Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Tuesday Things - Part 2

As a sunny and breezy Tuesday afternoon hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, in response the the suggestion from French President Macron that climate protesters should go to Poland, Poland points out its reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.

From Polskie Radio, Poland wants the Gdańsk shipyards to be included on UNESCO's World Heritage List.

From Radio Prague, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš criticizes the U.N. climate summit for "putting rhetoric over actions".

From The Slovak Spectator, human trafficking happens in Slovakia.

From the Hungary Journal, speaking at the U.N. climate summit, Hungarian President Ader points out that the cheapest energy is what "we don't use".

From Daily News Hungary, Hungary will sign an economic agreement with the U.S. state of West Virginia.  (Any Hungarians visiting West Virginia will probably ask, "Who is this Robert Byrd, whom you've named so many things after?")

From Hungary Today, more foreigners are coming to work in Hungary.

From About Hungary, six people are charged in Budapest with allegedly smuggling over 100 migrants across Hungary to Austria.

From Russia Today, in the Sea of Japan, Russia successfully tests a Smerch missile.

From Sputnik International, the U.N. asks for an explanation for the U.S. denying visas to some Russian delegates to the U.N. General Assembly.

From The Moscow Times, Russia produces its first batch of lab-grown meat.

From Romania-Insider, a Romanian will be the E.U.'s first chief prosecutor.

From Novinite, Iraq is interested in restoring economic relations with Bulgaria.

From The Sofia Globe, flights repatriating Thomas Cook customers from Bulgaria have started.

From Radio Bulgaria, a look at things happening in the Balkans.

From Euractiv, the European Commission is "aware" of the increase in the flow of migrants to Bulgaria and Greece.

From Ekathimerini, a young migrant boy is run over near the overcrowded migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesvos.

From the Greek Reporter, more than 800 migrants reach Greece in 48 hours.

From EuroNews, Greek civil servants go on strike to protect their right to strike.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Republika Srpska establishes a gendarmerie unit.  (Republika Srpska is part of Bosnia and Hercegovina.)

From Total Croatia News, is Croatia's homeland security system making progress?

From the Malta Independent, two migrants plead guilty to escaping custody.

From ANSA, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio promises that Italy's new government will do more on migration than the previous government.

From Voice Of Europe, according to a new poll, Italy's most trusted politician is former Interior Minister Salvini.  (If you read Italian, read the story at Il Giornale.)

From SwissInfonomadic people in Switzerland face an endangered life.

From El PaísSpain's Supreme Court rules in favor of the exhumation of the late dictator Francisco Franco.

From The Portugal News, the European Court of Human Rights rules against Portugal's conviction of two journalist for criticizing politicians.

From France24, French police start searching the Paris apartment of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

From RFI, French President Emmanuel Macron criticizes teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg.

From VRT NWS, Thomas Cook Belgium asks for bankruptcy protection.

From the NL Times, the Eindhoven University of Technology is asked to explain its female-only vacancies to the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights.

From Dutch News, a group of Dutch Moroccans seeks government help in their efforts to abolish a legal requirement which automatically makes them Moroccan nationals.

From Deutsche Welle, is Germany moving toward U.S. President Trump's stand on Iran?

From the CPH Post, two Danish government allies urge Denmark to stop oil extraction by 2050.

From the Evening Standard, the U.K. Supreme Court rules against Prime Minister Johnson's prorogation of Parliament.

From the Sky News, some key points from the ruling.

From the Express, Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage calls the ruling the "worst political decision ever".

From the (U.K.) Independent, Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn calls Johnson "unfit to be prime minister" and calls for an early election.

From the (Irish) Independent, Ireland's only disabled-led orchestra prepares for its first performance.

From the Irish Examiner, Ireland's government is accused of "tokenism" on climate change over its planned carbon tax increases.  (What is Ireland's percentage of the total man-made carbon dioxide output?  It's probably less than one percent.)

From The Conservative Woman, if you're in the Labour Party and you can't attract voters, you might as well import them.  (Will they be imported in time for the election called by Corbyn, as reported by the Independent?)

And from Snouts in the Trough, can we stop the child abuse inflicted on "Saint Greta"?

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