As a clear cool Thursday heads into evening, here are some more things going on:
From Free West Media, a Facebook bug reveals that teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg's messages are really written by her father.
From the CPH Post, Copenhagen, Denmark changes its policies to allow vegan food to be served at daycare centers.
From Polskie Radio, according to a German commentator, Russian President Putin criticizes Poland in a "cynical game".
From Radio Prague, Czechs commemorate the 51st anniversary of the self-immolation of university student Jan Palach.
From The Slovak Spectator, Slovak President Zuzana Čaputov calls the detention of former prosecutor Dobroslav Trnka a "breakthrough moment".
From Russia Today, the Russian parliament confirms Mikhail Mishustin as the new prime minister.
From Sputnik International, President Putin creates a new post and appoints former Prime Minister Medvedev to fill it.
From The Moscow Times, a theme park honoring Russian literary figure Alexander Pushkin is planned for Saint Petersburg in 2023.
From Romania-Insider, several forests near Bucharest, Romania will be given protected status.
From Novinite, Bulgaria withdraws its request for E.U. financing for the Struma Motorway.
From The Sofia Globe, Jewish gravestones are vandalized in Shoumen, Bulgaria.
From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria participates in Green Week in Berlin.
From Ekathimerini, Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar is in Athens to walk with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias.
From the Greek Reporter, Greek mountaineer Christina Flampouri completes her "seven summits" quest at the top of Antarctica's highest peak.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Albania's prime minister files a defamation lawsuit against Kosovo's prime minister.
From Total Croatia News, according to Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, young people leave Croatia for financial reasons, not because of any corruption.
From Total Slovenia News, Eritreans protest against asylum rejections in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
From the Malta Independent, the new Maltese Cabinet appoints a commission on governance.
From Malta Today, Maltese government workers are instructed to not remove flowers and candles placed at a memorial to a journalist who was murdered in a car bomb.
From ANSA, over 100 migrants disembark from the Sea Watch 3 in Taranto, Italy.
From SwissInfo, Swiss voters will be given the final say on a proposed digital ID.
From El País, Barcelona announces a plan to reduce to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. (It would help if Beijing or Shanghai would do the same, since China leads the world in carbon dioxide output.)
From The Portugal News, Portuguese recreational boats will be registered electronically.
From France24, some French seniors choose to work, while others have no such choice.
From RFI, French teachers threaten to disrupt the recently revamped baccalaureate exam.
From VRT NWS, firefighters in Wielsbeke, Belgium find a cannabis farm inside a bridge.
From the NL Times, over 900 kilos of she-don't-lie are found in a shipment of bananas at the Dutch port of Vlissingen.
From Dutch News, Dutch pork exports rose last year, in part due to a shortage in China. (If you read Dutch, read a related report in ABN Amro.)
From Deutsche Welle, Germany plans to pay energy firms billions of euros while phasing out coal.
From EuroNews, three Brexit Party members of the European Parliament enjoy their last day in Strasbourg, France. (The E.U. government sits in Brussels for most of the year, but also spends some time in Strasbourg.)
From Euractiv, the U.K. defends its plan to guarantee the rights of E.U. citizens after Brexit.
From the Express, several Remainers try to hijack a petition to have Big Ben ring in the moment of Brexit.
From the Evening Standard, Prince Andrew could lose his armed guard due to his "retirement" from public life, which resulted from his scandal with Jeffrey Epstein.
From the (U.K.) Independent, German Chancellor Angela Merkel calls Brexit a "wake-up call" for Europe.
From the (Irish) Independent, Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar calls Ireland's homeless crisis "totally unacceptable". (If anyone knows how to pronounce "taoiseach", please tell me in a comment.)
From the Irish Examiner, Ireland's Supreme Court will consider an appeal involving the definition of "child" as applied to family reunification cases.
From The Conservative Woman, a climate plan that will cut gassers by 98 percent.
And from Snouts in the Trough, there's a war going on, but the elites don't seem to notice.
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