Thursday, October 29, 2020

Thursday Links - Part 2

As a rainy Thursday hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, a knife attacker kills three people at a church in Nice, France.

From France24, why has Nice, France become a target for terrorism?

From RFI, according to President Emmanuel Macron, France "will not give in to terror".

From EuroNews, more on the attack in Nice, France.

From El País, the Spanish congress approves a six-month extension for Spain's coronavirus state of alarm.

From The Portugal News, tourists are allowed to move between municipalities in Portugal, even with the country's coronavirus lockdown.

From SwissInfo, the world's first certified electric airplane flies over Switzerland.

From ANSA, the attacker who killed three people in Nice arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa and then made his way to France.

From the Malta Independent, the head coach of Malta's national soccer team tests positive for the coronavirus.

From Malta Today, according to Justice Minister Edward Zammit Lewis, court delays in Malta are due to inefficiency, not to a shortage of judges.

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia makes its Oscar nomination for best international film.

From Total Croatia News, according to Eurostat data, domestic tourism in Croatia seems to be recovering from the coronavirus crisis.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to Politico, the E.U. has reached a compromise over Bulgaria's demands toward North Macedonia.  (The article does not include any link to Politico.)

From Balkan Insight, Bosnia and Herzegovina's Constitutional Court rejects appeals by two former Bosnian army soldiers convicted of crimes against Croat civilians in 1993.

From Ekathimerini, the last migrants are transferred out of the makeshift PIPKA camp on the Greek island of Lesvos.

From the Greek Reporter, 15 health care providers at a hospital in Athens test positive for the coronavirus.

From Novinite, Bulgaria receives 2,593 vials of the drug Remdesivir.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgarian President Roumen Radev self-isolates after an aide tests positive for the coronavirus.

From Radio Bulgaria, protesters in Sofia, Bulgaria keep their positions.

From Romania-Insider, a former president of Romania's Chamber of Deputies is sentenced to five years for corruption.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at G4Media.)

From Russia Today, President Putin rules out another strict coronavirus lockdown in Russia, citing economic concerns.

From Sputnik International, according to Putin, Russia is ready to produce coronavirus vaccines abroad.

From The Moscow Times, a multi-domed Orthodox cathedral is planned for the Moscow State University campus.

From the Hungary Journal, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban reacts to the terror attack in Nice, France.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungary is among the main targets for human traffickers.

From Hungary Today, Hungary will require face masks at restaurants and entertainment centers.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)

From About Hungary, according to State Secretary Zoltán Kovács, Hungary has handled the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic "very effectively".

From The Slovak Spectator, Bratislava, Slovakia receives 10,000 tulip bulbs from the Dutch embassy, which will also plant 2,000 trees.

From Radio Prague, new Czech Health Minister Jan Blatný aims to replace fear of the coronavirus with respect.

From Polskie Radio, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki tells pro-abortion protesters to focus their anger on politicians instead of putting elderly people at risk.

From ReMix, pro-abortion protesters in Poland attack statues of Pope John Paul II.

From the CPH Post, the Danish government plans to introduce two meatless days per week in state-run canteens.

From Deutsche Welle, hospitals in Berlin brace for the second coronavirus wave.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Syrian refugee confesses to placing a bomb on a train in Cologne, Germany.

From the NL Times, five organizations call for cops in Rotterdam, Netherlands to be prosecuted for allegedly racist texts.

From Dutch News, Dutch politicians including Prime Minister Mark Rutte condemn the attack in Nice, France.

From VRT NWS, the Belgian commune of Flanders limits shopping times to 30 minutes.

From The Brussels Times, the last Belgian military pilot who flew on D-Day passes away at age 99.

From Euractiv, the European Commission calls for a meeting with the border agency Frontex over alleged "illegal pushback" of migrants in the Aegean Sea.

From the Express, the U.K.'s Labour Party suspends former leader Jeremy Corbyn for saying that anti-Semitism in the party is "overstated".

From the Evening Standard, Corbyn urges his supporters to stay in the Labour Party.

From the (U.K.) Independent, a man from Leicester, England is charged with being a member of ISIS and trying to free jihadists from prisons in northern Syria.

From the (Irish) Independent, three members of the Irish party Sinn Féin resign over a controversy about business grants.

From the Irish Examiner, according to Taoiseach Micheál Martin, there is still hope for a "meaningful Christmas" in Ireland.

And from The Conservative Woman, the Labour Party's report on anti-Semitism is a "big test" for its leader Sir Keir Starmer.

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