Monday, September 2, 2019

Labor Day Links - Part 2

Here on a day off for those who work, are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, the conservative coalition in Austria might be revived.

From ANSA, the NGO ships Eleonore and Mare Jonio land at Italian ports.

From SwissInfo, the Swiss Astronomical Society launches a contest to name an exoplanet.

From El País, according to Spain's acting prime minister, no coalitions or elections are necessary to forming a new government.

From The Portugal News, near the Azores, Spanish police intercept a yacht carrying 80 kilos of cocaine.

From France24, the French government convenes a conference on femicide, but critics call it "meaningless".

From RFI, French President Macron wants a global speed limit for commercial ships.

From EuroNews, starting today, French classrooms must display the French and E.U. flags.

From Voice Of Europe, the U.K. Border Force intercepts another 54 migrants in the English Channel.

From the Express, Philip Hammond has six Brexit questions for Prime Minister Johnson.

From the Evening Standard, more than 130 seal pups were born in the Thames last year.

From the (U.K.) Independent, Johnson will call a general election if the House of Commons votes to block a no-deal Brexit.

From the (Irish) Independent, politicians in Drogheda, Ireland believe that gang violence has gone from feuding to revenge.

From the Irish Examiner, the arrest of a Turkish heroin trafficker in Dublin shows how large the trade for that drug is in Ireland.

From VRT NWS, a celebration in Antwerp to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Belgium from Germany will involve U.S. Sherman tanks.

From the NL Times, a suspect in a terror attack in Amsterdam admits wanting to kill people for insulting Islam.

From Dutch News, the speed limit on some Dutch highways will be reduced to decrease nitrogen pollution.  (Considering that most of the earth's atmosphere is nitrogen, I find the term "nitrogen pollution" rather confusing.)

From Deutsche Welle, what drives the success of the "far-right" AfD in eastern Germany?

From Euractiv, new European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen builds her team.

From the CPH Post, Denmark will ban fluorocarbons in food packaging.

From Polskie Radio, according to Vice President Pence, ties between Poland and the U.S. are "stronger than ever".

From Radio Prague, the fraud case against Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš is over, but the story isn't over yet.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovak President Čaputová and Austrian President Van der Bellen discuss a carbon-free Europe.

From the Hungary Journal, Finland's prime minister will visit Budapest, Hungary.

From Daily News Hungary, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto, migration should be kept outside of Europe's borders.

From Hungary Today, 3,000 athletes compete in sports in the streets of Budapest.

From About Hungary, according to Hungarian Finance Minister Mihály Varga, Hungary's economy grew three times faster than the E.U. average in the second quarter of this year.

From Russia Today, like it or not, young man, you're going to school.

From Sputnik International, Foreign Ministers Lavrov (Russia) and Zarif (Iran) hold joint press conference.

From The Moscow Times, Russians react to their county not being invited by Poland to the 80th anniversary commemoration of the start of World War II.

From Romania-InsiderTimișoara, Romania sets a record for lighting LEDs.

From Novinite, Bulgaria has the fourth largest oil dependency rate in the E.U.

From The Sofia Globe, registration for parties and coalitions starts for Bulgarian local elections.

From Ekathimerini, a ferry carrying 635 migrants from Lesvos reaches Thessaloniki, Greece.

From the Greek Reporter, the British Museum decides that it, not the U.K. government, decides about the Parthenon Marbles.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the abolishment of secondary asylum committees leads to some reactions.

From Total Croatia News, Croatia dismisses accusations by Serbia that migrants were abused by Croatian border police.

From the Malta Independent, 104 unaccompanied underage migrants arrived in Malta in 2018.

From Malta Today, under proposed regulations, licenses and insurance will be required for driving scooters in Malta.

And from The Conservative Woman, the migration across the English Channel is a full-blown crisis.

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