Thursday Things - Part 2

As a sunny mild Thursday slides into evening, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, a public transport user is fined for verbal aggression in Montpellier, France.

From France24, according to French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, there is "no reason" to reconsider granting asylum to U.S. leaker Edward Snowden.

From RFI, this weekend, France will deal with climate, "yellow vests", and pensions, oh my.

From EuroNews, the French town of Armentières has a major case of "I tawt I taw a putty tat".

From the Express, the U.K. Labour party's "true" Eurosceptic roots are unveiled.

From the Evening Standard, according to Prime Minister Johnson, the U.K. will not be found by an "artificial deadline" proposed by his Finnish counterpart.

From the Independent, a passport photo checker can't deal with large lips.

From the Irish Examiner, Ireland's taoiseach and the U.K.'s prime minister will meet next week in New York.

From VRT NWS, a Belgian F-16 fighter jet crashes in France, leaving a pilot hanging on a high voltage line.

From the NL Times, a man already in jail is arrested for allegedly placing a hand grenade in a mailbox.

From Dutch News, Rotterdam, Netherlands makes new rules for motorized wedding processions.

From Deutsche Welle, is Germany being stingy in funding the effort against climate change?

From the CPH Post, a man is charged with detonating a bomb outside Denmark's tax office.

From Polskie Radio, Poland's president signs a bill to cut personal income tax.

From The Slovak Spectator, a Slovak born in Wales compares it to Slovakia.

From the Hungary Journal, the Turkic Council opens an office in Budapest.

From Daily News Hungary, a look at the new Tisza Bridge.

From Hungary Today, a "huge" contrast in life expectancy exists between different districts in Budapest.

From About Hungary, Hungarian MEP György Hölvényi calls for the end of ISIS's expansion in Africa.

From Russia Today, Russian marines drill in the Arctic.

From Sputnik International, the U.S. university MIT shows off a deepfake of Russian President Putin.

From The Moscow Times, who is speaking out against the prosecution of the Moscow protesters?

From Romania-Insider, Bucharest, Romania plans to set up 300 solar-powered parking meters.  (What if I park in Bucharest at night?  Do the meters have a battery backup?)

From Novinite, the first Bulgarian electric sports car will be unveiled in October.

From Radio Bulgaria, what does Bulgaria stand to gain from getting an extension of the Turk Stream gas pipeline?

From Ekathimerini, the death toll in Greece from the West Nile virus rises to 25.

From the Greek Reporter, the National Archaeological Museum of Athens will host events on the Antikyethera Mechanism and the ancient Greek understanding of the moon.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to an E.U. envoy, the E.U. "is not complete without Bosnia and Hercegovina".

From Total Croatia News, according to Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, Croatia is ready for Brexit.

From the Malta Independent, even with the recent change in government, Italy's migration policies "won't change overnight".

From Malta Today, Malta rescues 56 more migrants.

From ANSA, former Italian Prime Minister Renzi and former Italian Interior Minister Salvini will have a TV debate in October.

From Euractiv, Presidents Macron (France) and Conte (Italy) call for an "overhaul" of E.U. migrant policy.

From SwissInfo, "what you need to know about hiking in Switzerland".  (Yours truly has done a bit of it, including a walk around the St. Moritzersee in 2015.)

From El País, the Guardian Angels are patrolling Barcelona, but some people aren't pleased with their presence.

From The Portugal News, the European Parliament raises questions about Portuguese Commissioner Elisa Ferreira.

And from Gatestone Institute, a tribute to the late Czech dissident author Václav Havel.