Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Tuesday Things - Part 2

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

From Free West Media, video footage exonerates former Austrian Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache for corruption charges.

From ReMix, a Syrian man admits attacking a Jewish leader in Graz, Austria.  (If you read German, read the story at Junge Freiheit.)

From ANSA, a migrant hotspot in Pozzallo, Sicily is emptied due to concerns about the coronavirus.

From the Malta Independent, Malta finds 38 new coronavirus cases and 52 recoveries.

From Malta Today, random swab testing of incoming passengers finds three coronavirus cases at the Malta International Airport.

From Total Slovenia News, the University of Ljubljana warns against fake acceptance letters.

From Total Croatia News, Croatian Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic discusses coronavirus measures and illegal immigration.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Croatian authorities commemorate the Serb victims of the Grubori massacre.

From Balkan Insight, fugitive former Montenegrin President Svetozar Marovic supports the country's current opposition.

From Ekathimerini, Greek police conduct thousands of coronavirus inspections.

From the Greek Reporter, an 18-pound mushroom is found on a mounting in the Greek region of Western Macedonia.

From Novinite, the 47th day of protests in Bulgaria is relatively calm.

From The Sofia Globe, Health Minister Kostadin Angelov seeks an extension for Bulgaria's coronavirus epidemic declaration.

From Radio Bulgaria, reforming Bulgaria's prosecution office requires extensive debate.

From Russia Today, to look for coronaviruses, Russia goes bat[bleep].

From Sputnik International, Russia calls for a rigorous and objective investigation into the poisoning of dissident Alexey Navalny.

From The Moscow Times, oil workers find mammoth remains in northern Russia.

From EuroNews, former Belarusian presidential candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya tells members of the European Parliament that "Belarus has woken up".

From Daily News Hungary, the world's largest statue of a Hussar is located in Pákozd, Hungary.

From Hungary Today, the Hungarian town of Ásotthalom has a flag war.

From About Hungary, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban expresses his support for Ukraine's sovereignty and a desire for good relations.

From The Slovak Spectator, Bratislava, Slovakia places limits on mass events and visits to seniors due to a worsening coronavirus situation.

From Radio Prague, Czech Senator Speaker Miloš Vystrčil will visit Taiwan and meet with its top officials.

From Polskie Radio, the Polish trade union Solidarity plans to send a food convoy to striking workers in Belarus.  (I hope the Belarusians like kiełbasagołąbki and pierogi.  I would also not be surprised if Belarusian food includes some similar items.)

From Euractiv, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin calls for shorter working hours.

From CPH Post, an app aimed at reducing food waste has reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 2.5 million tonnes in two years, according to its makers.  (If you read Danish, read the story at Too Good To Go.)

From Deutsche Welle, Munich, Germany will partially ban alcohol if its number of coronavirus cases rise above a threshold.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, monitoring one Islamist costs German taxpayers millions of euros.

From the NL Times, prehistoric animal bones are found during the construction of a sea lock near Terneuzen, Netherlands.

From Dutch News, the Netherlands sees a sharp drop in new coronavirus cases, but an increase in hospitalizations.

From VRT NWS, a house in the Deurne district of Antwerp Belgium is attacked with a machine gun.

From The Brussels Times, a wolf escapes from the Pairi Daiza zoo in the Belgian province of Hainaut.

From SwissInfo, a court in Zurich, Switzerland sentences a rejected asylum seeker to eight years in prison for rape.

From France24, Facebook agrees to pay €106 million in back taxes to France.

From RFI, nuclear reactors in northeastern French are shut down due to a drought.

From El País, volunteers from Spain's Civil Protection Force go door to door in the city of Zaragoza to make sure people follow their coronavirus quarantines.

From The Portugal News, the coronavirus pandemic has been good for Portugal's online casinos.

From the Express, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson changes his advice on face masks in schools just days before they reopen.

From the Evening Standard, not a badger, not a mushroom, but snake, a snake, oh it's a snake!

From the (U.K.) Independent, according to Johnson, it's time to stop "self-recrimination" over the history of the British Empire.

From the (Irish) Independent, Ireland cleans up after Storm Francis.

From the Irish Examiner, Irish teachers call for an "urgent review" of guidance on face coverings for children.

And from The Conservative Woman, who will speak out against the war on freedom?

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