Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Wednesday Links - Part 2

As the middle of the week continues to roll around, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, over the last weekend in Germany, several foreign men allegedly commit sexual assaults.

From Deutsche Welle, new worries are ahead for German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

From the CPH Post, a Swedish man is arrested in connection with an explosion which went off in Copenhagen, Denmark.

From Voice Of Europe, in an open letter to U.S. President Trump, a Swedish writer explains how her country's justice system works.

From Polskie Radio, Polish and U.S. firms sign a deal to supply components for a planned gas pipeline.

From Radio Praha, according to a group of former state officials, the Czech Republic lacks behind its NATO allies in cyber defense.

From The Slovak Spectator, archaeologists discover multiple floors in a medieval church in Humenné, Slovakia.

From Daily News Hungary, the Hungarian Catholic Bishops’ Conference supports Polish criticism of the "LGBTQ ideology".

From Hungary Today, according to DNA tests, Hungary has the second most people of Jewish descent, with Israel being the first.

From About Hungary, the Sziget festival in Budapest draws in about 530,000 visitors this year.

From Russia Today, Russian pilots and gunners compete so see who's best.

From Sputnik International, Russia sends two nuclear-capable bombers close to the U.S. border.

From The Moscow Times, Russian security officers search the offices of a rights group.

From Romania-Insider, "polluting" cars could be banned from downtown Bucharest under a proposal now being considered.  (I can't figure out if some cars are regarded as "polluting" and others are not, and which kinds are which, or if all cars are regarded as "polluting".  If you read Romanian, read the story at HotNews.)

From Novinite, Bulgarians are gradually driving more diesel-powered cars.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria confirms four new cases of swine fever in wild pigs.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria's only inhabited Black Sea island prepares to celebrate the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

From Ekathimerini, Greece tries to stay secure "in a tough neighborhood".

From the Greek Reporter, the history behind the most popular female name in Greece.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, can a collaboration be made between the Turkish Stream and TAP gas pipelines?

From Total Croatia News, Croatia takes precautionary measures due to swine fever being detected in Serbian pigs.

From the Malta Independent, the NGO ship Ocean Viking asks Malta and Italy for safe harbor.

From Malta Today, video footage shows Maltese military personnel rescuing two migrants from a dinghy.

From ANSA, the regional administrative court of Lazio allows the NGO ship Open Arms to enter Italian waters.

From Breitbart, two Muslim migrants are under investigation for slaughtering sheep in a parking lot in Bentivoglio, Italy.  (If you read Italian, read the story at Il Giornale.)

From SwissInfo, the Swiss government considers tougher penalties for smuggling protected plants and animals.

From El País, Spain's region of Madrid gets a new government that is "propped up" by the "far right" party Vox.

From The Portugal News, authorities dismantle an illegal animal slaughtering site in Pêro Pinheiro, Portugal.

From France24, vandals strike about 30 offices of the French party La République en Marche.

From RFI, the Franco-Irish family of the girl who died in Malaysia hopes that police in that country will investigate.  (I have referred to her as "Irish", but some sources indicate that she was also French.)

From VRT NWS, the Belgian army destroys old war ammunition, but more keeps turning up in Flanders.

From the NL Times, a Dutch customs officer, previously arrested in connection with a cocaine shipment, is suspected of aiding and abetting other drug shipments.

From Dutch News, a Kurdish refugee who arrived in Belgium at age 5 is reunited with the man who gave her a bicycle.

From EuroNews, plastic microbeads are found in Arctic ice.

From the Express, U.K. Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn hatches a plot to seize power from Prime Minister Johnson and (again) delay Brexit.

From the Evening Standard, a bus driver in Norwich, England is suspended for refusing to drive a bus having gay pride colors.

From the (U.K.) Independent, a gang in London uses teenage girls to flood Bridgend, Wales with drugs.

From the (Irish) Independent, three men try to rob an ATM and find "six or seven" gardaí on their tails.  (In Ireland, a single cop is a "garda" and plural cops are "gardaí".)

From the Irish Examiner, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will visit Ireland an assert U.S. support for the Good Friday Agreement.

From The Conservative Woman, could the U.K. deal with an all-female cabinet?

And from Snouts in the Trough, whatever you do, don't mention any "snackbar".

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