Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Tuesday Tidings - Part 2

As the last Tuesday in September heads toward evening, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, the College Historical Society in Dublin, Ireland disinvites atheist biologist Richard Dawkins because of his view on Islam.

From the Irish Examiner, Ireland reports 363 new coronavirus cases.

From the (Irish) Independent, Irish Senator Ollie Crowe calls for Ireland's army to take to the streets after videos show hundreds of students disobeying coronavirus rules in the city of Galway.

From the (U.K.) Independent, the Leicester Crown Court learns that a 14-year-old boy tried to make bombs during the U.K.'s coronavirus lockdown after being radicalized.

From the Evening Standard, four more areas in Wales will go under local coronavirus lockdowns.

From the Express, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit blueprint is passed by the U.K. House of Commons as his predecessor Theresa May abstains from voting.

From VRT NWS, university students graduate in the historic market square in Brussels.

From The Brussels Times, the Brussels city government bans prostitution in an effort to reduce the number of new coronavirus cases.

From the NL Times, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam makes face masks mandatory.

From Dutch News, Dutch retail outlets won't force customers to wear face masks.

From Deutsche Welle, German Chancellor Angela Merkel unveils new coronavirus measures.

From Euractiv, according to experts, Germany needs to protect its moors and eat less meat to reach the E.U.'s new climate targets.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Syrian man in Bad Homburg, Germany yells "Allahu akbar!" while attacking police officers.

From the CPH Post, Copenhagen is almost hit by a tornado.  (If you read Danish, read related stories at TV2 and SN.)

From Polskie Radio, Poland adopts a new coronavirus strategy after a spike in cases.

From ReMix, Poland deports three Tajiks associated with ISIS on charges of trying to recruit Muslim converts to conduct terror attacks.

From Radio Prague, the Czech government will consider making a state of emergency due to worsening coronavirus conditions.

From The Slovak Spectator, 48 towns in Slovakia will hold elections for mayor and councilor this coming Thursday.

From Daily News Hungary, rats!  (If you read Hungarian, read about the rats at NLC and Blikk.)

From Hungary Today, according to Interior Minister Sándor Pintér, Hungary is free of extremism.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)

From About Hungary, a response to an article in the German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel that it wouldn't print.

From Russia Today, President Putin considers taking Russia's coronavirus vaccine.

From Sputnik International, according to Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, statements of military support for either Azerbaijan or Armenia will only escalate their conflicy.

From The Moscow Times, how would a second wave of the coronavirus affect Russia's economy?

From Romania-Insider, new Bucharest Mayor Nicuşor Dan plans to audit City Hall.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at B1 TV.)

From Novinite, according to Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Bulgaria might purchase eight more F-16 Block 70 aircraft from Lockheed Martin.

From The Sofia Globe, six parliamentcritters quit the opposition group led by the Bulgarian Socialist Party.

From Radio Bulgaria, protesters in Sofia gather in front of a private news agency.

From Ekathimerini, Greek authorities try to ease congestion on Aegean islands by moving migrants to camps on the mainland.

From the Greek Reporter, "why Greece will never consider demilitarizing the Aegean islands".

From EuroNews, Greek police accuse 33 members of NGOs of smuggling migrants.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani, North Macedonia's contacts with Bulgaria will intensify.

From Balkan Insight, former North Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is convicted of inciting a mob attack,

From Total Croatia News, according to Interior Minister Davor Božinović, security in Croatia has not been undermined.

From Total Slovenia News, according to Prime Minister Janez Janša, stricter coronavirus measures in Slovenia are not currently needed.

From the Malta Independent, Nationalist Party leader Adrian Delia and his rival Bernard Grech will go against each other in their only debate.

From Malta Today, author Salman Rushdie will be a special guest of the 2020 Malta Book Festival.

From ANSA, Italian Carabinieri arrest an Italian ISIS bride in Syria and bring her and her four children back to Italy.

From SwissInfo, about 11 percent of people living in the Swiss canton of Ticino have been exposed to the coronavirus.

From France24, France plans to ban wild animals from traveling circuses and to phase out mink farms.

From RFI, the French government announces relief measures for bars, cafés and restaurants affected by coronavirus restrictions.

From El País, ousted Calatan leader Quim Torra calls for a "democratic rupture".

From The Portugal News, nurses in the region of Algarve deliver a petition to Portugal's Assembly of the Republic.

And from The Conservative Woman, do those scary coronavirus statistics really add up?

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