From Free West Media, after being released by a judge in Dortmund, Germany, an Afghan accused of raping an underage girl allegedly rapes another girl.
From Deutsche Welle, Germany's Social Democratic Party expels a former senator who had represented Berlin due to his alleged "Islamophobic" rhetoric.
From the CPH Post, Denmark's National Board of Health recommends wearing masks while on crowded public transport.
From Polskie Radio, Polish Radio joins the #BohaterOn campaign to honor the heroes of the 1944 Warsaw uprising. (The Polish word for "hero" is bohater.)
From Euractiv, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen sides with LGBTs against six Polish towns.
From Radio Prague, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is due to visit the Czech Republic on August 11th and 12th.
From The Slovak Spectator, some news from Slovakia, including President Zuzana Čaputová vetoing three bills.
From Daily News Hungary, the Liszt Ferenc International Airport in Budapest is ready to open a coronavirus testing center. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Turizmus.)
From Hungary Today, a traveler from Nigeria is caught at the Budapest airport with a kilo of drugs in his stomach.
From About Hungary, according to prime ministerial chief of staff Gergely Gulyás, the Hungarian government will maintain its coronavirus restrictions to prevent a second wave.
From Russia Today, the children's rights commissioner for the Russian region of Khabarovsk calls on parents to not take their children to protests.
From Sputnik International, Russia security agents thwart the activities of the Tablighi Jamaat in the region of Volgograd.
From The Moscow Times, three Russian villages are visited by camels released by an 83-year-old man who herded about 80 of them.
From Romania-Insider, classical music will be played at festivals in the homeland of Count Dracula.
From Novinite, police take down a drug lab in Yambol, Bulgaria.
From The Sofia Globe, anti-government protesters keep blocking roads in Sofia, Bulgaria.
From Radio Bulgaria, the Bulgarian parliament leaves its old building.
From Ekathimerini, financial strain and issues with migrants fuel tensions on the Greek island of Lesvos.
From the Greek Reporter, Greece considers new measures for dealing with the spread of the coronavirus.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, President Ilir Meta ratifies changes to Albania's electoral laws.
From Balkan Insight, a Serbian court sentences a drug baron for money laundering.
From Total Croatia News, a visit to the small town of Ludbreg, the home of the only certified miracle in Croatia.
From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia makes changes to its coronavirus safe list.
From the Malta Independent, doctors in Malta threaten to close clinics and discontinue outpatient appointments if mass events are not banned.
From Malta Today, Malta's health ministry limits religious pilgrimages to 100 people.
From The Portugal News, a Portuguese scientist in Macau, China looks for life on Mars.
From El País, the empowered women of medieval Spain.
From France24, several French cities announce new coronavirus measures as the number of cases rises.
From VRT NWS, Belgian King Filip gives party leaders Bart De Wever and Paul Magnette another week to get talks to form a government on track.
From The Brussels Times, the Belgian city of Leuven and the KU Leuven launch a project to track the coronavirus in sewers.
From the NL Times, a convicted jihadist is arrested for allegedly financing terrorism.
From Dutch News, fewer refugees are seeking asylum in the Netherlands. (If you read Dutch, read the story at CBS, which does not appear to be the U.S. based Columbia Broadcasting System.)
From the Evening Standard, 36 British subjects are nominated for peerages.
From the (U.K.) Independent, the U.K. government receives permission to appeal the ruling that ISIS bride Shamima Begum can return to the country.
From the (Irish) Independent, about 200 Muslims hold prayers for Eid at Croke Park in Dublin.
From the Irish Examiner, Ireland's Green Party suspends the speaking rights of two of its dáilcritters because they voted against the government on a housing bill. (A dáilcritter is the Irish equivalent of a U.S. congresscritter.)
And from The Conservative Woman, is the post-Brexit U.K. headed for a "fake freedom"?
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