Sunday, October 20, 2019

Sunday Stuff - Part 2

As a rainy Sunday slips into evening, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, a French judge warns of "a risk to public safety" if France "won't take judicial responsibility" for its jihadists.

From RFI, rail service in France returns to normal tomorrow.

From The Portugal News, according to a report, the best alternative to disposable plastic is reusable products.

From SwissInfo, as previously predicted, gains by the Green Party tip the Swiss Parliament leftward.

From the Malta Independent, a "Mexit" group protests in front of the office of Malta's prime minister.

From Malta Today, Extinction Rebellion Malta calls on the Maltese parliament to declare a climate emergency.

From Total Croatia News, protesters in Zagreb demand that Croatia revokes its treaties with the Vatican.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, North Macedonia schedules elections for April of 2020.

From Ekathimerini, Greek authorities are placed on high alert due to the escape of jihadists from prisons in Syria.

From the Greek Reporter, the Greek island of Mykonos celebrates its patron saint with a horse-riding event.

From The Sofia Globe, a Bulgarian Jewish organization condemns a Sofia mayoral candidates backing of a march honoring a pro-Nazi general.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria opens a mountain biking trail in the municipality of Tran.

From Sputnik International, according to "several theorists", the skull of Goliath was buried in an area where Jesus would later be crucified.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungarians may never get tired of the Tetris challenge.  (If you read Hungarian, read a related story at FunZine.)

From Radio Prague, over 30,000 people join a campaign to save the Czech Republic's forests.

From Polskie Radio, according to Polish Nobel literature laureate Olga Tokarczuk, "literature has no boundaries".

From the CPH Post, "the end of pessimism".

From Deutsche Welle, a runaway cow triggers a lengthy police chase in Sand am Main, Bavaria, Germany.

From VRT NWS, Catalans in Belgium walk in a "March of Freedom" from Waterloo to Brussels.

From the Express, if Prime Minister Johnson's Brexit deal fails in the House of Commons, the E.U. is poised to "grant a three-month extension".

From the Evening Standard, the U.K. Border Force intercepts over a dozen migrants trying to cross the English Channel.

From the Independent, more than 190,000 people sign a letter demanding a "final say" referendum.

From the Irish Examiner, over 150 truck drivers stage a protest at the U.K.-Ireland border.

And from The Conservative Woman, global cooling could become a nightmare for climate zealots.

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