Since these links posts have gotten to very long, sometimes over 80 separate links, I thought that I might break my list into two. So read these, which come from Europe, Canada and Latin America, and wait for some more stuff later. Meanwhile, in the middle of the first full week in August, here are some things going on:
From Free West Media, Bavarian police are forbidden to use the terms "Roma" and "Sinti" in their reports, except when indicating their use as insults. (If I recall correctly, both ethnic groups are called "Gypsy" by non-members, while these two names are what each calls itself.)
From Deutsche Welle, a German woman is arrested for allegedly being a member of ISIS.
From the CPH Post, police in Copenhagen call for witnesses after an explosion which occurred last night.
From Polskie Radio, a court in Poland orders that a neo-Nazi group is disbanded.
From Radio Praha, according to a poll, the foreign politician most popular with Czechs is the president of Slovakia.
From The Slovak Spectator, how to travel by train in Slovakia.
From Daily News Hungary, a 12-year-old boy who went missing in Germany is found in Budapest, Hungary. (The article includes a link to the Hungarian police's website.)
From Hungary Today, in Hungary, Coca-Cola changes its pro-gay advertising.
From About Hungary, dispelling the myths about Hungarian soccer stadiums.
From Russia Today, Russia's new stealth drone makes its maiden flight. (Is the use of the term "maiden" sexist?)
From Sputnik International, the concrete "sarcophagus" covering the Chernobyl nuclear plant has a "very high" risk of collapse.
From The Moscow Times, opposition candidate Lyubov Sobol is barred from running for Moscow's city council.
From Romania-Insider, a German pianist cancels concerts to take part in a protest in Bucharest, Romania.
From Euractiv, Romania defies the E.U. by shipping sheep during summertime heat.
From Novinite, Bulgarian police arrest an internationally wanted Serb suspected of human trafficking.
From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria grants money to continue an archaeological dig at Heraclea Sintica.
From Radio Bulgaria, the European Commission will audit Bulgaria over its swine fever outbreak.
From Ekathimerini, Greece, Israel, Cyprus and the U.S. agree to enhance their cooperation on energy.
From the Greek Reporter, Turkish President Erdoğan speaks of stability while his country's drillships violate Cyprus's waters.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, injured illegal migrants are found near the border of Croatia and Bosnia.
From Total Croatia News, Bosnian media claim that Croatian police beat up the illegal migrants.
From ANSA, the Spanish NGO Open Arms claims that its rescue ship may enter Italian waters if its needs to.
From the Malta Independent, the U.N. refugee agency claims that Italy's new migration law "could endanger lives". (Crossing the Mediterranean on a crowded rubber dinghy and hoping that an NGO ship will find you doesn't already endanger lives?)
From Malta Today, she don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie, but could eat away your brain.
From SwissInfo, a ship becomes a concert venue in Basel, Switzerland.
From El País, 100 days after the most recent election, Spain still doesn't have a government.
From The Portugal News, in Cabo Verde, five Brazilians are arrested with 2.2 tons of cocaine. (If the above-mentioned Malta Today story is any indication, a lot of brains have been saved.)
From RFI, the mayor of Signes, in southern France, is run over and killed when he tries to stop illegal dumping.
From EuroNews, a French couple produce natural straws in an effort to render plastic straws obsolete.
From VRT NWS, the Belgian taxman goes after 147 people claiming to live in Monaco.
From the NL Times, fewer Dutch students are choosing to learn German. (I was once told facetiously that the Dutch language was invented by a drunk German trying to speak English.)
From Dutch News, the Dutch Council of State tells inspectors to make public the locations of tiger mosquitoes in the Netherlands.
From the Express, an MEP calls U.K. Prime Minister Johnson's no-deal Brexit strategy an "obvious tactic".
From the Evening Standard, the residents of Whaley Bridge, England are allowed to return home.
From the Independent, a serial conman is jailed for impersonating a MI6 spy.
From the Irish Examiner, now Brexit is causing a renewed Irish American influence in U.S. politics.
From CBC News, the RCMP says that it will announce a "significant" update in the search for two murder suspects.
From Global News, human remains are found near a college in The Pas, Manitoba.
From CTV News, the Canadian federal government bypasses provincial governments to give carbon tax funds to schools.
From TeleSur, Uruguay warns that the U.S. might interfere with its elections by supporting its right-wing opposition.
And from The Conservative Woman, the U.K. Tories have one last chance to tackle immigration.
UPDATE: the CBC News story now indicates that RCMP officers have found two male bodies, which they believe are those of the suspects.
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