Tuesday, October 22, 2019

More Tuesday Stories

As Tuesday afternoon slips into evening, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, according to a UNDP report, E.U. policies on African migrants are based on falsehoods.

From EuroNews, the European Commission allows Croatia to join the Schengen zone.

From Total Croatia News, the European Commission confirms that Croatia is ready to join the Schengen zone.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, construction starts on the Balkan Stream pipeline.

From Ekathimerini, Greece supports a North Macedonia that is "modern" and "European".

From the Greek Reporter, the oldest lighthouse in the world once stood on a reef near Greece's Pelion Peninsula.

From Novinite, a Bulgarian girl is Europe's student chess champion.

From The Sofia Globe, 137 Bulgarian mayoral candidates once worked for the communist-era State Security.

From Romania-Insider, Romania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs releases an interactive map showing where Romanians outside Romania can vote.

From Russia Today, due to an agreement between Russia President Putin and Turkish President Erdoğan, Russian and Syrian troops deploy to an area away from Turkish forces.

From Sputnik International, some "key highlights" from the talks between Putin and Erdoğan.

From The Moscow Times, police in St. Petersburg, Russia round up more than 800 migrant workers following a mass brawl.  (If you read Russian, read the story at 47News.)

From Daily News Hungary, is Hungary's air pollution caused mainly caused by private individuals burning waste.

From Hungary Today, at the Hungarian parliament, an opposition MP disrupts Prime Minister Orban's speech.

From About Hungary, the idea that Orban "soured" U.S. President Trump on Ukraine is fake news.

From The Slovak Spectator, three Slovak parties will not form a coalition, for now.

From Radio Prague, the Czech Republic's minister of foreign affairs wants tougher sanctions on Turkey over its military operation in Syria.

From Polskie Radio, Poland's largest opposition bloc files an appeal claiming ballot irregularities.

From the CPH Post, about a quarter of all Danes reportedly don't want Muslims in Denmark.

From Deutsche Welle, Germany's new defense minister wants the country to stop "sitting on the sidelines".

From the NL Times, police in Rotterdam, Netherlands confiscate 5,856 bottles of allegedly stolen beer.

From Dutch News, according to the U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands, the U.S. can help bring Dutch jihadis back to the Netherlands.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at NRC.)

From VRT NWS, about 350 security guards demonstrate outside the NATO headquarters in Brussels.

From France24, illegal migrants hit the French island of Mayotte, in Indian Ocean.

From RFI, Brexit and "yellow vest" protests dampen France's tourism outlook.

From the Express, Brexit appears to be delayed again.

From the Evening Standard, the U.K. government announces a public inquiry to investigate the deaths of the victims of the Manchester Arena terror attack.

From the Independent, the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber denies being involved.

From the Irish Examiner, a group of friends steel a keg of Guinness.

From The Portugal News, a suspect in a gold bar fraud case in China reportedly flees to Portugal.

From El País, Catalan leader Quim Torra condemns violence by his fellow Catalans.

From SwissInfo, according to an opinion column, Sunday's parliamentary election shows progress in gender equality, but the pace of change must increase.

From ANSA, the Italian government agrees on harsher prison sentences for tax evaders.

From the Malta Independent, the alleged ringleaders of the Hal Far migrant center riot plead not guilty, and are denied bail.

From Malta Today, Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat warns opposition politicians to measure their words about foreigners.

From The Conservative Woman, if Prince Harry and Princess Meghan want to be left alone, they should speak less.

And from Snouts in the Trough, the Remainers appear to have won.

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