Monday, February 3, 2020

Monday Links - Part 2

As a mild Monday slips into evening, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, immediately after the stabbings in the Streatham area of London, another one occurs in Ghent, Belgium.

From VRT NWS, the U.S. Army travels for maneuvers via the Belgian port of Antwerp.

From The Brussels Times, nearly 100 people are fined for violating a ban on alcohol in downtown Brussels.

From the NL Times, the group Kick Out Zwarte Piet plans to protest all year round.

From Dutch News, a man is arrested in Delft, Netherlands for allegedly planning a terror attack in Iran.

From Deutsche Welle, a German evacuated from Wuhan, China due to the coronavirus describes life under quarantine.

From the CPH Post, two Danes are placed into quarantine after returning to Denmark.

From Polskie Radio, Poland's interior minister and E.U. officials discuss migration.

From Radio Prague, according to the World Health Organization's representative in Prague, the worst aspect of the coronavirus outbreak could be the panic surrounding it.

From The Slovak Spectator, two Slovaks evacuated from Wuhan, China are quarantined in the city of Banská Bystrica.

From Daily News Hungary, according to a government official, about 100,000 migrants have gathered along Hungary's southern border.

From Hungary Today, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban thanks French President Macron for helping Hungarians to return from Wuhan, China.

From About Hungary, Orban travels to Brussels and Rome to discuss the challenges facing Europe.

From Russia Today, according to Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, the coronavirus is in the same category as HIV, malaria, cholera and the plague.

From Sputnik International, according to Deputy Prime Minister Tatanya Golikova, Russia sees no reason to fully stop air travel with China, but will temporarily restrict the entry of foreigners traveling from China.

From The Moscow Times, four Russian special forces officers are reportedly killed in Syria.

From Romania-Insider, Romania will install "musical roads" to keep drivers alert.

From Novinite, tons of waste from Spain are discovered near the Bulgarian village of Katunitsa.

From The Sofia Globe, according to Health Minister Kiril Ananiev, a Bulgarian who arrived from China at the Varna Airport will be quarantined.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria's political situation and its message for the world.

From Ekathimerini, Greece will grant provisional social security numbers to migrants who apply for asylum.

From the Greek Reporter, Greece issues commemorative coins to mark the 2,500th anniversary of the Battle of Thermopylae.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Serbia's main opposition party officially starts its boycott against the country's elections.

From Total Croatia News, Sri Lankas arrive to work in the Croatian region of Zagorye.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Poslovni Dnevnik.)

From Total Slovenia News, if you wish to participate in the Ironman 70-3 this coming September in the Slovenian region of Istria, registration is now open.

From the Malta Independent, maps that shed light on the history of Malta.

From Malta Today, electric car owners in Malta will get a preferential tariff for night time home charging.

From ANSA, a group of Italians returning from Wuhan, China are placed under observation.

From SwissInfo, Iran welcomes but is cautious about a humanitarian channel from Switzerland.

From The Portugal News, 20 people returning to Portugal from China test negative for the coronavirus.

From El País, an Air Canada flight makes an emergency landing at the Adolfo Suárez-Madrid Barajas Airport.

From France24, police shoot and wound a man who tried to attack policemen in their station with a knife.

From RFI, France and the E.U. insist on equal fishing rights in talks with the U.K.

From EuroNews, according to French President Emmanuel Macron, France, Germany and Poland will lead post-Brexit Europe.

From Euractiv, Prime Minister Boris Johnson rejects E.U. pre-conditions in trade talks with the U.K.

From the Express, how Johnson learned from his predecessor's mistakes.

From the Evening Standard, an unexploded bomb from World War II is discovered in and removed from the London neighborhood of Soho.

From the (U.K.) Independent, the Streatham knife attacker was arrested in 2018 for allegedly planning a terror attack but charged with lesser offenses.

From the (Irish) Independent, five days ahead of the general election in Ireland, Sinn Fein is the country's most popular political party.

From the Irish Examiner, a Fine Gael candidate from Cork, Ireland sees almost 100 of his election posters taken down - by members of his own party.

And from The Conservative Woman, the Bafta award for hypocrisy goes to.....click and find out.

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