Monday Mania

It's another Monday, with another round of the manic stuff.  Here are some things going on:

From Politicalite, the U.K. could stay in the EU. until 2022.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From Voice Of Europe, since 2013, the number of sex crimes in Sweden has reportedly doubled.  (If you read Swedish, read the story at FriaTider.)

From Radio Poland, a Kremlin spokesman reportedly doesn't like the Polish prime minister's statement on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

From Radio Praha, the government of Czech Prime Minster Andrej Babiš faces a no-confidence vote.

From The Slovak Spectator, the Visegrad Group's labor ministers object to new child benefits in Austria.

From Daily News Hungary, a Hungarian opposition party calls for the investigation of former FYROM Prime Minister Gruevski.

From Hungary Today, was Gruevski's plan to escape from FYROM "months in the making"?

From Deutsche Welle, German bans 18 Saudi citizens from entering the Schengen zone.

From the NL Times, protesters against Zwarte Piet say that "the system has failed".

From Dutch News, Dutch MPs and Amnesty International call for the Dutch prime minister to denounce pro-Zwarte Piet violence.

From France24, "yellow vest" protesters block roads leading to fuel depots.

From RFI, how the "yellow vest" movement was spawned by a Facebook rant.

From the Express, how the U.K. tried to "thwart" the "leave" vote before the Brexit referendum.

From the Evening Standard, what to expect for Brexit in the upcoming week.

From the Daily Mail, according to Indonesian intelligence, dozens of mosques in that country have been preaching extremism.

From the Independent, Spain threatens to reject the Brexit deal over Gibraltar.

From El País, Spain demands more clarity on Gibraltar.

From CBC News, Toronto breaks its record for homicides.

From Global News, Calgary decides against bidding to be the host of the 2026 Winter Olympics.

From The Portugal News, new Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa calls migration balance "a sign of confidence".

From ANSA, the Italian government signs the Land of Fires health protocol.

From Total Croatia News, a Croatian MP insults journalists far worse than any accusations of "fake news".

From Independent Balkan News Agency, turnout in FYROM's presidential election is uncertain.

From Ekathimerini, some options for settling Greece's territorial waters issue.

From the Greek Reporter, Greek ferries consider a fare increase.

From Russia Today, Russia plans to put someone on the moon in the early 2030s.

From Sputnik International, NASA and Roscosmos will work together on a concept for a space station in lunar orbit.  (Since it's Monday, a.k.a. Moon Day, stories involving the moon are appropriate.)

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish and Syrian forces launch a joint operation against a crime group in Syria's Afrin region.

From Arutz Sheva, terrorists trying to plant explosive are shot.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to the Palestinian Authority, Jewish tours of the Temple Mount are part of a religious war.

From The Times Of Israel, AirBnB bans listings in Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

From Rûdaw, Turkish jets drop bombs near populated areas in Kurdistan's Zakho region.

From Dawn, the perils of riding a bicycle in Pakistan while female.

From The Express Tribune, police in Swat, Pakistan foil a drug smuggling ring which used donkeys.

From BasNews, Shiite militias prevent U.S. planes from landing at an airbase in Iraq.

From Al Arabiya, "what Iran fears even more than sanctions".

From the Blitz, Islam continues to advance in Canada.

From Gatestone Institute, where is the media while the Palestinian Authority arrests women?

From National Review, three Democratic Senators file suit to prevent Matthew Whitaker from acting as attorney general.

From Townhall, a column about "moral bankruptcy" by retired writer Dr. Thomas Sowell.  (As far as I can tell, this is a new column rather than a reprint of something he published earlier.  If I'm wrong, please feel free to tell me in a comment.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, U.S. counter-terrorism strategy is reportedly not doing a good job adapting to the threat.

From the Washington Examiner, 16 House Democrats pledge to vote against Nancy Pelosi's bid to regain the position of Speaker.

From LifeZette, some Senate Democrats also oppose Pelosi again becoming House Speaker.

From CNS News, labor unions are among Pelosi's main supporters for the Speakership.

From Twitchy, the Reagan Coalition drops some truth bombs about Linda Sarsour onto Alyssa Milano.

From The Federalist, Congressman-elect Dan Crenshaw beats down the media hype about President Trump "undermining democracy".

From The Salt Lake Tribune, Trump appoints a pro-life professor to his science board.  (via LifeNews)

From the New York Post, the Oxford Dictionaries announce their word of the year.

From Breitbart, Mr. and Mrs. Trump receive this year's White House Christmas tree, and the Border Patrol apprehends six Bangladeshis in 12 hours.

From Fox News, NASA picks a landing site for their next Mars rover.

And from NewsHub, a dog is accused of racism for taking a dump.