5 News Stories out of Europe You may have missed

[rpannier]

1. Russian opposition leader Navalny may have been poisoned, doctor says

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, currently serving a jail stint for calling for unauthorised protests, was hospitalised after suffering an acute allergic reaction on Sunday, his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said.

One doctor said may have been the result of him being poisoned with an unknown chemical substance.

https://www.euronews.com/2019/07/28/russian-opposition-leader-navalny-hospitalised-with-allergic-reaction

2. Romania's police chief fired after missing girl killed by kidnapper

The chief of the Romanian police Ioan Buda was fired by the Romanian Interior ministry on Saturday after a series of errors in his police department led to their failure to save a missing girl.

"I have decided to dismiss the chief of the police and the head of the Olt department (...) because this situation necessitates extreme measures," the Interior minister, Nicolae Moga, said late on Friday.

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After three raids to three erroneous addresses, the police finally located the house that the teenager described more than 12 hours after she called. They then requested official authorisation to raid the house and waited until dawn to enter, despite the emergency.

https://www.euronews.com/2019/07/27/romania-s-police-chief-fired-after-missing-girl-killed-by-kidnapper

3. Mussolini’s birthplace cashes in on the surge of far-right tourism

Dressed in black T-shirts, their arms inked with tattoos, Fabrizio and Mameli Gamberini are on their yearly homage trip to Predappio, the birth town and burial place of Benito Mussolini.

“We’re fascists,” Mameli proudly admits as she leaves Predappio Tricolore, a souvenir shop teeming with Mussolini memorabilia, on Friday morning. “We come every year at the end of July to buy a few new keepsakes, visit his tomb and leave some flowers in his honour.”

The couple, from Varese, are in Predappio, a town nestled among the hills of the Appenines in the Emilia-Romagna region, to celebrate the 136th anniversary of the Italian dictator’s birth on 29 July.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/27/mussolini-birthplace-cashes-in-on-rise-far-right-tourism

4. UK aerospace industry steps up no-deal Brexit plan to switch regulator

The British aerospace industry has stepped up plans for a Brexit exodus from the UK aviation regulator, as a second deadline for the UK leaving the EU without a deal looms.

More than 600 British aerospace firms have now applied to be regulated in Europe as third-country parties under a scheme for companies seeking access to the single market in case of a no-deal Brexit. The scheme opened in October.

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The number of applications by UK firms for EU authorisation to cover themselves for a no-deal Brexit has tripled between December and July. In December 2018, the Guardian revealed that only 200 UK aerospace manufacturers had applied to come under the jurisdiction of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) as third-country parties, suggesting many firms would not have been prepared for a no-deal Brexit on 29 March.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jul/28/uk-aerospace-industry-steps-up-no-deal-brexit-plan-to-leave-regulator

*** Tell them No. These things have consequences*** (My opinion)

5. Suspected terrorist attack in Craigavon

Army bomb experts have been called to Craigavon in Norther Ireland after a suspected terrorist attack. A loud bang was her heard around mid-night on Friday in the Tullygally road area. It was later confirmed to be a viable device. 20 people were evacuated from their homes that evening, but no one has been reported injured.

Northern Irish police suspect it was meant to deliberately target police officers and that the device was planted by dissident Republican terrorists.

https://www.euronews.com/2019/07/27/suspected-terrorist-attack-in-craigavon

[a la izquierda]

1. I'm currently in Rotterdam...

and I only heard about the Russian story.

[empedocles]

2. 'Rotterdam Dutch and the goddamned Dutch' - or some.

[a la izquierda]

3. Haha, I'll have to ask my friend if he knows this.

There’s apparently a lot of city rivalry here.

[Ferrets are Cool]

4. Fascism

"Fascism is a form of radical authoritarian ultranationalism, characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and control of industry and commerce."

Why would ANYONE want to "BE" a fascist? Why would ANYONE want OTHERS to know they were/are fascists?

[BSdetect]

5. They cling to the idea of "us versus them" to "survive by being stronger"

based on the fascist mistake about what Darwin meant by "fittest".

So basically they are afraid of the "others".