Saturday, January 18, 2020

Saturday Stuff - Part 2

As a cold Saturday slips into evening, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, according to a German expert, these is no evidence of Russian troops being in Donbass, Ukraine.

From Russia Today, a Russian airplane's engine catches fire during takeoff.

From Sputnik International, Moscovites celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany by plunging into cold water.  (These people make the ice bucket challenge look like child's play.)

From Daily News Hungary, a Norwegian wanted for murder is arrested in Röszke, Hungary.

From Hungary Today, Saint Margaret of Hungary, a princess who later became a nun, died 750 years ago today.

From About Hungary, European beekeepers protest against imported Chinese honey and chemical that kill bees.

From The Slovak Spectator, see how predatory animals are counted in Slovakia's Malá Fatra National Park.

From Radio Prague, for the first time in three years, bird flu is detected in the Czech Republic.

From Polskie Radio, according to a British historian, Russian President Putin's lies about the cause of World War II could backfire.

From Deutsche Welle, could the conference on Libya in Berlin become a "first step toward peace"?

From VRT NWS, an investigation into drug smuggling through Antwerp leads detectives to find weapons and explosives at a property in Genk, Belgium.

From EuroNews, to celebrate Brexit, there will be light shows and coins, but no bong from Big Ben.

From the Express, the Megxit deal has been reached.

From the Evening Standard, police release video of someone driving on the wrong side of the road near a Royal Air Force base.

From the (U.K.) Independent, U.K. Home Minister Sajid Javid admits that some businesses could be hit by Brexit.

From the (Irish) Independent, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar insists that Ireland is "safe" even after a week of violence.

From the Irish Examiner, Irish Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan introduces legislation to decriminalize blasphemy.

From France24, the Louvre museum in Paris reopens.

From RFI, the latest "yellow vest" protest in Paris results in tear gas and arrests from police.

From The Portugal News, exposure to a chemical in drinking water in some European countries is linked to bladder cancer.

From SwissInfo, Swiss researchers help determine that material found in a meteorite is the oldest ever found on earth.

From the Malta Independent, money from a Sicilian mafia operation reportedly passed through Maltese banks.

From Malta Today, Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela gets a new nickname from his seven-year-old daughter.

From Total Slovenia News, mysterious airstrikes on Idrija, Yugoslavia (now Croatia) during World War II are finally explained.

From Total Croatia News, an ancient Roman shipwreck found near the Croatian island of Pag will be presented at a nautical fair in Düsseldorf, Germany.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Morski.)

From Ekathimerini, the Hellenic Navy will escort the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in the eastern Mediterranean.

From the Greek Reporter, Greece wins a legal battle against a Japanese company that calls its yogurt "Greek".

From Novinite, today is the World Day of the Snowman.

From The Sofia Globe, the Bulgarian National Union, who organizes the annual "Lukov March", hits back against an investigation by prosecutors.

From Radio Bulgaria, worshippers flood the Monastery of Saint Athanasius near Chirpan, Bulgaria.

From The Conservative Woman, a villified Prime Minister and a lesson for Prime Minister Boris "the Spider" Johnson.

And from Snouts in the Trough, what happens when an agressive culture encounters a submissive apathetic one?

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