Monday, February 17, 2020

Stories For President's Day - Part 2

As you continue to commemorate the 44 men who have held America's top job (including Grover Cleveland, who had two non-consecutive terms, resulting in Donald Trump getting the number 45), here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, a police station in Marseille, France is attacked by about 60 young migrants and "ultra-left" activists.

From France24, French legislators start debating the controversial pension reforms proposed by President Emmanual Macron.

From RFI, French opposition parties promise to "torpedo" the proposed pension reforms.

From the Express, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson challenges the E.U. to follow British law in any future trade deal.

From BBC News, at Cambridge University's Trinity College, environmental activists attack the environment.

From the Evening Standard, how do storms that strike Europe get their names?

From the (U.K.) Independent, a controversial aide to Prime Minister Johnson resigns due to his "morally repugnant" views on eugenics.

From the (Irish) Independent, the Irish party Fine Gael prepares to go into opposition.

From the Irish Examiner, 10 people are arrested and 14 others are given deportation orders after two businesses allegedly employed people in violation of immigration laws.

From VRT NWS, according to Belgian Francophone Greens, learning English is easier for people who already speak Dutch.

From The Brussels Times, the first Belgian coronavirus patients talks about living under quarantine.  (If you read Dutch, which in Belgium is also known as Flemish, read the story at De Morgen.)

From the NL Times, the Netherlands has its highest number of reported anti-Semitic incidents in 30 years.

From Dutch News, most of the Dutch flown home from Wuhan, China leave quarantine.

From Deutsche Welle, Germany's family minister calls for quotas for women on the directory boards of large businesses.

From Voice Of Europe, a Danish teenager is attacked by a gang of migrants in western Copenhagen.  (If you read Norwegian, read the story at Document.  For whatever reason the VOE article does not link to any Danish source.)

From Radio Prague, Czech scientists invent a "smart" microwavable bowl.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini visits the Hungary-Serbia border.

From the Hungary Journal, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban converses by phone with U.S. President Trump.

From Daily News Hungary, the Caucasian sources of Hungary's pre-history go on display at the Hungarian National Museum.

From Hungary Today, Hungarians evacuated from Wuhan, China are released from quarantine.

From About Hungary, Orban gives his State of the Nation address.

From Russia Today, according to a "top judge", Russia should not be considered a successor to the Soviet Union, but a replacement.

From Sputnik International, Russia Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov holds a press conference after the Munich Security Conference.

From The Moscow Times, a passenger on a ship quarantined in Japan becomes the first Russian to contract the coronavirus.

From Romania-Insider, the tender for what would become Romania's longest tunnel will be launched in May.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at Agerpres.)

From Novinite, a Ukrainian tests negative for the coronavirus in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.

From The Sofia Globe, a Bulgarian judge asks the two sides in a lawsuit over air quality in Sofia to consider reaching a settlement.

From Radio Bulgaria, illegal migrants traveling from Greece in a refrigerated truck are detained before they could leave Bulgaria before crossing the Danube.

From Ekathimerini, Greece welcomes a U.N. mission to enforce an arms embargo around Libya.

From the Greek Reporter, Greece freezes its previously planned land expropriations for creating new migrant camps on five Aegean islands.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the North Macedonian parliament dissolves, which will bring about snap elections.

From Balkan Insight, tens of thousand of people join new protests against Montenegro's disputed Freedom of Religion law.

From EuroNews, ethnic divisions persist in Mostar, Bosnia.

From Euractiv, Bosnian police scuffle with migrants trying to break out of their overcrowded camp.

From Total Croatia News, Croats reenact the Peasants Revolt of 1573 in Donja Stubica, Croatia.

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenian President Borut Pahor calls on Italy to "respect historical truths".

From the Malta Independent, according to Maltese Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne, no coronavirus infection has yet been detected in Malta.

From Malta Today, why should disagreement lead to rage?

From ANSA, according to Italia Viva party leader Matteo Renzi, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte doesn't have the numbers to form a government without Italia Viva.

From SwissInfo, a judge in St. Gallen, Switzerland rules that the Jägermeister logo is not religiously offensive.

From El País, why Spanish college graduates leave their home towns for Madrid.

From The Portugal News, Portugal's president condemns racist insults directed at a soccer player.

From The Conservative Woman, the U.K. Tories bow to the woke.

And from Snouts in the Trough, a few limericks for your consideration.

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