News from across Europe

[Midtown Urbanist]

If we go back just 100 years (Treaty of Trianon), can we say that Hungary had land stolen from them, and were forced to agree under duress. Under current laws, that would not fly either.

Treaty of Trianon was way worse to Hungary than the Treaty of Versailles was to Germany. The West did the Hungarians dirty, while they were helpless, starving, and staving off a communist revolution, then launched a three-front invasion after Hungary had already disarmed and disbanded it's military to enforce said treaty.

 

[AlbertC]

Germany open to resettling children from Greek refugee camps

Germany's government is seeking a "coalition of the willing" to take in the children across Europe. The EU wants to avoid a repeat the 2015 refugee crisis as thousands of refugees and migrants gather at Greece's border.

Germany is prepared to take in "an appropriate share" of the neediest refugee children housed in overcrowded Greek migrant camps, German officials said on Monday.

Germany open to resettling children from Greek refugee camps – DW – 03/09/2020

Germany's government is seeking a "coalition of the willing" to take in the children across Europe. The EU wants to avoid a repeat the 2015 refugee crisis as thousands of refugees and migrants gather at Greece's border.

m.dw.com

 

[AlbertC]

EU to give migrants in Greece €2,000 to go home

12 March 2020

The EU says it will pay €2,000 (£1,770; $2,225) each to migrants in overcrowded camps on the Greek islands willing to go back to their home countries.

EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson announced the scheme in Athens on Thursday. It was agreed with the Greek government.

She said it was temporary - open for one month only - and only for migrants who arrived before 1 January.

She said 5,000 migrants would be eligible for the "voluntary return".

EU to give migrants in Greece €2,000 to go home

The scheme aims to ease the burden on Greece, where migrant camps are squalid and overcrowded.

www.bbc.com

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

We really need a roll eyes reaction

 

[AlbertC]

Italy’s Death Toll Tops 10,000 in a Europe Divided by Virus

Charlie Devereux and Alessandro Speciale
Bloomberg March 28, 2020

Italy’s coronavirus death toll topped 10,000 and Spain posted record fatalities, signaling that lockdowns in Europe won’t be lifted anytime soon while its leaders split along economic fault lines.

Deaths in Italy slowed to 889 from a record 969 on Friday and the 5,974 new infections were similar to the previous day’s level. Spain suffered another 832 deaths. Almost 15,000 coronavirus victims — more than half the world’s total — have died in the two countries, which are in almost total lockdown except for essential errands such as buying food and medicine.

The data suggest that while the pace of new infections may be leveling off, the human carnage and economic damage aren’t letting up for now.

“We’re getting to the peak,” Fernando Simon, a Spanish health ministry spokesman, told reporters. “In some parts of the country, we’re probably already over it. But we need to be cautious since we’re talking about preliminary data.”

Italy’s Death Toll Tops 10,000 in a Europe Divided by Virus

(Bloomberg) -- Italy’s coronavirus death toll topped 10,000 and Spain posted record fatalities, signaling that lockdowns in Europe won’t be lifted anytime soon while its leaders split along economic fault lines.Deaths in Italy slowed to 889 from a record 969 on Friday and the 5,974 new...

ca.finance.yahoo.com

 

[AlbertC]

Lockdown, what lockdown? Sweden's unusual response to coronavirus

By Maddy Savage

While swathes of Europe's population endure lockdown conditions in the face of the coronavirus outbreak, one country stands almost alone in allowing life to go on much closer to normal.

Lockdown, what lockdown? Sweden's unusual response to coronavirus

While swathes of Europe are under lockdown, Sweden is allowing life to go on much as normal.

www.bbc.com

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

North Macedonia was admitted into EU and NATO earlier this week!

 

[AlbertC]

Will Germans trade privacy for coronavirus protection?

By Astrid Prange

Asian countries have used digital tracking to fight the new coronavirus, while Europe has put its faith in social distancing. Germany's government is debating how much privacy should and can be protected amid a pandemic.

Germany: Privacy vs. pandemic protection – DW – 03/29/2020

Asian countries have used digital tracking to fight the new coronavirus, while Europe has put its faith in social distancing. Germany's government is debating how much privacy should and can be protected amid a pandemic.

m.dw.com

 

[AlbertC]

'They are leading us to catastrophe': Sweden's coronavirus stoicism begins to jar

There’s a surreal calm in the last country in Europe to hold out against lockdown. But the death toll is rising and some are voicing dissent

Derek Robertson in Malmö
Mon 30 Mar 2020 18.38 BST

'They are leading us to catastrophe': Sweden's coronavirus stoicism begins to jar

There’s a surreal calm in the last country in Europe to hold out against lockdown. But the death toll is rising and some are voicing dissent

www.theguardian.com

 

[Richard White]

Apparently Orban is taking Hungary back 30 years to the Communist era with his State of Emergency. The weird thing is that most Hungarians love it.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52095500

 

[Johnny Au]

Will Germans trade privacy for coronavirus protection?

By Astrid Prange

Asian countries have used digital tracking to fight the new coronavirus, while Europe has put its faith in social distancing. Germany's government is debating how much privacy should and can be protected amid a pandemic.

Germany: Privacy vs. pandemic protection – DW – 03/29/2020

Asian countries have used digital tracking to fight the new coronavirus, while Europe has put its faith in social distancing. Germany's government is debating how much privacy should and can be protected amid a pandemic.

m.dw.com

It's the old freedom vs. security conundrum.

 

[Videodrome]

Is Stephen Harper still proud of his buddy Orban?

 

[SunriseChampion]

Orban is fascist trash that will be disposed of soon enough.

...and not by Hungarians either.......they're too...um....willing.

 

[AlbertC]

Coronavirus: Angela Merkel's approval ratings up amid health crisis

Germany's governing coalition has shot up in approval ratings amid the massive public health crisis unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Support for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has dropped.

Week-long curfews, the curtailing of civil liberties, shuttered shops and restaurants, apps that track peoples' movements, and unprecedented public debt are themes we might encounter in dystopian movies. But these days, with the German government imposing ever stricter measures to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, such flicks pale in comparison with reality.

Yet most Germans of voting age approve of the measures imposed, according to a survey commissioned by public broadcaster ARD and conducted by infratest dimap. Across the political spectrum, Germans deem the steps taken appropriate. Indeed, 72% of those surveyed said they are satisfied with the government's handling of the crisis. Only three out of ten are critical of the government.

Angela Merkel's approval ratings up amid health crisis – DW – 04/03/2020

Germany's governing coalition has shot up in approval ratings amid the massive public health crisis unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Support for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has dropped.

m.dw.com

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

Merkel's approval rating may be on the up, but her party the CDU refuses to say a bad word about Orban, even though others in the European Peoples Party have. It is really frustrating.