Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Wednesday Wanderings - Part 2

As a sunny and mild Wednesday hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, what happens to bicycles stolen in Paris?

From France24, according to an official in Marseille, France, the city is ready to welcome the NGO migrant rescue ship Alan Kurdi.

From RFI, due to a surge in coronavirus cases, France bans parties in Paris and other major cities, including Marseille.

From ReMix, Islamists threaten the magazine Charlie Hebdo and force a member of its editorial board to leave her home.

From El País, the Madrid city government considers new coronavirus restrictions for shops, bars and restaurants.

From The Portugal News, the Portuguese parliament debates a "recovery and resilience plan".

From SwissInfo, rapid coronavirus tests from the Swiss company Roche could offer a path back to normality.

From ANSA, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte welcomes the proposed E.U. migration pact.

From the Malta Independent, the University of Malta issues coronavirus safety guidelines for the upcoming school year.

From Malta Today, soccer fans in Malta could soon be allowed into stadiums.

From Total Slovenia News, police reportedly force a minor to get off a bus for not wearing a mask and allegedly being rude to the driver.

From Total Croatia News, a Croatian parliamentcritter is asked to leave the body's chamber for not wearing a mask.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to its border police director, Bosnia and Hercegovina needs the E.U. border protection agency Frontex.

From Balkan Insight, the parliament of Montenegro elects a former opposition member to be its speaker.

From Ekathimerini, anarchists paint a slogan onto the Greek migration minister's office building.

From the Greek Reporter, the European Commission will establish a task force to address migrant issues on the Greek island of Lesvos.

From Novinite, anti-government protests in Bulgaria continue for the 76th day.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria tells two Russian diplomats to get out.

From Radio Bulgaria, Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev promises to resign if Bulgaria installs a caretaker government.

From Romania-Insider, the World Wildlife Fund works with the Romanian village of Armeniş to establish a rural campus.

From Russia Today, police find a cult leader in Siberia to be in possession of weapons, money, jewelry and adult toys.

From Sputnik International, Russian President Putin claims that an article in the magazine Le Monde about talks between him and French President Macron is inaccurate.

From The Moscow Times, Russia expands its list of European officials who are banned from the country.

From Euractiv, a neo-Nazi group is banned in Finland.

From EuroNews, Belarusian authorities use water cannons on people protesting against President Alexander Lukashenko's secret re-inauguration.

From the Hungary Journal, Hungary imposes a 10-day quarantine for its people returning from abroad.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto talks with his Ukrainian counterpart.

From Hungary Today, the UEFA Super Cup Final will be held in Budapest in front of live fans.

From About Hungary, the Hungarian government intends to maintain and improve quality of life for families.

From The Slovak Spectator, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Ivan Korčok, Slovakia will not recognize Lukashenko as Belarus's president.

From Radio Prague, according to Health Minister Roman Prymula, restaurants and pubs in the Czech Republic will have to close at 10 p.m.

From Polskie Radio, according to Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Lukashenko's sudden "secret" re-inauguration confirms that he knows that his reelection is false.

From the CPH Post, Danish right-wingers and left-wingers urge a rethink of the program Ghetto List.

From Deutsche Welle, a court in Münster, Germany rules that a mosque's call to prayer does not violate the religious freedom of people who hear it.

From the NL Times, the first stone of the National Holocaust Memorial in Amsterdam, Netherlands is laid by a friend of Anne Frank.

From Dutch News, a lab in Abu Dhabi, UAE will analyze Dutch coronavirus tests.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at NOS.)

From VRT NWS, criminals use a bulldozer to attack a bank in Nieuwenrode, Belgium.

From The Brussels Times, Belgium's Security Council introduces a long-term strategy to deal with the coronavirus.

From the Express, according to E.U. Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's hardline tactics created an "opening" for a trade deal.

From the Evening Standard, 124 students at Glasgow University test positive for the coronavirus.

From the (U.K.) Independent, according to a leaked document, queues of up to 7,000 trucks could form at the U.K.'s borders due to Brexit.

From the (Irish) Independent, 15 more pubs and restaurants are found to be in potential breach of Ireland's coronavirus regulations.

From the Irish Examiner, Ireland's chief clinical officer dismisses a Swedish advisor's suggestion to adopt a "herd immunity" strategy against the coronavirus as Sweden did.

And from The Conservative Woman, the "seven deadly sins of omission" by the U.K.'s two coronavirus "doomsters".

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