now that it's again a mosque.

From Balkan Insight, a tight election race doesn't generate much enthusiasm among North Macedonian voters.

From Euractiv, after a video conference, talks between Serbia and Kosovo are "back on track".

From Total Croatia News, visitors to Croatia are choosing the island of Mljet and the Peljesac peninsula over the city of Dubrovnik.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Dubrovački Dnevnik.)

From Total Slovenia News, the National Hall in Trieste, Italy is returned to the country's Slovene minority after 100 years after it was burned down by fascists.

From the Malta Independent, Maltese President George Vella declines to remove Adrian Delia from his role as opposition leader.

From Malta Todayrebels in Malta's Nationalist Party still want a new leader.

From ANSA, Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Slovenian President Borut Pahor commemorate the Foibe massacres, in which Josip Broz Tito's partisans killed thousands of Italians.

From SwissInfo, where things stand with Swiss watchmaking.

From The Portugal News, a woman who made an anonymous and false complaint about a child being thrown overboard in Portimão, Portugal is identified.

From El País, voters choose traditional parties in the Spanish regions of Galicia and Basque Country.

From France24, France plans muted Bastille Day celebrations for tomorrow, due to the coronavirus.

From RFI, new French Prime Minister Jean Castex travels to French Guiana in South America to assess the coronavirus crisis in the territory.

From the Express, face masks will become mandatory in British shops and supermarkets starting on July 24th.

From the Evening Standard, a British production company gets two entertainers mixed up.

From the (U.K.) Independent, according to the U.K.'s Labour Party, town centers in England might never recover from the coronavirus crisis.

From the (Irish) Independent, new parents in Ireland get three more weeks of leave due to challenges faced by women who give birth during the coronavirus crisis.

From the Irish Examiner, according to Irish Senator Eileen Flynn, racism toward travelers is still acceptable in Ireland.

And from The Conservative Woman, to return people to work, start by telling the truth.

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