Saturday Stories - Part 2

As a warm but comfortable Saturday hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From the Express, Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage warns Prime Minister Boris Johnson against duping the British people.

From the Evening Standard, members of Extinction Rebellion glue themselves to a highway leading to the Port of Dover.

From the Independent, the U.K. Labour Party proposes to discontinue short prison sentences.

From EuroNews, according to a poll, the U.K. Conservatives lead the Labour party by 15 points.

From the Irish Examiner, some Irish beef farmers end their blockades of meat factories as their protests wind down.

From VRT NWS, Belgian police and railway security will crack down on jaywalking on railway tracks and at crossings.

From Deutsche Welle, the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany opens.

From Polskie Radio, the White House confirms a planned meeting between Presidents Trump (U.S.) and Duda (Poland).

From Radio Prague, according to Minister of Defense Lubomír Metnar, the Czech Republic will buy 12 military helicopters from a U.S. company.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovak Egyptologists discover the remains of an ancient road near the town of Tell al-Retaba.

From Daily News Hungary, since 2006, about 800,000 people have emigrated from Hungary.  (During the late 1800s, my Slovak ancestors left Hungary, which at the time included Slovakia.  If you read Hungarian, read the story at Portfolio.)

From About Hungary, speaking in Rome, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban claims that people with a similar mindset are a minority among the political elite but a majority among the people.

From Russia Today, former U.S. Vice President Biden attacks President Trump for his call to Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky.

From Sputnik International, according to the deputy director of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry, no one has the right to call media "propaganda".

From The Moscow Times, it's no longer taboo to discuss a future without Russian President Putin.

From Novinite, private and public partners in Bulgaria plan to recycle 10 million tons of plastic by 2025.

From Radio Bulgaria, Sofia receives electrical boxes with designs based on Bulgarian folklore.

From Ekathimerini, the migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesvos is unable to take in any more migrants.

From the Greek Reporter, archaeologists in northern Greece discover a gold mask and bronze helmets in a cemetery for Macedonian warriors.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Greece's prime minister and foreign minister will visit the U.S. and U.N. General Assembly.

From Total Croatia News, tourists speak out about Split, Croatia.  (I was there in 2007.  If you read Croatian, you can read a related story in Slobodna Dalmacija.)

From the Malta Independent, an NGO calls for the decriminalization of rescue groups ahead of a "mini-migration summit" in Malta.

From SwissInfo, Switzerland's state secretary for migration calls for the reform of the E.U.'s asylum policy.

From The Portugal News, a visitor center is planned for a Roman mine in Vila Pouca de Aguiar, Portugal.

From France24, police in Paris use tear gas to disperse anti-government protests.

From RFI, monuments in Paris are closed due to disruption caused by the protests.

From Voice Of Europe, over 63,000 migrants have reportedly reached Europe so far in 2019.

And from The Conservative Woman, the enviro-fanatics "are barking up the wrong tree".