Wednesday Whatnot

In the middle of another week, here is some of what's going on:

From Voice Of Europe, according to Hungary's ruling party, opposition parties are responsible for demonstration violence.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungary's Jobbik party welcomes "nationwide opposition".

From Hungary Today, the Financial Times elects a famous Hungarian-born person as their "Person of the Year".

From About Hungary, the U.S. and Hungary work together to help the Middle East recover from ISIS.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovak high school students research a use for human hair on a simulated mission to Mars.

From Radio Poland, Poland's state-run gas company signs a deal with an American firm.

From Deutsche Welle, Germany still deals with unanswered questions two years after the terror attack on a Christmas market in Berlin.

From Dutch News, Christian migrants in the Netherlands are becoming an important group.

From VRT NWS, Belgium officially backs the U.N. migration compact.

From The Guardian, a no-cis-man-allowed music festival in Sweden is ruled to be discriminatory.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From the Express, as the vote on the Brexit deal approaches, the Labour Party suspends one of its MPs.

From the Evening Standard, the E.U. publishes a plan for a no-deal Brexit, including protections for U.K. expats.

From the Independent, the United Kingdom's prime minister and home secretary clash over the former's immigration plan.

From the Daily Mail, a Muslim preacher in Sydney, Australia says that anyone celebrating Christmas will end up in a very warm place.

From the Irish Examiner, three TDs protest an incident at an eviction by occupying a bank.

From The Local FR, the French government is protested again, this time by police.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From France24, France "goes it alone" with a special tax on large tech companies.

From RFI, why French President Emmanuel Macron is facing dissent.

From CBC News, a Canadian Appeals Court frees a British Columbia couple convicted of a bombing conspiracy.

From Global News, a Canadian who confessed to planning terror attacks in New York is sentenced to 40 years.

From CTV News, a third Canadian has been detained in China.

From El País, according to the leader of Spain's conservative Popular Party, the premier of Catalonia wants "bloodshed" and "civil war".

From ANSA, the new bridge in Genoa will be opened in early 2020.

From the Malta Independent, constructing the entrance to the Malta-Gozo tunnel could destroy troglodyte dwellings.

From Total Croatia News, a Facebook group protests in Zadar against the lenient treatment of a man who beat his ex-girlfriend.  (Zadar was a stop on my trip to Croatia in 2007, and is the birthplace of Georg von Trapp, portrayed in The Sound Of Music.)

From Ekathimerini, the chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff warns Turkey to stay away from Greek islands.

From the Greek Reporter, Greek researchers discover a compound that could be used to treat leukemia.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Turkey will construct two highways linking Belgrade, Serbia with Sarajevo, Bosnia.

From Russia Today, a record number of Russians wish that the USSR were still around.  (If you read Russian, read the poll at Levada-Center.)

From Sputnik International, Russian security forces in Stavropol send ISIS terrorists to their virgins.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey wins a case against U.S. steel tariffs at the WTO.

From Turkish Minute, the U.S. approves the possible sale of Patriot missiles to Turkey.

From Arutz Sheva, the left-wing group Peace Now announces a conference on "legal changes in West Bank".

From The Times Of Israel, Israel accuses the Lebanese army of aiding Hezbollah and not allowing U.N. peacekeepers to oppose tunnel building.

From The Jerusalem Post, Israel's ambassador to the U.N. promises that Hezbollah will be buried if they attack.

From Rûdaw, Iraq's Oil Ministry signs a deal with a U.S. firm to expand an oil field near Basra.

From AhlulBayt News Agency, Saudi Arabia and Iran sign an memorandum of understanding on Iranians participating in the next Hajj.

From Dawn, why is it difficult for girls in Pakistan to go to school?

From The Express Tribune, according to a WEF report, Pakistan has one of the world's worst gender gaps.

From Khaama Press, four Taliban terrorists are killed by their own IED.

From The Guardian, police in Lagos, Nigeria arrest a man carrying body parts, including a heart.  (This site is Nigerian and not related, as far as I know, to the U.K. site having the same name cited above.)

From The Star, a Christian association in the Malaysian state of Sarawak asks the federal government to stop using civil servants to preach Islam.

From Gatestone Institute, Turkey is suffering from a brain drain.

From FrontpageMag, Iran threatens the U.S. with "drugs, refugees, bombs and assassination".

From National Review, General Flynn's sentencing hearing "should be a wake-up call".

From The Washington Free Beacon, lawsuits seek documents concerning Russian funding for U.S. environmental groups.  (Is this more Russian collusion?)

From the Washington Examiner, the Nation of Islam has reportedly received federal funds to teach religious studies to federal prisoners.

From The Washington Times, Maryland's legislature asks a panel on education to work into next year.

From The Daily Caller, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Diane Feinstein (D-Cal) oppose legislation that would protect Israel from BDS.

From LifeNews, a Canadian pro-life activist will not spend this year's Christmas in jail.

From CNS News, a TV host thinks that an alleged sexual predator could be president.  (I suppose that he might remember someone I like to call "Mr. Bill".)

From Decider, actress Eliza Dushku claims that she was fired for wanting not to be harassed.

From the New York Post, some people chug milk, resulting in intestinal gas production.

And from Fox News, two inflatable snowmen have a brawl during a windstorm.