It's time to stop barking and start oinking. The Year of the Dog is over and the Year of the Pig has begun today. If you haven't already eaten lunch, and eating pork is not against your religion, go out and eat some barbecued pork, spare ribs, moo shi pork, ham, bacon, pork sausage, carnitas, or other pork-based food of your choice. Meanwhile, here are some things going on:
From Voice Of Europe, 12 people have been convicted of violating Denmark's face covering ban.
From Deutsche Welle, Muslims in Germany want the Bundeswehr to provide Islamic chaplains.
From the NL Times, due to recent bombings, Dutch banks are removing their ATMs.
From Dutch News, a weapons amnesty in Rotterdam brings in 60 guns and a samurai sword.
From VRT News, in Belgium, a burglar breaks into an escape room.
From France24, a French woman is trying to become her country's first female imam.
From RFI, the French parliament passes an anti-riot bill.
From the Express, the E.U. tells Ireland to enforce their backstop or get kicked out of the single market.
From the Evening Standard, the E.U. urges U.K. Prime Minister May to "spell out" her plan before new talks begin.
From the (U.K.) Independent, by not proposing a replacement for the Irish backstop, May risks new clashes with her fellow Tories.
From the (Irish) Independent, Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe is confident that his country can face a no-deal Brexit.
From CBC News, at a kid's hockey game, a fight broke out among the parents.
From CTV News, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pushes an indigenous language bill.
From El País, a Spanish sailor faces 30 days in prison for contributing to a declaration against Francisco Franco. (Although Franco died in 1975, military personnel are apparently still forbidden from criticizing him. Perhaps there is something to this "is Franco still dead?" notion.)
From The Portugal News, Portugal has seen an increase in drone incidents.
From SwissInfo, residents of Geneva, Switzerland will vote on a controversial secularism law.
From ANSA, Italian Interior Minister Salvini calls Venezuela's President Maduro an "outlaw".
From the Malta Independent, Malta's Partit Demokratiku opposes gender quotas for the country's parliament.
From Total Croatia News, Greece's president visits Croatia.
From Ekathimerini, Iran criticizes Greece and Italy for not buying its oil, even with U.S. waivers.
From the Greek Reporter, the Greek Parliament will vote on the admission of North Macedonia into NATO.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, German Minister for European Affairs Michael Roth discusses what's ahead for North Macedonia.
From the Hungary Journal, the Hungarian government will not receive a delegation from the Dutch parliament.
From Daily News Hungary, the Hungarian opposition party Jobbik wants more transparency about the assets of the country's MPs.
From Hungary Today, the Chinese New Year's mascot makes an appearance in Debrecen, Hungary.
From About Hungary, in January, Hungarian border agencies detained more than 700 illegal migrants at the border with Serbia.
From The Slovak Spectator, an American migrates to Slovakia and helps Roma women find work. (This migration would be the reserve of why my own Slovak ancestors did. I regret that my spellchecker does not like the name "Roma", which is correct, but has no problem with the name "Gypsy", which is based on the mistaken idea that the Roma came from Egypt. In reality, they come from India.)
From Radio Poland, according to government spokesman Piotr Naimski, Poland expects to become independent from Russia gas by the end of 2022.
From Russia Today, Russia is hit by a "huge wave" of bomb threats, forcing numerous evacuations.
From Sputnik International, how will you be affected by the north magnetic pole's migration to Russia?
From Hürriyet Daily News, patients at a Turkish mental institution form an Ottoman army band. (Hopefully, these guys won't try to conquer the Balkan Peninsula or besiege Vienna.)
From Turkish Minute, Turkish police detain 97 more people over alleged Gülen links.
From Rûdaw, a Syrian Kurd leader agrees with a Pentagon report regarding ISIS as still being a threat.
From Arutz Sheva, two Americans receive the Police Medal of Honor for helping to neutralize a terrorist in the Old City of Jerusalem.
From The Times Of Israel, at the U.S. Embassy in Israel, Netanyahu and Trump share a billboard.
From The Jerusalem Post, the UNHRC is ready to "blast" Israel, but goes Sergeant Schulz on China's treatment of Muslims.
From Egypt Today, Egyptian authorities arrest 71 people for allegedly smuggling migrants. (Have I said that migrants are being trafficked?)
From Radio Farda, Iran's Judiciary Chief says that his country has no political prisoners.
From Dawn, "who will stand up for the Azad Kashmiris?" (Azad Kashmir is the part of Kashmir under Pakistani control. From Pakistan's point of view, people in this part of Kashmir are "free", which is the meaning of the word azad. Pakistan regards the part of Kashmir under Indian control and the Kashmiri people therein as "occupied".)
From The Express Tribune, Pakistanis mark Kashmir Solidarity Day with rallies and human chains.
From Pakistan Today, Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik thanks Pakistanis for showing solidarity with Kashmir.
From Khaama Press, in Moscow, the Taliban outline their demands.
From The Guardian (of Nigeria), an Islamic cleric and three others are arrested for possessing a human skull.
From Sky News, ISIS suspects want to return to their former lives.
From Gatestone Institute, Christians are killed and churches bombed in the Philippines.
From FrontpageMag, what is the "Green New Deal"?
From National Review, will Justice Kavanaugh's designated replacement on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals be treated like he was?
From The Washington Free Beacon, Kavanaugh's possible replacement made the same arguments about sexual assault that liberals have made.
From Townhall, the sexual assault allegation against Virginia's lieutenant governor should be taken seriously, but evidence should be paramount.
From the Washington Examiner, inside the plot to take down President Trump in 2020 - by Republicans.
From The Federalist, "why Democrats can't talk honestly about abortion".
From American Thinker, if you think that walls don't work, you might get some disagreement from the caravan migrants.
From The Daily Caller, congresscritter Adam Schiff (D-Cal) TV host Rachel Maddow can't acknowledge that the evidence disproves his ideas about a meeting at the Trump Tower.
From CNS News, congresscritter Maxine Waters (D-Cal) wants us to turn off the TV during the SOTU.
From the New York Post, more on the shift of the north magnetic pole.
From Fox News, Tijuana's mayor is no fan of migrant caravans.
From The Washington Times, an attempt to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the Mississippi state flag fails.
And from Breitbart, during his team's victory parade, Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski takes a football to the face.
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