Thursday Things - Part 2

Here on Thursday evening are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, according to a study by Princeton University, lower government benefits leads to less migration.

From the CPH Post, Danes are drinking less, but still more than their fellow Nordic peoples.

From Deutsche Welle, should German flags be flown outside German schools?

From Voice Of Europe, a man in Frankfurt, Germany raises money for a "Muslims Only" swimming pool.  (If you read German, read more at HNA and Die Welt.)

From Polskie Radio, the Polish opposition party Civic Platform has a new candidate for president.

From EuroNews, tigers freed from a truck enjoy their new environment at a zoo near Człuchów, Poland.

From Radio Prague, animal shelters in the Czech Republic are taking in large numbers of hedgehogs.  (Hedgehogs must be very common in that country.  There's even a military anti-tank obstacle named after them.)

From the Hungary Journal, according to Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga, the ECtHR has made a momentous decision.

From Daily News Hungary, according to Hungarian Interior Minister Sandor Pintér, migration must be stopped at the border of the Schengen zone.

From Hungary Today, the city of Budapest plans to introduce a congestion charge and ban diesel-powered cars.  (If you read Hungarian, read a related story at Index.)

From About Hungary, according to Foreign Minister Szijjarto, Hungary will increase its number of troops serving in NATO missions by one third.

From Russia Today, Russian security forces have been given the power to shoot down illegal drones.

From Sputnik International, a woman claiming to be the wife of Russian President Putin is detained in Moscow's Red Square.

From The Moscow Times, the lower house of the Russian parliament that will allow individual journalists to be labeled as foreign agents.  (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)

From Romania-Insider, gold items from China's Ming Dynasty go on display in Bucharest, Romania.

From Novinite, Serbia claims that Bulgaria is spying on them.

From The Sofia Globe, according to Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva, Bulgaria is spending over 3 percent of its GDP on defense this year.  (In my humble opinion, she looks a bit like a certain Alaska governor who once ran for Vice President.)

From Radio Bulgaria, a book tells stories about 40 inspirational Bulgarian women.

From Ekathimerini, the Maria Callas Greek Society will put on a concert to honor its namesake.

From the Greek Reporter, according to NGOs, there are nearly 5,000 unaccompanied minors in Greece.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the concerns and challenges that Greece faces regarding refugees.

From Total Croatia News, Croatian army helicopter pilots allegedly transport an arms smuggler illegally.

From the Malta Independent, two groups of migrants rescued in the Mediterranean are relocated to France and Germany.

From Malta Today, protesters surround the Maltese justice minister's car.

From ANSA, the group calling themselves "sardines" try to tell populists that "the party is over".

From SwissInfo, why is International Geneva so important to Switzerland?

From El País, Spain's High Court opens an investigation into an alleged Russian spying unit in Catalonia.  (Is Spain dealing with Russian collusion?)

From The Portugal News, remittances from Portuguese emigrants fell by 5.23 percent in September.

From France24, a French court sentences the sister of an ISIS propagandist to nine years in prison.

From RFI, for the first time, a French policeman goes on trial for alleged brutality during "yellow vest" protests.

From Euractiv, French mayors want President Emmanuel Macron to ban pesticides such as glyphosate.  (If you read French, read the story at La Tribune.)

From VRT NWS, in Belgium, AIDS is "virtually extinct".

From the NL Times, residents of Overberg, Utrecht, Netherlands want to stop speeders in a way that is literally for the birds.

From Dutch News, two Dutch soccer leagues will protest against racism.

From the Express, in the U.K., the Conservative Party holds a 16-point lead over the Labour Party.

From the Evening Standard, Prince Andrew steps down as chancellor of Huddersfield University.

From the (U.K.) Independent, according to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, a second Brexit referendum would be legally binding.

From the (Irish) Independent, headstones are erected at unmarked graves of victims of Bloody Sunday in 1920.

From the Irish Examiner, cocaine is found in a barrel of solid waste.

From The Conservative Woman, the BBC serves up claptrap about climate change.

And from Snouts in the Trough, truth is lies and vice versa.