Sunday, December 1, 2019

Rainday Links To Start December - Part 2

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

From Free West Media, another group of migrants try to storm their way into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.

From The Portugal News, a project for producing fertilizer in Portugal uses insects.

From France24, 14 people are killed in an attack on a church in eastern Burkina Faso.

From RFI, the French cabinet holds a crisis meeting ahead of a strike expected for December 5th.

From SwissInfo, Swiss cities are "groaning" from a large number of demonstrations.

From the Malta Independent, protesters in Valletta call for Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat to resign.

From Malta Today, Muscat promises to resign this coming January.

From Total Croatia News, the Croatian city of Split will host an E.U.-NATO cooperation conference this coming June.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis and Former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras get ready to clash on a variety of issues.

From Ekathimerini, Turkey raises the stakes in the eastern Mediterranean "to dangerous levels".

From the Greek Reporter, scientists using NASA robots discover hydrothermal fountains on a submerged volcano off the Greek island of Santorini.

From Novinite, Bulgaria and the U.S. will develop a 10-year plan for military cooperation.

From The Sofia Globe, a joint Bulgarian-North Macedonian on historical issues reports that it has made no progress.

From Radio Bulgaria, talking puppets might say things that we don't want to hear.

From Romania-Insider, the Bucharest Polytechnic University will test a device that could detect earthquakes up to four hours before they strike.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at MediaFax.)

From Russia Today, a Russian policeman disarms a knife-wielding man using a birch log.

From Sputnik International, the Sea of Azov near Krasnodarsk, Russia has an unusually low tide.

From the Hungary Journal, ministry of defense secretary Szilard Nemeth convenes an anti-immigration cabinet of the Fidesz party's parliamentary group.  (My spellchecker has no problem with "Szilard", but objects to "Nemeth".)

From Daily News Hungary, the work of Hungarian archaeologists is recognized in Egypt.

From About Hungary, Hungarian police find two tunnels under the border with Serbia.

From Radio PraguePrime Minister Andrej Babiš claims to have fully obeyed the Czech Republic's law on conflict of interest.

From Polskie Radio, Polish President Andrzej Duda will participate in the NATO summit in London.

From EuroNews, thousands of Poles protest against the suspension of a judge for criticizing judicial reforms brought by Poland's governing party.

From the CPH Post, a roundup of news in Denmark, including long waiting lists at fertility clinics.

From Deutsche Welle, the German party AfD seeks a moderate path to attract "middle-class" voters.

From VRT NWS, what's new for today in Belgium.

From the Express, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon a "brutal Brexit swipe".

From the Evening Standard, the London Bridge is reopened.

From the Independent, Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn calls Boris Johnson the "world's leading sycophant" towards U.S. President Trump.  (I'll admit that Trump and Johnson have similar hairstyles, and thus look a little bit like each other.)

From the Irish Examiner, according to Tánaiste Simon Coveney, the Irish government secured the return of ISIS bride Lisa Smith and her daughter due to conditions in the camp in Syria they were in.

And from The Conservative Woman, the Nottinghamshire Police are found guilty - of giving out perfectly sensible advice to women.

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