Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Wednesday Whatnot - Part 2

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

From Free West Media, a ProFa mob attacks the father of an Identitarian Movement member in Konstanz, Germany.

From Deutsche Welle, Berlin's night life gets a new coronavirus lockdown.

From ReMix, after 139 underage migrants arrive in Germany, the country's interior ministry refuses to provide information on their ages, gender and nationality.

From the NL Times, the Netherlands approves two coronavirus tests which reportedly have 100 percent accuracy.

From Dutch News, the Dutch Council for Culture recommends that Dutch museums should return art works taken from Dutch colonies to their places of origin.  (If you read Dutch, read the council's statement.)

From VRT NWS, the Belgian region of Brussels closes all bars and cafés due to a rise in coronavirus cases.

From The Brussels Times, hospitals in Brussels race to avoid collapse due to the surge in coronavirus cases.

From EuroNews, why did Belgian politicians take so long to form the new "Vivaldi" coalition government?

From France24, France reports a daily high of 18,746 new coronavirus cases.

From RFI, the French government wants more control over the teaching of Arabic.

From El País, according to a report, school reopening in Spain has not led to an increasing spread of the coronavirus.

From The Portugal News, the Bragança Civil Protection calls for health checks at Portugal's border with Spain.

From SwissInfo, Swiss scientists develop an artificial lung to study coronavirus-related blood clots.

From ANSA, the Italian cabinet extends the country's coronavirus state of emergency until January 31st.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, migrants in Italy set fire to their accommodations.

From the Malta Independent, Maltese opposition leader Bernard Grech warns members of his party against misusing social media.

From Malta Today, three fishermen are charged with possessing cannabis found on the boat they were using.

From Total Slovenia News, the Slovenian government declares the town of Črna na Koroškem a coronavirus danger zone.

From Total Croatia News, an American crew lead by actor Nicholas Cage starts filming in Dubrovnik, Croatia.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Dubrovački Vjesnik.)

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the guilty verdict against the Golden Dawn party in Greece is a "victory for democracy".

From Balkan Insight, Bosnia and Herzegovina's Constitutional Court upholds a detention camp guard's conviction for prisoner abuse.

From Ekathimerini, a court in Athens rules that the Golden Dawn party was operating as a criminal organization.

From the Greek Reporter, police break up a demonstration outside the court house where the Golden Dawn trial was held.

From Novinite, Bulgaria reports a daily high of 436 new coronavirus cases.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgarian doctors will be able to refer patients for PCR tests when the coronavirus is suspected.

From Radio Bulgaria, more foreigners than Bulgarians reportedly visited Bulgaria's Black Sea coast this past summer.

From Romania-Insider, Romania's daily number of new coronavirus cases approaches 3,000.

From Russia Today, the Russian navy successfully test fires the Zircon anti-ship missile, which can reach speeds up to Mach 8.

From Sputnik International, how Russia President Putin has celebrated his birthdays.

From The Moscow Times, Russia puts Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya on its interstate wanted list.  (If you read Russian, read the story at TASS.)

From Daily News Hungary, the largest rooftop solar park in Europe, built by automaker Audi, is inaugurated in Győr, Hungary.

From Hungary Today, 73 civil organizations call for protecting Hungary's lakes.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at 24HU.)

From About Hungary, local police find "yet another" migrant tunnel extending under the border in southern Hungary.

From The Slovak Spectator, parts of Slovakia's Nováky power plant are shut down due to workers contracting the coronavirus.

From Radio Prague, the Czech Republic reports a daily high of 4,457 new coronavirus cases.

From Polskie Radio, Poland reports a daily high of 3,003 new coronavirus cases.

From the CPH Post, the Danish government wants jail sentences for imams who impose sharia.

From Euractiv, the European Parliament votes to decrease greenhouse emissions by 60 percent by 2030.

From the Express, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is ordered to walk away from Brexit negotiations as the E.U. persists in its demands for access to U.K. waters for fishing.

From the Evening Standard, new coronavirus restrictions in the U.K. are set to take effect next Monday.

From the (U.K.) Independent, police misidentify a teenager who died in a car crash near Crimond, Scotland.

From the (Irish) Independent, garda checkpoints make commuting turn commuting into a "nightmare" around Dublin, Ireland.

From the Irish Examiner, what do the garda checkpoints do?

From The Conservative Woman, "how the West was lost".

And from Snouts in the Trough, how did the "media mob" panic the politicians?

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