Sunday, October 27, 2019

Sunday Links - Part 2

As a sunny Sunday afternoon slips toward evening, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, for the first time, a jihadi is accused of crimes against humanity.

From France24, the 13th-century painting "Christ Mocked", found in a French kitchen, sells at auction for 24 million euros.

From RFI, eight migrants are found in a refrigerated truck in Calais, France.

From SwissInfo, Swiss political parties jostle for seats in the cabinet.

From the Malta Independent, according to a humanitarian aid group, Libyan gunmen threaten migrants and rescuers at sea.

From Malta Today, Malta's home affairs minister "brushes off" accusations that Malta ignored a distress call from a migrant rescue boat.

From Total Croatia News, most of the people who have emigrated from Bosnia and Hercegovina have gone to Croatia.

From Ekathimerini, according to a spokesman, the Greek government wants to reduce the flow of migrants and increase the number of expulsions.

From the Greek Reporter, American helicopters arrive in Volos, Greece.

From Novinite, Sofia, Bulgaria fails to elect a mayor, which will result in a second round for that election.

From The Sofia Globe, according to Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria's local elections produced an "unprecedented victory" over the country's socialists.

From Radio Bulgaria, 15 Bulgarian exhibitors participate in the 2019 Saudi Agro Food forum in Riyadh.

From Russia Today, Russia's defense ministry doubts reports that U.S. troops carried out a raid in which ISIS lead Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed, and denies any involvement.

From Sputnik International, Russia might start flight-testing a new hydrogen-oxygen booster rocket in 2027.

From The Moscow Times, U.S. President Trump thanks Russia for its help in the mission which resulted in al-Baghdadi's death.

From Daily News Hungary, a Hungarian court acquits a man who traveled 760 times on trains without a ticket.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Szeretlek Magyarország.)

From Radio Prague, traditional ceremonies are scheduled ahead of Czechoslovak Independence Day.

From Polskie Radio, Poles continue to throw away foodstuffs.

From Voice Of Europe, according to police, a Nigerian "occult mafia" is spreading across Sweden.  (If you read Swedish, read the story at SVT Nyheter.)

From the CPH Post, can the Danes eventually stop talking about the B-word?

From Deutsche Welle, restaurants in Weimar, Germany are ordered to rename their doner kebabs.

From EuroNews, the AfD is doing better than Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union in eastern Germany.

From the NL Times, a man wanted in connection with a double homicide at a theater in Groningen, Netherlands is shot and arrested by police.

From VRT NWS, Belgium gets its first female prime minister.

From the Express, former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair admits that U.K. trade deals will flourish outside the E.U.

From the Evening Standard, two people are arrested after a car is driven at rugby fans after a match in Gloucester, England.

From the (U.K.) Independent, ship-borne environmental "cheat devices" might pollute the sea and harm U.K. ports.

From the (Irish) Independent, pictures from the Dublin marathon.

From the Irish Examiner, a Fine Gael MEP defends his vote against an E.U. resolution to step up migrant rescue efforts in the Mediterranean.

And from The Conservative Woman, some questions for U.K. Prime Minister Boris "the Spider" Johnson.

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