[Thousands of people are camped out in European airports like London's Heathrow because of the giant snowstorm that's crippling travel in the region. Image via Getty]

Much of Europe is out of commission thanks to a crazy snowstorm blanketing the continent. The situation is so incredibly bad that a Lady Gaga concert in Paris was cancelled last night, making this a Snowpocalypse for the ages.

Here's a video of a recent soccer game featuring popular Polish squad Lech Poznan. Notwithstanding, it's the crowd—the insane, chanting, flame-throwing, synchronized crowd—that's the real attraction here. Also: this isn't a pro match—the players are 11 years old.

[Thousands of Belarussians demonstrated in the capital of Minsk today, claiming the apparent re-election of president/dictator Alexander Lukashenko was a fraud. Image via AP.]

[It was a winter wonderland in Germany today after the country and most of northern Europe were hit with heavy snow and freezing temperatures. Image via AP]

In America, cigarette packs will soon come with graphic health warnings. That's nothing. In Europe, they already have those health warnings; and now, they want to totally ban branded cigarette packaging. But what about the tragic destruction of coolness?

On a highway in Europe we see a Polish driver side by side with a German truck. Are they racing? Perhaps. Will pulling a gun out give you a "competitive advantage?" In a word, yes.

Police in three different countries have arrested 11 alleged terrorists suspected of planning an attack in Belgium.

Danny MacAskill is a beast. After his first video featuring him riding through Edinburgh basically doing bike parkour, he decided to take a field trip, and get a better camera. Same inspirational soundtrack, more bike stunt glory inside.

A new report by the EU's drug agency places Britain on top of the world's cocaine consuming nations, with more young Britons having used cocaine than Americans in the same age group. There's also been an increase in crack smoking.

Pedro Lopez, an unemployed security guard, has won the first Spanish National Siesta Championship and its 1,000-euro prize. He slept 17 minutes in the middle of a mall, while issuing a 70 decibel snore. Our kind of contest!

The State Department has issued an alert urging Americans in Europe to be "vigilant about possible terrorist attacks" planned by Al Qaeda. It's hard because in America you at least know everyone who speaks a foreign language is a terrorist.

[The 2010 European Beard and Moustache Championships took place today in Leogang, Austria. Take that, Brooklyn. Image via AP]

Philippe Croizon, the 42-year-old quadruple amputee who on Saturday swam across the English Channel in just over 13 hours, says he wants to cross the Strait of Gibraltar between Spain and Morocco: "We all have it in ourselves." [AP]

Here in America, product placement is an unstoppable commercial machine that will only continue to insert brand advertisements into ever more ridiculous niches. In Europe, though, they're awfully conflicted; they'll allow product placement, but only by making it awkward.

Author and intellectual Tony Judt died yesterday in New York at 62, after a battle with ALS. His best known book, "Postwar," about Europe after WW2 was called "remarkable" by The New Yorker. Read his final essays, starting here.

Watch as these guys dance to songs from "What, What (In The Butt)" to "Kung-Fu Fighting," all while completely naked except for a plate over their male parts—which they later shatter for a view of their bums.

Spain will face The Netherlands in the World Cup final on Sunday. Whatever. C'mon, Lebron.

Pamplona's Running of the Bulls begins today, and while we wait for the first glorious goring, I wonder: Is this schtick getting old? How can we enliven this age-old tradition of endangering the lives of humanity's eligible bachelors?

The UN's World Drug Report was released yesterday! Good news: Cocaine use in America has dropped significantly. Bad news: Meth use in America has skyrocketed. Also, Europe's appetite for coke has risen steadily over recent years. Everyone's on drugs.