And also... superfan, selfie ban and far-right scam

By Euronews

Published on 18/09/2015 - 15:27

Every Friday journalists from euronews’ various language teams choose a selection of stories from Europe and beyond which did not reach the

Every Friday journalists from euronews’ various language teams choose a selection of stories from Europe and beyond which did not reach the international headlines.

Iran: two donkey power

The new owner of a brand new Peugeot 405, made in Iran, was a little disappointed when it stopped running suddenly. So he returned it to the factory where it was built, pulled by two donkeys .

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Posted by ‎جنبش تحریم خرید خودروهای داخلی‎ on Sunday, September 13, 2015

Angry users have launched a boycott on social networks to protest about the poor quality and high prices of locally-made vehicles

Finland: Blue Oyster on Russian island

An unusual protest against Moscow’s stance on homosexuality saw pranksters set up a gay bar based on the Blue Oyster from the Police Academy comedy films on an island owned by the Russian president. The island is part of the Åland islands, where the local residents are Swedish-speaking Finns. Police are investigating following a complaint by Russia > Some wags have opened a Blue Oyster Bar on Vladimir Putin's plot of land on Åland and dressed as gay workmen. Genius pic.twitter.com/CGNkFpPe5V

— Escape To Suomi (@EscapeToSuomi) septiembre 15, 2015

Turkey: Erdogan “selfie” expensive for Nokta magazine

A magazine was raided by police accused of “propagating terror” and “insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan” after publishing a mocked-up picture of the president smiling while taking a selfie with the flag-draped coffin of a soldier in the background. Management of the Nokta weekly decried the incident as an attack on press freedom and said the cover had been satirical. > Erdogan #Nokta dergisinin kapagina tahamül edemiyor. Ama biz ona yilardir tahamül ediyoruz. pic.twitter.com/OREvxwhGlf

— Ugur Yalcinkaya (@UgurUyalcinkaya) septiembre 14, 2015

Italy: lover loses finger after tryst

An Italian who discovered her husband was cheating bit his mistress’ finger off in Naples. The wife had discovered her business-man husband was having an affair with one of her relatives, Il Mattino reported. The video shows the fight in the sreet:

Spain: Obama’s support for Spain lost in translation

Spanish King Felipe remained “poker faced” during an audience with Barack Obama after an embarrassing misunderstanding his translator. The US President said he hoped to see Spain “strong and unified” in a possible reference to the question of Catalan independence. But the translation came out as: “I know we will always have a very strong an tight relationship”. King Felipe simply looked briefly looked towards the Spanish delegation members. > El error de la traductora de Obama que dejó con esta cara al rey Felipe http://t.co/OLWO4SQc4q pic.twitter.com/qvXAdfZcdc

— El Huffington Post (ElHuffPost) <a href="https://twitter.com/ElHuffPost/status/644037278688497664">September 16, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>The Spanish Foreign minister spent some time with journalists afterwards to make sure they quoted Obama correctly. <hr> <h3>Germany: anti-Nazi punk rock anthem tops charts</h3>In the middle of rising tensions around the refugees situation, the punk rock song "Schrei nach Liebe" (love cry) from the band die Ärzte, written initially in 1993 after a series of attacks on asylum seekers' housings, is now topping Germany's charts. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6X9CEi8wkBc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br> <br> <h3>Russia: pass the salt</h3>Russian club Zenit St Petersburg is selling salt branded with images of its star playersIgor Smolnikov, Axel Witsel, Hulk, Javi Garcia, Victor Fayzulin, Yuri Lodygin and Danny feature on the 500g packs. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="ru"><p lang="ru" dir="ltr">Итак, «Зенит» вводит <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5?src=hash">#ЛимитНаПресное</a> и представляет клубную коллекцию соли! Подробности: <a href="http://t.co/3UeAY0OSNU">http://t.co/3UeAY0OSNU</a> <a href="http://t.co/QVkRQs70BK">pic.twitter.com/QVkRQs70BK</a></p>— ФК «Зенит» (zenit_spb) 14 сентября 2015

Iconically sad Brazilian fan dies

A superfan who symbolised the failure of Brazil’s football team at the 2014 World Cup has died. Clovis Fernandes appeared on front pages across the world looking shocked and devastated as he clutched a model of the trophy. He died aged 60. > Murió #ClovisFernandes, el seguidor más famoso de la selección brasileña http://t.co/yHPE7kgr6k pic.twitter.com/EizVsLruF2

— Milenio.com (@Milenio) September 16, 2015

He was also known as ‘Gaucho da Copa’ and was the national team most zealous fan. He had attended more than 150 of the team’s matches in over 60 different countries and seven different world cup finals. > Il suo grande amore per il Brasile ha emozionato tutti noi, da ieri Clovis Fernandes non c'è più: ciao @Gauchodacopa. pic.twitter.com/NH9gkdwkK8

— Serie A TIM (@SerieA_TIM) September 17, 2015

France: far-right official jailed for burning cars

Adrien Desport, an official of the nationalist Front National party has been sentenced to 4 years in jail for burning cars, in an attempt to convince voters that his region was suffering from social unrest.
He has also been banned for three years from Mitry-Mory, the town where he torched10 cars in a single night.