As a sunny Tuesday heads toward evening, here are some more things going on:
From Free West Media, the party Vlaams Belang tops the polls in the Belgian commune of Flanders.
From VRT NWS, Flanders keeps in mind a charter made in 1666 allowing fishermen from the city of Bruges to fish in British waters.
From The Brussels Times, Belgium decides to purchase rapid coronavirus tests.
From the NL Times, a full list of coronavirus restrictions in the Netherlands as of today.
From Dutch News, the Netherlands goes into a partial coronavirus lockdown.
From Deutsche Welle, according to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Europe must learn its lessons about the coronavirus as the situation gets "serious".
From Allah's Willing Executioners, as more Germans become homeless, asylum seekers complain about flats offered them, in one case the reason being the lack of an elevator.
From RAIR Foundation USA, an Iraqi family of four disguise themselves as diplomats and hire a private plane to take them to Germany, where they demand asylum. (I've often pointed out how migrants don't merely migrate but get smuggled, but the use of a private plane is a new one on me. If you read German, read the story at Bild.)
From the CPH Post, party leader Morten Østergaard resigns and then calls in sick.
From The Tundra Tabloids, a Afghan man in Kuopio, Finland who allegedly tried to "honor murder" his ex-wife claims that "women have too many rights in Finland". (If you read Finnish, read the story at MTV3 Uutiset.)
From Polskie Radio, a large British bomb from World War II found in a canal near Świnoujście, Poland is successfully neutralized.
From Radio Prague, an awards ceremony at Prague Castle will be held without an audience due to the coronavirus.
From The Slovak Spectator, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia is a "capital in spirit". (My tour group stopped their during our visit to Slovakia in 2000.)
From the Hungary Journal, Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga "slams" the "champions of transparency".
From Daily News Hungary, a joint Polish-Hungarian business chamber is established in Warsaw.
From Hungary Today, according to Foreign Minister Szijjarto, the WHO is "satisfied" with Hungary's treatment of the coronavirus pandemic. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)
From About Hungary, Fidesz party candidate Zsófia Koncz wins a parliamentary election in Szerencs, Hungary.
From Russia Today, large numbers of fish and marine animals wash ashore near Ozernovskiy, Russia, on the west coast of the Kamchatka peninsula.
From Sputnik International, the suspect in a fatal shooting in the Russian region of Nizhny Novgorod is found dead.
From The Moscow Times, Russia sets daily highs for new coronavirus cases and deaths.
From Euractiv, Belarus will allow its police to use combat weapons if needed.
From Romania-Insider, Romania extends its coronavirus state of alert, including banning wedding events.
From Novinite, according to Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Bulgaria will construct a new unit for the Kozloduy nuclear power plant with a reactor from the U.S.
From The Sofia Globe, according to a poll, 78 percent of the people in Sofia, Bulgaria regard it as a good place to live.
From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria's navy acquires two slightly-used minesweepers.
From Ekathimerini, a court in Rethymno, Crete gives a life sentence to a man who raped and murdered a visiting American scientist.
From the Greek Reporter, Greece restores the home of Pavlos Melas, who fought for Macedonian independence from the Ottoman Empire.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, did Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva ask North Macedonian Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani to sign an agreement similar to the Prespa Agreement?
From Balkan Insight, North Macedonia is hit by a scandal in which E.U. funds for digital literacy allegedly went to a hairdressing salon.
From Total Croatia News, the Croatian parliament will continue to sit.
From Total Slovenia News, Prime Minister Janez Janša defends political attacks on Slovenia's judiciary.
From the Malta Independent, Malta intercept 23 containers with boats inside allegedly intended to be used to transport migrants. (I must admit that I've been wondering where migrants heading out into the Mediterranean or trying to cross the English Channel get their boats.)
From Malta Today, more on the containers and their boats, which according to the pictures are not rubber dinghies.
From ANSA, the Italian government imposes new coronavirus restrictions.
From SwissInfo, Switzerland joins the E.U. in sanctioning 40 current and former Belarusian officials.
From The Portugal News, Portuguese soccer team captain Cristian Ronaldo tests positive for the coronavirus.
From El País, the villages in the Spanish region of Madrid that have stayed free of the coronavirus.
From France24, why police in France are not well-equipped to "reconquer" the suburbs of Paris.
From RFI, France's failed coronavirus tracking app is in for a reboot.
From EuroNews, according to an expert on ventilation, coronavirus in bars should be thought of "like cigarette smoke".
From the Express, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering a new coronavirus lockdown.
From the Evening Standard, Labour Party Leader Sir Keir Starmer calls for a "circuit breaker" coronavirus lockdown in England.
From the (U.K.) Independent, parliamentcritter Chris Green (Tory-Bolton) resigns in protest due to a local lockdown.
From the (Irish) Independent, some questions and answers about Ireland's 2021 budget.
From the Irish Examiner, the Cork and Shannon Airports will share an allocation of €10 million from Ireland's 2021 budget.
From The Conservative Woman, the coronavirus-related lies and turf wars that have destroyed the trust of the U.K.'s people.
And from Snouts in the Trough, how deadly does a disease have to be in order to really be "deadly"?
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