Tuesday Links

Here on a warm Tuesday are some things going on:

From Voice Of Europe, conservatives, centrists and populists form a coalition government in Estonia.

From Russia Today, the leader of Russia gives his opinion on the Mueller report.

From Sputnik International, the leader of Russia speaks at the Arctic Forum.

From The Moscow Times, the leader of a breakaway region in Ukraine wants it to join Russia.

From Daily News Hungary, while in Beijing, Hungarian Finance Minister Mihály Varga discusses a railroad upgrade between Budapest and Belgrade.

From Hungary Today, Italian Interior Minister Salvini wants Hungarian Prime Minister Orban to join his new party group.

From About Hungary, the European Commission still hasn't reimbursed Hungary's additional border defense costs from the 2015 migrant crisis.

From Radio Praha, Czech students design housing for Mars using hemp fiber.

From Radio Poland, exams in Polish junior high schools will be held, even with teachers on strike.

From Deutsche Welle, a German woman goes on trial for allegedly joining ISIS and other offenses.

From the NL Times, even with possible tariffs on cheese in the works, U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands Pete Hoekstra is named an honorary cheese Weighmaster.

From Dutch News, Dutch businesses agree to create 3,500 jobs for refugees.  (If you read Dutch, you can read the story at Financieele Dagblad, but you'll have to register.)

From VRT NWS, a fourth minor is detained in connection with an attack on an underground tram in Antwerp, Belgium.

From France24, clues emerge as to where plastic in the ocean goes.

From RFI, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe gives the final word on his country's national debate.

From the Express, the E.U. agrees to give the U.K. an extension to ratify a withdrawal agreement, on one "huge" condition.

From the Evening Standard, French President Macron insists that a one year extension for Brexit would be too long.

From the (U.K.) Independent, the E.U. gives U.K. Prime Minister May 24 hours to present a workable plan.

From the (Irish) Independent, under a proposed law, Irish employers will have to explain how they plan to eliminate the gender pay gap.

From the Irish Examiner, the Irish government admits having no border plan if the U.K. "crashes" out of the E.U.

From The Irish Post, a supermarket pulls "racist" chocolate ducks from its shelves.  (Yes, Easter candy is called "racist".)

From The Irish News, police in Castlewellan, Northern Ireland foil a plot against themselves after discovering a mortar bomb launcher.

From CBC News, the owner of the Smuggler's Inn in Blaine, Washington is charged with helping seven people to enter Canada illegally.  (In this case, he might have taken the name "Smuggler's" literally.)

From Global News, Canadian refugee advocates object to proposed immigration law changes that would not allow refugees to enter at unofficial border crossings.

From CTV News, a cat survives a 25-day journey at sea from China to Canada.

From Mexico News Daily, a Mexican activist priest rails against U.S. President Trump.  (I have 8 MND pages left this month.)

From El País, 30 Catalan officials face trial for their alleged roles in the 2017 independence referendum.

From Morocco World, how seriously should Amnesty International's reports be taken?

From the Malta Independent, the 64 migrants on the NGO ship Alan Kurdi face water and food shortages.

From Malta Today, Maltese authorities seize another load of cocaine, worth €2.7 million.

From ANSA, for the first time ever, plastic is found on an Italian glacier.

From SwissInfo, four parties stand a good chance of making gains in Swiss elections this October.

From Total Croatia News, Croatia's government denies spying allegations from the Slovenian media.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Kosovo's prime minister fires a minister over "hate speech".

From Novinite, Bulgarians working outside Bulgaria sent over €2 billion back to the country in 2018.

From Ekathimerini, an ancient shipwreck near the Greek island of Alonissos is opened to divers.

From the Greek Reporter, Greece is planning an early repayment of some "expensive" loans from the IMF.

From Hürriyet Daily News, two Nigerians are arrested at the Istanbul Atatürk Airport for alleged cocaine possession.

From Turkish Minute, a Turkish opposition party claims the police are going door-to-door asking people who they voted for.

From ANHA, nine people are killed by explosions in al-Raqqa, Syria.  (via Rûdaw)

From Rûdaw, Peshmerga ministers go to Baghdad to track down promised funds.

From Arutz Sheva, according to exit polls, the Likud and the Blue and White have each won 36 seats in the Knesset.

From The Times Of Israel, candidates Netanyahu (Likud) and Ganz (Blue and White) each declare victory.

From The Jerusalem Post, a nine-year-old Israeli boy is found on a highway, about 5 km from his mother.

From Calcalist, the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo holds own election.  (In the U.S., we have symbolic elephants and donkeys.  In Israel, they have real elephants and donkeys.  The story was linked to YNetNews.)

From the Egypt Independent, explosions in the North Sinai kill five policemen and three civilians.

From Egypt Today, the terror in North Sinai was caused by a 15-year-old suicide bomber.

From Dawn, Pakistan issues 2,200 visas to Indian Sikhs to attend Baisakhi celebrations.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's chief justice accuses the state of forcing people to send their children to private schools.

From Khaama Press, Afghan Special Forces destroy a Taliban prison and weapons depots.

From Al Arabiya, Houthis in Yemen reportedly block cholera vaccines for almost a year.

From The Straits Times, Australian police find 585 kilos of meth in refrigerators shipped form Singapore.

From Gatestone Institute, Qatar bankrolls Islamism in Europe.

From The Conservative Woman, China's horrific organ harvesting.

From National Review, parents of children participating in the U.C. Berkeley Easter egg hunt must sign waivers.  (It appears that Berkeley is still worthy of the parody name "Berzerkley".)

From FrontpageMag, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) runs interference for sleazy members of her own party.

From Townhall, a look at what led to DHS Secretary Nielsen's forced resignation.

From the Washington Examiner, how being a socialist made Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) a millionaire.

From The Federalist, the trans ideology was kicked out of U.K. schools, not by feminists but by Muslims.

From American Thinker, now that President Trump has chosen Herman Cain for the Federal Reserve Board, some old accusations resurface.

From CNS News, Attorney General Barr expects the redacted Mueller report to be released very soon.

From The Washington Post, Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) "sort of" wins a Grammy.

From Reason, my state's "clean energy" bill includes subsidies for trash incinerators.

From the New York Post, a gun that was used to shoot an NYPD detective is traced to a heroin addict.

From the Air Force Times, the last surviving Doolittle Raider dies at age 103.  (via Fox News)

And from The Peedmont, in celebration of their NCAA tournament championship, UVA replaces their statue of Thomas Jefferson with one of basketball coach Tony Bennett.