Friday, October 23, 2020

Friday Phenomena - Part 2

As a sunny Friday hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, German students are not that interested in other cultures, but still show respect for them.

From Deutsche Welle, a top German doctor gets into hot water over comments about masks.

From the CPH Post, Denmark expands its face mask mandate and bans sale of alcohol after 10 p.m. due to a rising number of coronavirus cases.

From Polskie Radio, Polish tennis player Iga Świątek is awarded the Gold Cross of Merit.

From Radio Prague, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš asks Health Minister Roman Prymula to resign for violating a coronavirus restriction.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovak prosecutor Dušan Kováčik is charged with corruption and suspended from his duties.

From the Hungary Journal, Hungary remembers the revolution of 1956.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian parties and leaders commemorate the anti-Soviet rebellion of 1956.

From Hungary Today, why did Beethoven's Egmont Overture become the hymn of the 1956 revolution?

From About Hungary, contrary to claims by the president of the European Stability Initiative, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban did not let illegal immigrants into Europe.

From Russia Today, according to Russian President Putin, an alliance between Russia and China is possible in the future but not yet necessary.

From Sputnik International, according to his lawyer, accused leaker Edward Snowden does not intend to return to the U.S. from Russia until all charges against him are dropped.

From The Moscow Times, the death of sea life around the Russian peninsula of Kamchatka is attributed to blooming algae.

From Romania-Insider, Romania reports a daily high of 5,028 new coronavirus cases, bringing its total over 200,000.

From Novinite, the mayor of Pernik, Bulgaria introduces a curfew for bars and restaurants.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov self-isolates after a deputy minister tests positive for the coronavirus.

From Radio Bulgaria, anti-government protests in Bulgaria continue with demonstrations in front of the headquarters of Bulgarian National Television.

From Ekathimerini, police in Igoumenitsa, Greece question five suspected migrant smugglers.

From the Greek Reporter, Orthodox Archbishop Ieronymos urges Greeks to avoid crowds on OXI day.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Greece and Turkey will hold a moratorium on military exercises for a week.

From Balkan Insight, the new St. Sava Cathedral in Belgrade, Serbia will be "more than a church".

From Total Croatia News, the mayor of Nova Gradiska, Croatia resigns after being detained for his alleged involvement in a corruption case.

From Total Slovenia News, U.S. President Trump gets an endorsement from the first lady's native country.

From the Malta Independent, three firms and consortia are short-listed for the contract to design, build and operate a waste to energy plant in Malta.

From Malta Today, two men are arrested for allegedly trafficking drugs at the entrance to Valletta, Malta.

From ANSA, over 100 scientists call for drastic action in Italy against the coronavirus.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, migrants arriving on the Italian island of Lampedusa show their knives.

From SwissInfo, some Swiss cantons tighten their coronavirus restrictions while others wait.

From The Portugal News, moving between municipalities during Portugal's coronavirus lockdown will require a declaration.

From El País, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez warns of "tough months ahead" due to the coronavirus.

From France24, after the murder of teacher Samuel Paty, a hunt for the appeasers who "disarmed" French secularism.

From RFI, the boss of a Paris hospital group warns that the second coronavirus wave could be worse than the first.

From EuroNews, France imposes a curfew affecting 46 million people as its total of coronavirus cases exceeds one million.

From VRT NWS, according to virologist Steven Van Gucht, Belgium is heading toward 20,000 new coronavirus cases per day.

From The Brussels Times, the University Hospital of Leuven is developing a coronavirus test based on exhaled air.

From the NL Times, the Netherlands reports a daily high of 10,007 new coronavirus cases.

From Dutch News, according to Prime Minister Mark Rutte, it's too early to say if the partial coronavirus in the Netherlands is working.

From Euractiv, Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg urges the European Parliament to vote against the E.U.'s farm subsidy bill.

From ReMix, two years after police in Belgium killed a Slovak at an airport, the European Parliament finally schedules a hearing on the incident.

From the Express, the E.U. is blasted for trying to "recreate" the "Common Fisheries Policy" in Brexit trade talks with the U.K.

From the Evening Standard, according to a study, the coronavirus vaccine produced by Oxford University creates a strong immunity.

From the (U.K.) Independent, detectives in London find a stolen Ming vase worth £2.5 million and arrest two suspects.

From the (Irish) Independent, an Irishman and two Brits are arrested after a seizure of €7 million worth of cannabis.

From the Irish Examiner, according to official data, more than half of the coronavirus cases in the last four weeks in Ireland were in private houses.

And from The Conservative Woman, why so many people believe in the coronavirus cult.

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