Saturday Stuff

Here on the last Saturday of the year are some things going on:

From Voice Of Europe, Europeans need to stop their open borders policy, say African leaders.

From the Express, U.K. Conservatives fault the E.U. for failing to secure U.K. citizen rights.

From the Evening Standard, police admit some of the drones seen around Gatwick Airport may have been their own.

From The Guardian, the Sussex chief of police is "absolutely certain" that there was a drone near Gatwick.

From BBC News, U.K. Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes defends her government's handling of the migrant traffic across the English Channel.

From The Conservative Woman, a successful no-deal Brexit would be the worst nightmare for the Remainers.

From the Irish Examiner, up to 45 pieces of legislation reportedly must be passed by the Irish Dáil if there is a no-deal Brexit.

From France24, after dealing with the "yellow vest" protesters, France's government faces the climate crusaders.  (Again I must ask, will the climate protesters ever appear in front of the Chinese embassy?)

From RFI, the "yellow vest" turnout this weekend was low.

From the Malta Independent, a Malta-flagged empty oil tanker runs aground and catches fire in Cyprus.

From Malta Today. Maltese bishops call for solidarity with migrants rescued at sea.

From Total Croatia News, Slovenia's government has changed, but its position on the border with Croatia has not.

From Ekathimerini, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announces plans to create an international university near Thessaloniki.

From Novinite, E.U. leader Jean-Claude Juncker says that Romania is not fit for the E.U. presidency.

From Russia Today, a Russian governor is in trouble over his hunting habits.

From Daily News Hungary, according to Hungary's cabinet, left-wingers are responsible for "physical intimidation and violence".

From Radio Praha, the Czech Republic is likely to have a balanced budget in 2019.

From Radio Poland, Poland remembers a diplomat who helped Jews during World War II.

From Deutsche Welle, a man reportedly high on drugs drives a car through a gate at the Hannover Airport.

From VRT NWS, dozens of barrels containing suspected drug waste are found dumped in a forest near Houthalen-Helchteren, Belgium.  (Roll out the barrel, indeed.)

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey and Russia agree to coordinate their operations in Syria after American troops leave.

From Rûdaw, the Kurdistan Regional Government lashes out against an Iraqi cleric's anti-Christmas fatwa.

From The Times Of Israel, a French man who helped smuggle Jewish children into Switzerland during World War II dies at age 108.

From Khaama Press, at least 36 militants, including some from Uzbekistan, are killed by the Afghan military.

From the Daily Sabah, Germany wants to regulate foreign donations to mosques.

From Free Press Kashmir, a group of masked boys desecrate a mosque and wave the ISIS flag.

From Gatestone Institute, Douglas Murray puts his finger on the problem with the U.K.

From Al Jazeera, as an election approaches, Bangla Desh shuts down its mobile internet.

From The Bulletin, Egyptian security forces have killed 40 terrorists in response to the bombing of a bus near the Giza Pyramids.

From National Review, a reviewer calls the movie Aquaman "all wet".

From Townhall, "blame Congress, not the Border Patrol".

From The Washington Free Beacon, their man of the year for 2018.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump denies federal employees a pay increase for next year.

From American Thinker, illegal aliens and the American dream.

From Fox News, Maine Governor Paul LePage (R) is not afraid of giving his opinion of one election result.

From the New York Post, Russia builds a fence between Crimea and Ukraine.  (The article asks how to say "build the wall" in Russian.  I would suspect that it might not be too different from the Polish buduj mur.)

From Twitchy, the Women's March will not be deterred by the partial government shutdown.

And from the Hindustan Times, police in Bareilly, India blame the disappearance of 1,000 liters of seized liquor on rats.