Friday, September 11, 2020

Stories For 9/11 - Part 2

As the 19th anniversary of 9/11 hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, the head of the domestic spy agency in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia warns of a "terror threat" from protests against Germany's coronavirus policies.

From Deutsche Welle, Germany's military has been in Afghanistan for 19 years.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Pakistani man stabs a German citizen in a police car in an attempt to avoid deportation.

From the NL Times, according to the Dutch Public Prosecution Service, rapper Akwasi's statement against the folk character Zwarte Piet is punishable.

From Dutch News, the Netherlands agrees to take in 100 asylum seekers from the Greek island of Lesbos, but will cut by 100 the number of refugees it will accept from elsewhere.

From VRT NWS, five percent of coronavirus tests in Brussels are positive.

From The Brussels Times, thousands of Belgian health care workers are expected to turn up at a protest in Brussels on Sunday.

From France24, according to Prime Minister Jean Castex, France is seeing a "clear worsening" of the coronavirus outbreak, but the government will maintain its strategy.

From RFI, al-Qaeda threatens Charlie Hebdo over its republished Mohammed cartoons.

From Euractiv, a Franco-German team intends to set up a hydrogen "gigafactory".

From El País, observances of Catalonia Day are scaled back due to the coronavirus.

From EuroNews, Catalan separatists stage their annual Catalonia Day demonstration.

From The Portugal News, what happens in Portugal starting on September 15th?

From SwissInfo, Switzerland agrees to take in 20 unaccompanied minor refugees from the Moria camp on Lesbos.

From ANSA, near Naples, League party leader Matteo Salvini is pelted with Italy's favorite vegetable.

From the Malta Independent, migrants on board the Maersk Etienne are transferred to the NGO ship Mare Jonio.

From Malta Today, Maltese police catch 120 foreigners with fake travel documents.  (While illegal aliens are often called "undocumented immigrants", they often are not undocumented but falsely documented.)

From Total Slovenia News, the Ljubljana Marathon is scheduled for October 25th, downsized due to the coronavirus.

From Total Croatia News, luxury hotel rooms in Dubrovnik, Croatia could go for just €50 per night.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to Parliament Speaker Tsveta Karayancheva, protests in Bulgaria are funded by the mafia.

From Balkan Insight, North Macedonian opposition protesters block roads over an electricity price increase.

From Ekathimerini, police find weapons and ammunition buried near Dispilio, Greece.

From the Greek Reporter, over 2,000 migrants demand to leave the Greek island of Lesvos.

From Novinite, historical disputes between Bulgaria and North Macedonia remain unresolved.

From The Sofia Globe, revenue for Bulgarian accommodation businesses in July of 2020 was 64.6 percent lower than a year earlier.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria offers to take in 20 children from the Moria migrant camp on Lesbos.  (The island's name is spelled "Lesvos" by the Greek sources, and "Lesbos" by other sources.)

From Romania-Insider, a new railway connection between Bucharest and the Henri Coanda International Airport is 97 percent complete.

From Russia Today, Russia is ready to send 50 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine to Brazil.

From Sputnik International, Russian police reveal where and what dissident Alexey Navalny ate before he became ill.

From The Moscow Times, anyone polluting Lake Baikal had better beware.

From ReMix, Russia and Belarus are conducting war games in western Belarus near the border with Poland.

From the Hungary Journal, according to Prime Minister Orban, Hungary must stay up and running.

From Daily News Hungary, a Hungarian woman is not allowed to bring home the remains of her brother who died in Malta due to the coronavirus.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at 24HU.)

From Hungary Today, a new Hungarian satellite is presented in Rome.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at InfoStart.)

From About Hungary, according to Finance Minister Mihály Varga, the Hungarian government's measures to "whiten" the country's economy "have worked spectacularly".

From The Slovak Spectator, where Slovaks should avoid traveling.

From Radio Prague, the city of Prague bans slot machines and video lottery terminals.

From Polskie Radio, while meeting in Lublin, Poland, the four prime ministers of the Visegrad Group urge Belarus to release political prisoners.

From the CPH Post, a round-up of news in Denmark, including the reconstruction of the stone monument Høj Stene.

From the Express, angry European parliamentcritters promise to sink the Brexit deal, unless Prime Minister Boris Johnson drops the U.K.'s Internal Market Bill.

From the Evening Standard, Birmingham, England bans household mixing after a spike in coronavirus cases.

From the (Irish) Independent, the people of Dublin are given one last chance to reduce the spread of the coronavirus or face new restrictions.

From the Irish Examiner, new restrictions on visitors start on Sunday for nursing homes in Dublin.

From The Conservative Woman, the green energy dream is absurd.

And from Snouts in the Trough, a warning from George Orwell.

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