Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Wednesday Wanderings - Part 2

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

From Free West Media, the European Court of Justice creates new obstacles for deporting migrants.

From The Portugal News, Portuguese Minister of Health Marta Temido shares the WHO's reservations about Russia's new coronavirus vaccine.

From El País, why are some people protected from the coronavirus without having contracted it?

From France24, France reports the most new coronavirus cases in one day since May.

From RFI, France and the U.K. create a plan to make illegal crossings of the English Channel "unviable".

From SwissInfo, Switzerland will allow mass public events starting in October despite a spike in coronavirus cases.

From ANSA, a man of "North African origin" enters the Duomo in Milan and threatens a security guard with a knife.

From the Malta Independent, waterpolo matches are postponed in Malta after a player tests positive for the coronavirus.

From Malta Today, this year's Rockestra will not take place due to a spike in coronavirus cases.

From Total Slovenia News, more Slovenians visit mountain huts this summer, but they have fewer guests overall.

From Total Croatia News, Croatian swimmer Dina Levacic fails in her attempt to swim the North Channel between Ireland and Scotland.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias is set to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Vienna this coming Friday.

From Balkan Insight, the talks to form a coalition government for North Macedonia might be slowing due to a demand for the prime minister to be of Albanian ethnicity.

From Ekathimerini, some building permits on the Greek islands of Santorini and Mykonos will be frozen for a year.

From the Greek Reporter, Greece imposes a curfew on restaurants and bars due to a spike in coronavirus cases.

From Novinite, a tanker truck catches fire and explodes near Beden, Bulgaria.

From The Sofia Globe, anti-government protesters in Sofia, Bulgaria place their tent camps on three roads.

From Radio Bulgaria, the Bulgarian protesters could name their own leaders.

From Russia Today, according to Russia's envoy to the U.N., the country is ready to cooperate with anyone interested in developing or producing coronavirus vaccines.

From Sputnik International, the Russian Direct Investment Fund and the Brazilian state of Paraná strike a deal on producing and marketing the Russian coronavirus vaccine.

From The Moscow Times, six months into the pandemic, Russia's coronavirus statistics still give more questions than answers.

From EuroNews, a second protester dies and 6,000 people are arrested in demonstrations in Belarus.

From Euractiv, the E.U. claims that the Belarusian election won by incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko was "neither free nor fair" and threatens sanctions.

From Daily News Hungary, will Hungary prevent the E.U. from sanctioning Belarus?  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at 24HU.)

From Hungary Today, Hungary plans to open its schools in September 1st.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)

From About Hungary, Hungary welcomes the European Commission's oncology initiative.

From ReMix, Hungary's military spending prevents it from being a "defense freeloader".

From The Slovak Spectator, a coronavirus outbreak occurs at a company that produces baguettes and sandwiches in Sládkovičovo, Slovakia.

From Radio Prague, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talks with Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and addresses the Czech Senate.

From Polskie Radio, Polish President Andrzej Duda urges the U.N. Human Rights Council to react to the situation in Belarus.

From the Deutsche Welle, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer blocks German states from receiving migrants from Greece.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, German Jews are shocked to see the soccer team 1 FC Köln use the image of a mosque as it new logo.

From the NL Times, the Netherlands places travel restrictions on Morocco and Malta.

From Dutch News, after criticism from local residents, Coca-Cola will remove a tourism banner in Amsterdam.

From VRT NWS, face masks are now mandatory in the entire Brussels-Capital Region.

From The Brussels Times, the Belgian coastal town of Knokke-Heist remains quite even with the return of day trippers.  (I wonder what it thinks of nowhere men and people claiming to be the walrus.  What would happen if a yellow submarine shows up?)

From the Express, investigators rush to find the true cause of a train derailment which happened near Stonehaven, Scotland.

From the Evening Standard, three people are confirmed dead due to the derailment, including the train's driver, after which Queen Elizabeth sends her condolences.

From the (U.K.) Independent, more on the train derailment near Stonehaven.

From the (Irish) Independent, Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson are set for their first meeting, to be held in a castle in Northern Ireland.

From the Irish Examiner, Irish gardaí find 14 more pubs breaking coronavirus laws.

From The Conservative Woman, the BBC gets hoisted on its own wokeness over an apology for allowing the use of the N-word.

And from Snouts in the Trough, has BLM made an idiotic "own goal" in Seattle?

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