On the 20th day of this century's 20th year, here are some more things going on:
From Free West Media, a former ISIS recruiter, after serving five years in prison, is in school with Belgian young people.
From VRT NWS, Mechelen, Belgium will soon have a "pay what you like" restaurant.
From the NL Times, three Dutch provinces will install 20,000 more electric car charging stations.
From Dutch News, a "pivotal" self-portrait of Van Gogh is confirmed.
From Deutsche Welle, an "imminent threat" against U.S. troops in Germany is dismissed.
From the CPH Post, hundreds protest against the extradition of a Latvian woman in custody in Denmark.
From Polskie Radio, Poland will host an event marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
From Radio Prague, Austrian police detain 40 migrants at the Czech border.
From The Slovak Spectator, damage to Jewish gravestones in Rajec, Slovakia was done by five young boys.
From Daily News Hungary, tourists in Budapest should beware of illegal hotels.
From Hungary Today, a Hungarian official remembers Hungarians deported to Soviet camps.
From About Hungary, according to Hungarian chief security advisor György Bakondi, there has been a "boom" in illegal border crossing attempts where there is no fence.
From Russia Today, five people are killed when a hot water pipe bursts at a hostel in Perm, Russia.
From Sputnik International, what to know about the proposed changes to Russia's constitution.
From The Moscow Times, two out of every three polled Russians believe that the country has political prisoners.
From Romania-Insider, four fake policemen are arrested in Bucharest for allegedly robbing foreign tourists. (If you read Romanian, read the story at News(dot)ro.)
From The Sofia Globe, the World Jewish Congress and Bulgarian Jews reject claims made about forced labor camps.
From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgarian children reenact historical battles at the Kaloyan Fortress.
From Ekathimerini, France agrees to take in 400 migrants from Greece.
From the Greek Reporter, Thessaloniki, Greece is among five European cities to enforce an "innovative" carbon dioxide reduction plan.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, North Macedonian politician Zoran Zaev admits that his country has ministers who do not use its constitutional name.
From Total Croatia News, the mayor of Vrgorac, Croatia bans the use of disposable plastic packaging.
From Total Slovenia News, at a meeting of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, Slovenia commits to remembering the victims of Nazism.
From the Malta Independent, former Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat won't specify what civil liberties that he will push for.
From Malta Today, Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela accepts the resignation of Gozo Minister Justine Caruana.
From ANSA, an Italian Senate panel votes to allow former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini to be tried for alleged kidnapping of migrants aboard a coast guard ship.
From SwissInfo, climate change protesters hike toward Davos, Switzerland.
From France24, a controversial bioethics bill reaches the French Senate.
From RFI, the trial of an alleged jihadist recruiter starts in Paris.
From EuroNews, as the transport strike in France ends, will the country face more radical forms of protest?
From El País, Spains political parties "lock horns" over parental rights proposals from the "far-right" Vox party.
From The Portugal News, Portugal's National Republican Guard seizes 1.6 tons of illegal cockles.
From Euractiv, eight E.U. member states back a possible naval mission to the Straits of Hormuz.
From the Express, due to an error by Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, his appointment of former Speaker John Bercow to the House of Lords could be blocked.
From the Evening Standard, due to a crowdfunding campaign, a pro-E.U. banner could fly over Dover, England before Brexit.
From the (U.K.) Independent, Prime Minister Johnson suffers three defeats in the House of Lords over plans to let U.K. judges overturn rulings from the European Court of Justice.
From the (Irish) Independent, dozens of taxi drivers bring a street in Dublin to a standstill.
From the Irish Examiner, a man is caught driving a stolen car down a pedestrian walkway in Cork, Ireland known as "The 52 Steps".
And from The Conservative Woman, what every parent needs to know about about sex education in England and Wales.
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