Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Tuesday Tidings - Part 2

As a sunny but somewhat cool Tuesday hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, a Berlin city council member accuses migrants who live in a homeless shelter of social fraud.

From Deutsche Welle, poisoned Russia dissident Alexey Navalny posts an update on his condition from his hospital in Berlin.

From EuroNews, Germany plans to take in 1,500 migrants from the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a suspected Islamic knife attacker in Stolberg, Germany has previously committed similar attacks.

From Polskie Radio, the Polish government improves a minimum wage increase.

From Radio Prague, the coronavirus reproduction rate in the Czech Republic is 1.59.

From The Slovak Spectator, Skalica, Slovakia is an old and "hospitable frontier town".

From Daily News Hungary, two organizations in Hungary launch the Budapest Fellowship for young American scholars.

From Hungary Today, Prime Minister Orban ousts Hungary's security intelligence director.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at HVG.)

From About Hungary, about 1,600 social care homes in Hungary are affected by a ban on visits.

From ReMix, Justice Minister Judit Varga demands freedom of speech for Hungarian citizens on social media platforms.

From Russia Today, according to space agency head Dmitry Rogozin, Russia intends to send a mission to Venus in addition to a joint mission with the U.S.

From Sputnik International, Russia will start producing an experimental coronavirus vaccine for animals in October.

From The Moscow Times, Russia has some "questions" for Germany about Alexey Navalny.

From Romania-Insider, Romania extends its coronavirus state of alert for another 30 days.

From Novinite, over 717,000 Bulgarian students go back to school.

From The Sofia Globe, more on Bulgarian schools reopening.

From Radio Bulgaria, deputy environmental ministers are sent to check the air quality in Ruse, Bulgaria.

From Ekathimerini, fire breaks out near a migrant center on the Greek island of Samos.

From the Greek Reporter, Greek authorities arrest five suspects for alleged arson in connection with fires set in the Moria migrant camp on the island of Lesvos.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Jews in Kosovo cheer the country's new agreement with Israel.

From Balkan Insight, Romania's governing National Liberal Party plans to open branches in Moldova.

From Total Croatia News, the new shopping outlet Eurospin Croatia is very successful.  (If you read Croatian, read the story in Poslovni Dnevnik.)

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenian and Chinese scientists will cooperate on advanced materials research in the province of Guangdong.

From the Malta Independent, Nationalist Party leadership candidate Bernard Grech publishes his electoral manifesto.

From Malta Today, Prime Minister Robert Abela hints at changes to Malta's divorce law.

From ANSA, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte promises to fix Italy's problems with restarting schools.

From SwissInfo, Switzerland plans to send more supplies to Greece's Moria migrant camp.

From The Portugal News, Portuguese coastal authorities seize 1.5 tonnes of hashish.

From El País, the Spanish cabinet drafts a bill to address the remaining legacy of the regime of the late (and still dead) dictator Francisco Franco.

From France24, French high school students protest against what they regard as "sexist" dress codes.

From RFI, France unveils a plan to fast-track citizenship for foreigners who fought against the coronavirus.

From Euractiv, French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron calls people opposed to 5G technology "Amish".  (I dare him to come over to Pennsylvania and say that.)

From VRT NWS, a man unleashes his inner Dennis Rodman against a policeman who reprimanded him for not wearing a mask.

From The Brussels Times, Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès warns Belgians to respect the country's coronavirus rules "before it is too late".

From the NL Times, reportedly issues a threat against Dutch politician Geert Wilders.

From the Express, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson hits back at criticism from Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon.

From the Evening Standard, a snake on a bus.

From the (U.K.) Independent, a man in London is shot with a crossbow.

From the (Irish) Independent, Irish gardaí await instructions on how to enforce the government's coronavirus plan in Dublin.

From the Irish Examiner, according to "industry bodies", Ireland's coronavirus plan treats pubs in Dublin as "scapegoats".

From The Conservative Woman, U.K. politicians will not surrender the power which they have grabbed.

And from Snouts in the Trough, London Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick "ticks all the right boxes", yet U.K. leftists hate her.

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