As a warm Thursday hangs around, here are some more things going on:
From Free West Media, Hungary deploys security guards to its schools.
From Daily News Hungary, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto, the E.U. must prepare for new wave of migrants and strengthen its border protection.
From Hungary Today, a roundup of stories in the Hungarian press, including a discussion riots in the U.S.
From About Hungary, Hungarian President János Áder writes to his Romanian and Ukrainian counterparts about waste in rivers.
From The Slovak Spectator, volunteer archaeologists find the remains of a mining steam engine while digging in a house garden in Nová Baňa, Slovakia. (If I remember what I was told during my visit to Slovakia, the town's name would translate to "new mine".)
From Radio Prague, organizers of the Colours of Ostrava festival will bring about a smaller alternative event this year.
From Polskie Radio, the European Parliament adopts new road transport rules that Poland has opposed.
From EuroNews, Norway will prioritize LGBT refugees.
From the CPH Post, according to Denmark's health minister, there is no excuse for poor treatment of patients in nursing homes.
From Deutsche Welle, German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer plans to focus on right-wing extremism.
From the NL Times, the number of women in top positions at Dutch companies had a "historic increase" in 2019.
From Dutch News, a court rules that Dutch farmers may not use their tractors in demonstrations in the city of Groningen next week. (If you read Dutch, read the story at NOS and a related story at Dagblad Von Het Noorden.)
From VRT NWS, plans to open an American fast food joint with an Irish name in the Brussels suburb of Tervuren meet stiff opposition.
From The Brussels Times, virologists at KU Leuven University find a possible coronavirus vaccine that could be tested on humans before the end of this year.
From the Express, gyms in the U.K. will "finally" reopen, but with some changes.
From the Evening Standard, two pubs in Ackworth, England are shut after customers test positive for the coronavirus.
From the (U.K.) Independent, a jihadi who was acquitted of launching a terror attack outside Buckingham Palace is given a life sentence for a new terror plot.
From the (Irish) Independent, Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe is given the job of chairing the "Eurogroup" of 19 finance ministers.
From the Irish Examiner, Irish Tánaiste (and former Taoiseach) Leo Varadkar warns banks against profiteering from the coronavirus crisis.
From The Portugal News, bathing is banned at the Praia de Parede in Cascais, Portugal.
From El País, Spain's Balearic Islands will make masks mandatory in all public places except beaches.
From France24, a group of volunteer carpenters will try to figure out the best way to reconstruct the wooden roof of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.
From RFI, according to new Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot, the French public is "largely" in favor of having the Notre-Dame's spire rebuilt as it was before the fire.
From SwissInfo, Switzerland and the U.S. sign an agreement to improve and harmonize safety standards for drones.
From ANSA, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte gives the highway company Autostrade per D'Italia an ultimatum to make an "advantageous" proposal.
From the Malta Independent, Nationalist Party leader Adrian Delia declines to step down.
From Malta Today, could Malta's Nationalist Party be heading for a split?
From Total Slovenia News, after slowing down due to the coronavirus, illegal migration is increasing again in Slovenia.
From Total Croatia News, discover the road less traveled in Ludbreg, Croatia.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis gives a televised speech on the coronavirus pandemic.
From Balkan Insight, journalists are attacked by either police or by protesters in several Serbian cities.
From Ekathimerini, a summer camp near Corinth, Greece is evacuated due to a nearby fire. (When I visited the ancient Greek theater at Epidaurus, I noticed that the surrounding area was heavily wooded, and wondered that if the area were to catch fire, as forests often do, could a Greek firefighter get in trouble for yelling "theater!" in a crowded fire.)
From the Greek Reporter, a petrified tree trunk estimated to be 20 million years old is found on the Greek island of Lemnos.
From Novinite, Bulgarians protest in support of President Rumen Radev after two officials are arrested and their offices searched.
From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria closes indoor discos and night clubs and limits gatherings to 30 people due to a spike in new coronavirus cases.
From Radio Bulgaria, today is the 170th anniversary of the birth of Ivan Vazov, the "patriarch of Bulgarian literature".
From Romania-Insider, will travelers to Romania have to quarantine?
From Russia Today, according to Russia's health minister, coronavirus vaccinations in Russia will be voluntary.
From Sputnik International, according to a Russian Orthodox archpriest, depictions of a "black Jesus" are against the church's canons.
From The Moscow Times, Moscow lifts its outdoor mask requirement due to a decrease in new coronavirus cases.
From Euractiv, the European aircraft company Airbus considers hydrogen-powered flight.
And from The Conservative Woman, the school that tried to end non-existent racism.
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