From Free West Media, a deputy in Berlin, Germany wants police to patrol public swimming pools.
From Deutsche Welle, German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen wins the vote to become the next European Commission president.
From the CPH Post, a Danish consumer group calls for a Momondo for train travel, and other stories. (For the first time in about three days, the site responds when I click.)
From Polskie Radio, Polish President Andrzej Duda and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda discuss cross-border cooperation. (A few centuries ago, Poland and Lithuania were one country.)
From Radio Praha, more electric cars are expected to be driven around the Czech Republic in the next few years.
From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia will open a new immigration office.
From Daily News Hungary, how much does it cost Hungary to apprehend a single illegal migrant? (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Népszawa.)
From Hungary Today, an 800-year-old Hungarian church in Ukraine's Transcarpathia region starts getting refurbished. (Transcarpathia, also called Zakarpaty, was part of Hungary before World War I, and part of Czechoslovakia between the two World Wars.)
From About Hungary, a Fidesz member of the European Parliament slams an "anti-Hungarian" election campaign in Ukraine.
From Russia Today, "you can't drive around with a tiger in your car"......hold my vodka.
From Sputnik International, a Dutch court postpones its decision on a dispute between Russia and Ukraine over Scythian gold. (The Scythians were an Iranian tribe who, with a related tribe called the Samatians, migrated from Central Asia to the area north of the Black Sea around 700 BC. They encountered the early Slavs, who adopted some Iranian words into their language. As a result, many Slavic languages such as Russian and Polish still retain some words of Iranian origin.)
From The Moscow Times, according to a U.S. firm, Russia's S-400 is the "best all-around" air defense system.
From Euractiv, Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid calls on the E.U. "to work with Russian civil society".
From Romania-Insider, the Romanian diaspora is reportedly the fifth largest in the world. (If you read Romanian, read the story at G4Media.)
From Novinite, hackers go through Bulgaria's tax refund system to penetrate the Bulgarian National Revenue Agency.
From The Sofia Globe, the "struggle for truth" about Bulgaria and the Holocaust.
From Radio Bulgaria, the Bulgarian parliament votes against voting machines for local and general elections.
From Ekathimerini, a man is stopped at the Lesvos airport with fragments of petrified forest.
From the Greek Reporter, a man from Crete is charged with the murder of an American scientist.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Croatia and Bosnia and Hercegovina sign a contract to build a bridge over the River Sava.
From Total Croatia News, environmental activists protests against Croatia's plan to award gas and oil exploration concessions.
From ANSA, Interior Minister Salvini will respond to Italy's parliament about alleged oil kickbacks from Russia. (In other words, Salvini is dealing with his version of charges of "Russian collusion".)
From the Malta Independent, 12 migrants who escaped from the Ħal Safi detention center are arraigned in court.
From El País, how Barcelona has become a haven for young migrants.
From EuroNews, if you "flip your wig", your half-kilo of cocaine might fall out.
From The Portugal News, "for security reasons", Portugal suspends issuing visas to Iranians. (If the U.S. tried something like that, it would be called a "Muslim ban". Oh, wait, it was indeed called a "Muslim ban".)
From Morocco World News, Human Rights Watch denounces the Polissario Front's arbitrary arrests and suppression of dissent.
From France24, French Environment Minister François de Rugy resigns amid accusations of lavish spending.
From VRT NWS, vandals hit the entrance to the headquarters of the "far-right" party Vlaams Belang with red paint. (Due to the uncertainty of the definition of "far-right", I generally use quote around the term.)
From the NL Times, a square in Haarlem, Netherlands is evacuated after the discovery of a hand grenade. (This town is the namesake of the Harlem area of New York City, which at one time was New Amsterdam.)
From Dutch News, 44,000 people start walking in Nijmegen, Netherlands.
From the Express, new European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen makes a "major blunder" during her acceptance speech. (Perhaps she and President Trump can exchange pointers on foot-into-mouth insertion.)
From the Evening Standard, an inquest finds that the London Bridge terrorists were "lawfully shot dead" by police.
From the Independent, wolves and bears, oh my.
From the Irish Examiner, a former U.K. attorney general accuses Brexit party leader Boris Johnson of "radicalization" over the Irish backstop.
From CBC News, a U.S.-based company will be sentenced for spilling oil and diesel fuel in the fishing territory of a First Nation in British Columbia.
From Global News, protesters outside the office of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney demand an end to chuckwagon races at the Calgary Stampede.
From CTV News, one politician in Brampton, Ontario wants to ban campaign signs.
From Hürriyet Daily News, pirates take 10 Turkish sailors hostage off the Nigerian coast.
From Turkish Minute, Greek Cypriot leaders reject a joint drilling proposal by Turkish Cypriots.
From Rûdaw, ISIS claims responsibility for twin suicide bombings that killed five people in Baghdad.
From Arutz Sheva, a "huge" ancient site is found near Jerusalem.
From The Times Of Israel, more on the ancient site, reported to be 9,000 years old.
From The Jerusalem Post, Israeli officials criticize U.K. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn's anti-Semitism.
From YNetNews, many donors suspend funds for the Jewish museum in Poland, after its director is not reappointed.
From Egypt Today, Egypt is "sitting on a gold mine".
From StepFeed, American registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein had a fake passport indicating Saudi Arabia as his residence.
From Radio Farda, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claims that sanctions against Iran have worked.
From IranWire, a journalist who regularly reports on women's rights is arrested by Iranian authorities.
From The Express Tribune, nine coal miners have died after their mine collapsed near Quetta, Pakistan.
From Pakistan Today, Pakistani journalists protest to denounce censorship.
From Khaama Press, 12 Taliban terrorists, including their commander, experience premature detonation.
From The Hans India, police in Delhi arrest a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist.
From the Hindustan Times, the Indian state of Rajastan will consider passing an anti-lynching law.
From India Today, the son of a Bengali farmer is an important scientist for the Chandrayaan-2 mission.
From the Daily Mirror, a special U.N. reporter will visit Sri Lanka to assess the people's right to freedom of assembly.
From the Colombo Page, the Sri Lankan Navy catches someone smuggling over 3,200 conch shells.
From Palestinian Media Watch, a Fatah official greets the family of a Palestinian murderer.
From Gatestone Institute, more censorship via Facebook.
From The Jakarta Post, the Indonesian House of Representatives passes a law imposing charges on foreign researchers who violate visa regulations.
From the Borneo Post, Malaysia launches a free nationwide hepatitis C screening campaign.
From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysian MPs vote to lower the country's voting age to 18.
From The Conservative Woman, "calling Israel an apartheid state is both racist and a lie".
From National Review, the selfish people who benefit from illegal immigration.
From FrontpageMag, President Trump versus the Squad.
From Townhall, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) violates the House rules.
From The Washington Free Beacon, an Iranian is caught trying to smuggle materials out of the U.S.
From the Washington Examiner, after taking time to condemn Trump's Tweets, Democrats return to infighting.
From The Federalist, 50 years ago today, Apollo 11 was launched.
From American Thinker, why congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-MN) does not want to go back to Somalia. (You could even say that she's right to not want to return to Somalia.)
From LifeZette, right-wing radio host Mark Levin blasts the Squad.
From The Stream, Hamas wants Jews to be killed worldwide.
From the Daily Caller, an appeals court rules in favor of Trump's bid to get tough on government unions.
From CBS News, the House passes an amendment ordering the Pentagon to investigate whether the military experimented with weaponized ticks.
From The Babylon Bee, the Trump 2020 campaign decides to simply show unedited video of Democrats talking.
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