Thursday, October 3, 2019

Thursday Things - Part 2

As a mild Thursday afternoon slips into evening, here are some more things going on:

From EuroNews, four policemen are killed in a knife attack at their headquarters in Paris.

From France24, a police staffer "goes on a knife rampage", killing four people.  (This article says that three of the four were policemen, while the other was an administrative worker.)

From RFI, four people are killed in a knife attack at a police headquarters in Paris.  (This article also states that three were policemen and the other an administrative worker.)

From VRT NWS, Flemish women have never given birth to their first child later in life than they are now.

From the NL Times, the farmers' protest in The Hague on Tuesday was funded by large corporations.

From Dutch News, new tariffs imposed by the U.S. will not affect Gouda or Edam cheese.

From Deutsche Welle, according to Chancellor Merkel, German reunification is an "ongoing process".

From the CPH Post, Copenhagen is ranked among the world's "smartest" cities.

From Polskie Radio, Polish banks are reportedly equipped to deal with an E.U. court ruling on foreign currency mortgages.

From Euractiv, Poland insists that going carbon-neutral by 2050 is not affordable.

From Radio Prague, the leaders of the Visegrad 4 support E.U. membership for western Balkan countries.

From The Slovak Spectator, a Slovak is elected head of an anti-terrorist association.

From the Hungary Journal, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto, U.K. Prime Minister Johnson is trying to fulfill the will of the British people.

From Daily News Hungary, according to Hungary's governing party Fidesz, stopping illegal immigration save lives.

From Hungary Today, a conference will be held concerning Austro-Hungarian Prince Otto von Hapsburg and the fall of communism.

From About Hungary, eight university science parks will be launched in Hungary.

From Russia Today, residents of an unheated apartment building in Ufa, Russia ask the pope for help.

From Sputnik International, workers at the Russian Arctic National Park discover a huge narwhal's skull.

From The Moscow Times, after going on a trek to "cast out" Russian President Putin, a Siberian shaman is declared "insane".

From Romania-Insider, Romania tells Germany "Gesundheit".

From Novinite, excavators start drilling what will be Bulgaria's longest tunnel.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria's military plans to acquire 150 armored vehicles.

From Radio Bulgaria, archaeologists find evidence that the region around the lower Danube "bubbled with life" during the first century.

From Ekathimerini, Turkey sends a drilling ship to the waters off southern Cyprus.

From the Greek Reporter, the complete skeleton of a female Minoan is found on Crete.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, E.U. accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia start with a letter from the heads of the European Parliament, Council and Commission.

From Total Croatia News, a new pistol made in Croatia attracts praise in the U.S. market.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Poslovni Dnevnik.)

From Malta Today, tourists in Valletta, Malta could be guided by a robot.

From ANSA, Sea Watch commander Carola Rackete tells the European Parliament that the Italian law against carrying migrants to Italy conflicts with international law.

From SwissInfo, can coral reefs be saved by 3D printing?

From El PaĆ­s, some Spanish products could be affected by new U.S. tariffs.

From The Portugal News, the regional government of the Azores declares an energy crisis due to damage inflicted by Hurricane Lorenzo.

From the Express, Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage reveals why the E.U. will reject Prime Minister Johnson's latest Brexit proposal.

From the Evening Standard, Scotland passes a law against smacking children.

From the (U.K.) Independent, how Johnson's plan would work.

From the (Irish) Independent, the High Court in Belfast rules that Northern Ireland's strict abortion laws "breach human rights".

From the Irish Examiner, pictures from around Ireland as the storm Lorenzo passes through.

From The Conservative Woman, how good was Boris the Spider's speech at the Tory Party Conference?

And from Snouts in the Trough, the difference between desecrating a church and desecrating a mosque.

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