Thursday Links - Part 2

On a warm cloudy Tuesday on the anniversary of the atomic attack on Hiroshima, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, after being attacked by a teenage gang in Bordeaux, a journalist no longer recognizes the city.

From France24, during his visit to Beirut, French President Emmanuel Macron announces that aid will go directly to Lebanese people and relief groups.

From RFI, a performance artist is fined for acting like Lady Godiva at the Grotto of the Apparitions in Lourdes, France.

From EuroNews, a gunman holds hostages at a bank in Le Havre, France.

From El País, Spain's Basque area admits to having a second wave of the coronavirus.

From The Portugal News, Portugal offers to send 42 operatives to help in Lebanon.

From SwissInfo, Switzerland sends a team of 10 experts to Lebanon.

From ANSA, Italy's education ministry and trade unions sign a protocol for safely reopening the country's schools.

From the Malta Independent, Bernard Grech will run against incumbent Adrian Delia for the leadership of Malta's Nationalist Party.

From Malta Today, two other Nationalist Party members withdraw from its leadership contest.

From Total Slovenia News, police find and seize 2,650 cannabis plants near Lendava, Slovenia.

From Total Croatia News, an exhibit of the "underwater archaeological heritage" of the Croatian islands of Hvar and Šćedro will be opened at the Museum of the City of Split.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Morski.)

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the president of the Serb National Council of Croatia calls for the "war book to be closed".

From Balkan Insider, former prisoners commemorate the closing of the Omarska detention camp near Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

From Ekathimerini, Greece's migration ministry announces stricter rules to assess the status of young asylum seekers.

From the Greek Reporter, authorities close a bar on the Greek island of Mykonos after seven employees contract the coronavirus.

From the Greek City Times, the muezzin of the Hagia Sophia dies of a heart attack.  (If you read Turkish, read the story at Sputnik Türkiye.)

From Novinite, nine people are arrested for allegedly illegally extracting, transporting and selling wood in the Bulgarian municipalities of Simitli, Razlog and Bansko.

From The Sofia Globe, a meeting of Bulgaria's coalition governing parties decides that neither Prime Minister Boiko Borissov nor the government will resign.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev blames the government for the country's crisis.

From Russia Today, according to Belarusian President Lukashenko, Russian President Putin will not be leader for life.

From Sputnik International, according to Russia's foreign ministry, the U.S. is lying about Moscow's alleged links to the Taliban.

From The Moscow Times, a court in Moscow sentences three young activists for plotting to overthrow Russian President Putin.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian State Railways will put couchette cars into service on international trains.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Turizmus Online.)

From Hungary Today, according to Chief Medical Officer Cecília Müller, uncontrolled migration poses "an extreme danger" to Hungary's public health.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)

From Remix, 100 migrants attempt to force their way into Hungary from Serbia.

From About Hungary, Hungary donates €1 million to help Lebanon after the explosions in Beirut.

From The Slovak Spectator, a chalet near the mountain Sitno in the Štiavnické offers overnight stays.

From Radio Prague, rescue workers from the Czech Republic join an operation to find survivors in Beirut.

From Polskie Radio, Polish President Andrzej Duda is sworn in for the second time.

From the CPH Post, Denmark sees its highest daily number of new coronavirus cases in three months.

From Deutsche Welle, are residents of Berlin leaving the city to get away from the coronavirus?

From Euractiv, Germany's European affairs minister urges the U.K. to be more "realistic and pragmatic" in its Brexit talks with the E.U.

From the NL Times, the Netherlands sees its largest one-day increase in coronavirus cases in three months.

From Dutch News, a Dutch search and rescue team arrives in Beirut.

From VRT NWS, face masks are not mandatory for the entirety of Brussels - yet.

From The Brussels Times, more seals are seen in the Scheldt River due to cleaner water.

From the Express, a fishing expert warns of a scallop war between the U.K. and France.

From the Evening Standard, the U.K.'s Home Affairs Committee starts an inquiry into an increase in migrant boat crossings across the English Channel.

From the (U.K.) Independent, U.K. politician Nigel Farage is criticized for calling a landing by migrants an "invasion".

From the (Irish) Independent, everyone in the Irish counties of Kildare, Offaly and Laois is afraid of a local coronavirus lockdown.

From the Irish Examiner, more Irish naval ships might have to be "tied up".

And from The Conservative Woman, the ignored statue toppling that doesn't fit the narrative.