Wednesday Whatnot

In the middle of a warm sunny week, here are some things going on:

From Free West Media, a German job program for asylum seekers is a complete failure.

From Deutsche Welle, German lawmakers "blast" the nomination of Ursula von der Leyen for European Commission president.

From the CPH Post, the sea is expected to rise by different amounts on different parts of the Danish coast.

From Radio Poland, Poland's two longstanding nemeses are reportedly expanding their mutual ties.

From Radio Praha, Czech politicians are divided over von der Leyen's nomination.

From The Slovak Spectator, an ancient wooden board game discovered in Poprad, Slovakia one of only two of its kind in the world.

From the Hungary Journal, two Hungarian MEPs are elected vice-presidents of the European Parliament.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian Catholics donate $500,000 to rebuild homes in Batnaya, Iraq.

From Hungary Today, Hungary's government proposes restoring relations with Ukraine.

From About Hungary, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, the E.U. has made some "serious mistakes" during the past few years.

From Russia Today, a man in the Russian Far East learns the hard way to avoid pestering bears.

From Sputnik International, President Putin signs Russia's formal suspension of its obligations under the INF Treaty.

From The Moscow Times, what we know so far about the fire on a Russian research submarine.

From Romania-Insider, the Romanian Parliament passes a law creating a multi-day voting period for Romanians living abroad.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at News(dot)Ro.)

From Novinite, needy Bulgarians have received 32 tons of food under European programs.

From the Sofia Globe, a plaque to commemorate forced labor by Jews is unveiled in Nedelino, Bulgaria.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgarian authorities detain a Polish citizen for allegedly smuggling Afghani people in his truck.  (Yet again, I must point out that migrants don't merely migrate, but are trafficked or smuggled.  I'm also dismayed, as an American with some Polish descent, that a Pole appears to be one of the people smugglers.)

From Ekathimerini, a railroad museum is moved into an old train depot in Piraeus, Greece.

From the Greek Reporter, endangered sea turtles in Greece receive satellite tags.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, a humanitarian crisis is averted in northern Kosovo.

From Total Croatia News, snake, a snake, oh it's a snake.

From the Malta Independent, a Maltese court jails two Albanian men for having false ID documents, and orders their subsequent repatriation.  (In other words, Malta enforces its immigration laws.)

From Malta Today, according to an editorial, Italy is to blame for what happened to the Sea-Watch 3.

From ANSA, the Stromboli volcano erupts, and Italian Interior Minister Salvini disagrees with the release of the Sea-Watch 3's captain.

From EuroNews, a look at the European Parliament's new president, David-Maria Sassoli of Italy.

From SwissInfo, a scientist originally from Australia calls Lake Geneva a "fascinating open-air laboratory".

From El País, a look at the "she don't lie" found on the Brazilian president's plane.

From The Portugal News, Portugal's prime minister announces €1.2 million in post-cyclone aid for Mozambique.

From Morocco World News, Morocco and Spain hold a joint economic conference.

From France24, a black French MP goes after racist online trolls.

From RFI, nearly 40 people are killed in an airstrike on a migrant center in Libya.

From VRT NWS, a smiling turd, stolen from a beach in Ostend, Belgium, has been recovered.

From the NL Times, Dutch prosecutors seek a €5,000 fine for politician Geert Wilders.

From Dutch News, in most of the Netherlands, please keep your drugs out of public view.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at NOS.)

From the Express, Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage reveals what he believes is an E.U. plot to force the U.K. to remain.

From the Evening Standard, China "slams" the U.K. over comments on the unrest in Hong Kong.  (External criticism of China is regarded by the Chinese government as "interference" in its internal affairs.)

From the (U.K.) Independent, a man is fatally stabbed in broad daylight in the city where knives are illegal.

From the (Irish) Independent, some people don't want an old orphanage to be called "The Orphanage".

From the Irish Examiner, Irish gardaí uncover a Romanian crime gang's false passport "manufacturing hub".  (In Ireland, a single law enforcement officer is a garda, and plural officers are gardaí.)

From Euractiv, the European Commission registers a petition calling for a minimum carbon price.

From CBC News, according to a poll, most Canadians don't want more refugees.

From Global News, 34 workers are trapped underground at a potash mine in Saskatchewan.

From CTV News, the RCMP investigates arrests made by one of its officers in Saskatchewan.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Russia delivers three helicopters to Turkey.

From Turkish Minute, police in eastern Turkey reportedly beat up two Kurdish politicians.

From Rûdaw, music returns to the ISIS-ravaged town of Kobane, Syria.

From Arutz Sheva, Swedish neo-Nazis block the entrance to an exhibit of portraits of Holocaust survivors.

From The Times Of Israel, the family of an Ethiopian Israeli teen killed by an off-duty policemen ask for a pause in the protests over his death.

From The Jerusalem Post, archaeology and DNA science shows that the Philistines came from Europe.

From Egypt Today, the city of Aswan detects and cures 82 African travelers of malaria.

From Radio Farda, according to a firm that tracks tankers, Iran is shipping oil to China.

From IranWire, Iran has a "booming" visa scam.

From Dawn, a boat carrying 50 people capsizes in the Indus River near Haripur, Pakistan.

From The Express Tribune, five Pakistani soldiers are killed by an explosion near the Line of Control in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.  (Pakistan calls the part of Jammu and Kashmir under its control azad, which means "free".)

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's Ministry of Information forms a committee to deal with fake news.  (Isn't it just a bit interesting that the term "fake news", coined by U.S. President Trump and/or his supporters, has caught on in a country on the other side of the world?)

From Khaama Press, Afghan security forces have a busy day.

From The Hans India, Rahul Gandhi resigns as president of India's Congress Party.

From the Hindustan Times, Russia colludes with India's space program.

From ANI, police in Hyderabad, India install LED strips to help pedestrians.

From India Today, nearly 1,000 Indian veterans of World War II or their spouses benefit from a military health scheme.  (India was part of the British Empire during World War II.  To learn about India's role in that war, go here, here, here, and here.)

From the Daily Mirror, 61 Sri Lankan military personnel leave to join a U.N. mission in South Sudan.

From the Colombo Page, despite the Easter Sunday attacks, Sri Lanka is still the Lonely Planet's top destination.

From Gatestone Institute, French President Emmanuel Macron as he really is.

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesia will impose duties on plastic bags.  (In other words, they're going to act like certain counties in the U.S. and the city of Antwerp, Belgium.)

From The Straits Times, what travelers need to know about what's going on in Hong Kong.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysia bans the export of its sea sands.

From Free Malaysia Today, two undocumented Filipino toddlers are due to be deported today from Malaysia.  (Imagine the hysteria if these were Mexican or Central American toddlers due to be deported from the U.S.)

From The Conservative Woman, the "immoral" policy which puts green energy before the world's poorest people.  (The article actually uses the formula "CO2".)

From Snouts in the Trough, "how many genders are there?"

From National Review, the acquittal of Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher is a reminder against rushing to judgment.

From Townhall, why left-wingers should shut their traps about President Trump's tanks.

From FrontpageMag, Bob O'Rourke "is losing his mind".

From The Washington Free Beacon, for the Fourth of July, Democrats go to Iowa.

From the Washington Examiner, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) unveils her plan for the illegal immigration crisis.

From The Federalist, the eight time the media denied the border crisis.

From American Thinker, the left's endgame isn't chaos, but something even worse.

From CNS News, according to a Border Patrol agent, its facilities in El Paso are "constantly inspected" by the DHS and the CBP.

From LifeZette, the "Betsy Ross" flag to which Colin Kaepernick objects was prominently featured at President Obama's inauguration.  (Why is Kaepernick in charge of deciding what's offensive and what isn't?)

From Conservative Review, "Betsy Ross was a great American".

From NewsBusters, prominent conservatives call on Facebook to take action against ProFa.

From the Daily Caller, the journalist attacked by ProFa accuses media outlets for emboldening them.

From MRCTV, due to being doxxed and harassment from the left, "mini-AOC" will no longer be making videos.

From the New York Post, neither New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) nor Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) show up at the funeral of 9/11 hero Luis Alvarez.

And from the Daily Mail, Batman flips the bird at ISIS.