Friday Fuss - Part 1

As a sunny and relatively cool Friday arrives, here are some things going on:

From Free West Media, a French writer faces two years in prison for an allegedly anti-Semitic rap song and video.

From France24, in various parts of the world, young people lead climate change protests.  (Were any of these protests either in front of a Chinese embassy or consulate, or in China itself?)

From RFI, police promise a "security blanket" around Paris for this weekend's protests.  (I wonder what Linus has to say about this.)

From the Express, U.K. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn receives the lowest approval rating for an opposition leader ever recorded.

From the Evening Standard, Corbyn is not getting any help from his party.

From the (U.K.) Independent, the group Extinction Rebellion plans to blockade the port of Dover, England.

From the (Irish) Independent, Irish kids join in the climate protest.

From the Irish Examiner, Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar warns that the current meat industry standoff could cause 90 percent of beef farmers' income to be lost.

From VRT NWS, in the American company Hasbro's game Brussels Monopoly, the statue Manneken Pis is given a bit of clothing.

From the NL Times, police in Rottendam, Netherlands offer rewards for reporting guns.

From Dutch News, an appeals court rules that police wrongly gave a gun license to a man who killed six people in a mass shooting at a department store.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at NOS.)

From Deutsche Welle, German Chancellor Merkel's cabinet agrees with a "climate packet", but environmentalists are not satisfied.

From the CPH Post, what's rotten today in Denmark.

From Voice Of Europe, Swedish journalists reporting on a planned mosque project get pelted with stones.  (If you read Swedish, read the story at SVT, whom the journalists work for.)

From Polskie Radio and the "better late than never" department, the European Parliament condemns the 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact, which led to the invasion of Poland.

From Radio Prague, a new book discusses the hunt for Nazi war criminals in Czechoslovakia after World War II.

From The Slovak Spectator, it's allegedly time to act on climate change.

From the Hungary Journal, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban attends a right-wing gathering in Rome.  (If you read Hungarian, you can read a related story at Magyar Hirlap.)

From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian President János Áder points out that Hungary's share of the world's carbon dioxide emissions is very small and has recently decreased.

From Hungary Today, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto receives a medal from Azerbaijan for his "friendly openness".  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)

From About Hungary, speaking at a building dedication, Orban stresses the importance of the secret service to protecting Hungary.

From Russia Today, the journey of a self-styled "warrior shaman" who sought to "oust Putin" from the Russian government ends with his admission to a mental health facility.

From Sputnik International, Russia's presidential press secretary points out that his boss, President Putin, "has no days off".

From The Moscow Times, Russia plans to expand its fleet of icebreakers, which is already the world's largest.

From El País, the Spanish party Vox criticizes a local fiesta beauty queen for being Moroccan, who actually isn't.

From Morocco World News, Moroccan authorities participate in an Interpol operation which nabs 12 suspected terrorists.

From SwissInfo, Swiss scientists go to the Arctic to study climate change.

From EuroNews, Austria's parliament votes to grant citizenship to the descendants of victims of Nazism.

From ANSA, former Interior Minister Salvini proposes the direct election of Italy's president.

From the Malta Independent, the Armed Forces of Malta go to receive 36 migrants from the NGO ship Ocean Viking.

From Malta Today, a "troubled" 16-year-old migrant is arraigned after trying to escape from a detention facility and allegedly biting a service officer.

From Total Croatia News, the Croatian parliament ratifies a protocol on preventing terrorism.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Greece and Bulgaria will work together on the issues of migration and asylum.

From Ekathimerini, Greek archaeologists explore graves that were robbed in antiquity, but still discover rich finds.

From the Greek Reporter, a graveyard of life-jackets used by illegal migrants on the Greek island of Lesvos pose an "environmental threat".

From Novinite, according to Bulgaria's Ministry of the Interior, migration pressure in the area is increasing.

From The Sofia Globe, according to Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria wants a balanced policy towards Russia.

From Radio Bulgaria, the "village on loan" policy of Dolni Vadin, Bulgaria.

From Romania-Insider, an appeals court in Bucharest rules that former Romanian President Traian Basescu collaborated with the Communist secret police.

From Euractiv, the new European Commissioners assemble.

From Hürriyet Daily News, a look at relations between Turkey and Poland over time.  (A certain Polish king who broke the siege of Vienna is not mentioned.)

From Turkish Minute, Turkish authorities order the detention of 74 more military personnel as part of the crackdown on members of the Gülen movement.

From In-Cyprus, a ceremony is planned for tomorrow, to mark the restoration of Agios Philon church and the Agia Triada mosaics.

From Rûdaw, the U.S. reportedly intends to stop Syrian "penetration" into Kurdish territory.

From The Syrian Observer, the Syrian Democratic Council demands that the government in Damascus to recognize it as an autonomous administration.

From Arutz Sheva, about 9,200 Gazan Arabs take part in a weekly riot on the border with Israel.

From The Times Of Israel, by discontinuing Likud's alliance with the Kulanu and Zehut parties, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu may have cost himself 300,000 votes.

From The Jerusalem Post, Israel's Central Election Committee announces "almost final" results.

From YNetNews, according to a survey, most Palestinians are tiring of Mahmoud Abbas.

From Egypt Today, according to Egyptian police, the Muslim Brotherhood was involved in a terrorist operation which involved an explosion near a cancer hospital in Cairo.

From StepFeed, can Lebanese marketers stop using fruits and foods to represent women?

From Radio Farda, Friday prayers in Iran include threats against the U.S. and its allies.

From IranWire, Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei moves to consolidate his power.

From the National Council of Resistance of Iran, the European Parliament "strongly condemns" Iran's crackdown on women.

From Dawn, young Pakistanis march against climate change.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan's prime minister heads to the U.S. and the U.N. General Assembly "with Kashmir in focus".

From Pakistan Today, people in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir demonstrate against the alleged Indian occupation.  (India and Pakistan each accuse the other of "occupying" part of Kashmir.)

From Khaama Press, Afghan Special Forces detain 12 Taliban terrorists in Kabul.

From The Hans India, efforts to control dengue in Delhi start to pay off.

From the Hindustan Times, a petition alleges that children are being detained in Kashmir.

From ANI, according to Indian Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, language should neither be imposed nor opposed.

From India Today, according to Congress party leader Shashi Tharoor, there's much less room for dissent today than in the past.

From the Daily Mirror, 7,728 checks written to the Sri Lanka's tax authority have bounced.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka and the Maldives agree to cooperate on fisheries.

From News(dot)com(dot)au, Indonesia could pass a law against extramarital sex that could include criminal penalties.  (Will my usual sources in southeastern Asia have anything to say about this?  Stay tuned.)

And from Gatestone Institute, do Palestinian leaders really want a better life for the Palestinian people?