Monday, August 31, 2020

Stories For The End Of August - Part 2

As the last day of August hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, foreign criminals spoil the reputation of France as a tourist destination.

From France24, the names of 122 French victims of femicide are plastered on a wall in Paris to mark the first anniversary of a movement against that type of crime.

From RFI, Paris offers free coronavirus tests throughout the city.

From El País, "superspeaders" could have caused a coronavirus outbreak on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria.

From The Portugal News, a Portuguese man arrested 10 times for driving without a license finally goes to prison for the offense.

From SwissInfo, Switzerland closes a travel transit loophole.

From ANSA, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will meet with Sicily Governor Nello Musumeci and Lampedusa Mayor Toto Martello.

From the Malta Independent, 21 Maltese locals and 32 migrants test positive for the coronavirus.

From Malta Today, according a court statement by a police inspector, former Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat was questioned "under caution".

From Total Slovenia News, a coronavirus vaccine developed by researchers at the Chemistry Institute in Ljubljana, Slovenia produces a high immune response in mice.

From Total Croatia News, starting in October, people entering Croatia from outside the E.U. may only bring in two packs of cigarettes.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to Slovenian Foreign Minister Anže Logar, the E.U. needs to improves its crisis management mechanisms.

From Balkan Insight, the three opposition blocs which combined to secure a slim margin in Montenegro's parliament now face the task of forming a government.

From Ekathimerini, Finland agrees to take in 22 unaccompanied refugee minors to Greece.

From the Greek Reporter, Greece denies that the Lion's Gate at Mycenae has been damaged by a wildfire that broke out yesterday.  (I visited Mycenae and took a picture of the Lion's Gate in 1999.)

From Novinite, according to Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev, endless changes to Bulgaria's constitution will be the amendment process impossible.

From The Sofia Globe, according to a professor, the coronavirus has subsided in Bulgaria, but autumn virus will start circulating in September.

From Radio Bulgaria, Prime Ministers Boyko Borissov (Bulgaria) and Janez Janša (Slovenia) meet in Bled, Slovenia.

From Russia Today, former Khabarovsk regional Governor Sergey Furgal cannot be charged for a murder he is accused of ordering because he was cleared of the accusation in 2004.  (There apparently is a "protection from double jeopardy" in Russia.)

From Sputnik International, according to Health Minister Mikhail Murashko, Russia will start mass coronavirus vaccinations for vulnerable people in November or December.

From The Moscow Times, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia ban Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko from entry.

From EuroNews, Lukashenko floats the idea of a constitutional referendum in an apparent bid to appease protesters.

From Daily News Hungary, according to Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony, the city's Ring Road will have a permanent bike lane.

From Hungary Today, some details and exceptions for Hungary's upcoming coronavirus-related entry ban.

From About Hungary, according to Prime Minister Orban, the second coronavirus wave calls for "serious measures" in Hungary.

From The Slovak Spectator, take a hike, to Klin mountain in Slovakia.

From Radio Prague, schools will open in the Czech Republic tomorrow amid a surge in coronavirus cases.

From Polskie Radio, according to Polish President Andrzej Duda, the Solidarity union helped free eastern Europe from communism.

From ReMix, an anti-Catholic band cancels its concert in Lublin, Poland after locals protest.

From the CPH Post, Denmark has been more social than most other countries during the coronavirus pandemic.

From Deutsche Welle, a look at asylum in Germany five years after Chancellor Merkel said "we can do this".

From Euractiv, protesters converge on an agricultural meeting of the E.U. in Koblenz, Germany to demand reforms.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, school principals in Berlin are horrified by a court ruling allowing female Muslim teachers to wear head scarves.

From the NL Times, Amsterdam closes a barbershop after and explosion and shooting occur within 24 hours.

From Dutch News, an operation to recover a British bomber shot down in World War II from a lake near Amsterdam gets underway.

From VRT NWS, coronavirus infections reach a "plateau" in Brussels.

From The Brussels Times, travelers will soon be able to get tested for the coronavirus at the Brussels Airport.  (If you read French, read the story at Le Soir, whose name means "the evening".)

From the Express, the U.K. accuses the E.U. of deliberately blocking the Brexit deal.

From the Evening Standard, new coronavirus cases hit a three-month high in Scotland.

From the (U.K.) Independent, U.K. students may be sent home for "joke" coughing or sneezing or "inappropriate" coronavirus humor.

From the (Irish) Independent, the coronavirus lockdown in the Irish county of Kildare will be lifted.

From the Irish Examiner, over 220 house parties have taken place in a residential area in Cork, Ireland.

And from The Conservative Woman, face masks are a great place - if you're a virus.

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