As a warm partly cloudy Friday heads toward evening, here are some more things going on:
From Free West Media, the platform Facebook tightens its rules on blackface, which affects the Dutch folk character Zwarte Piet.
From the NL Times, the European Commission and Janssen Pharmaceutical agree to secure a coronavirus vaccine for E.U. countries.
From Dutch News, the Indisch Monument in the Hague, dedicated to the victims of Japan's occupation of Indonesia, is vandalized with red paint.
From EuroNews, Dutch police arrest more than 20 people after the second night of rioting in The Hague.
From Deutsche Welle, at least two German soldiers are under investigation for allegedly dropping a package of flowers from a military helicopter.
From the CPH Post, a round-up of Danish news, including two Danes being killed or injured in the Beirut explosions.
From Polskie Radio, a new museum is inaugurated in Sulejówek, Poland to honor military leader Józef Piłsudski, who helped defeat the Soviet Union a century ago.
From Radio Prague, police in Prague arrest a Russian diplomat for allegedly purchasing illegal ammunition.
From The Slovak Spectator, Slovak hygienists warn about family parties.
From Daily News Hungary, a Hungarian and Slovak are charged with murdering two people in Budapest in 2016.
From Hungary Today, a Hungarian expert does not intend to take the Russian coronavirus vaccine. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Népszava.)
From About Hungary, the German supermarket chain Aldi plans to create 250 more jobs in Hungary.
From Russia Today, according to a survey, 52 percent of Russian doctors will not take their country's coronavirus vaccine.
From Sputnik International, Russia will publish its information on the pre-clinical and clinical trials of its coronavirus vaccine.
From The Moscow Times, jailed Belarusians reveal how they were abused while in prison.
From Novinite, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov calls for a national assembly, changes to Bulgaria's constitution, and his own resignation.
From The Sofia Globe, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev rejects Borissov's call for an assembly and constitutional changes.
From Radio Bulgaria, protests in Bulgaria continue for the 37th day.
From Ekathimerini, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias blames Turkey for the tensions in the eastern Mediterranean.
From the Greek Reporter, Greece restricts jail and prison visits due to the coronavirus.
From Euractiv, 17 migrants from Somalia arriving on the Greek island of Lesbos test positive for the coronavirus.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Kosovar Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti announces a meeting with Serb officials at the U.S. White House on September 2nd.
From Balkan Insight, Romania extradites an alleged human trafficking kingpin to the U.S.
From Total Croatia News, two Croatian skiers test positive for the coronavirus. (If you read Croatian, read the story at HRT.)
From Total Slovenia News, according to infrastructure ministry secretary Blaž Košorok, Slovenia will keep using nuclear power.
From the Malta Independent, the NGO Repubblika joins the call for an investigation of the Maltese government's policies toward the coronavirus.
From Malta Today, nurses and the Maltese government reach an agreement over coronavirus-related grievances.
From ANSA, Genoa, Italy remembers the victims of the Morandi bridge collapse on the second anniversary of the disaster.
From SwissInfo, how Switzerland, with no colonies of its own, still profited from colonialism.
From The Portugal News, the coronavirus situation in the Portuguese region of Algarve "has stabilized".
From El País, Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa announces the closing of nightclubs and bars in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
From France24, the French government designates Paris and Marseilles as high-risk zones due to the coronavirus.
From RFI, France honors six aid workers killed in Niger by suspected jihadists.
From VRT NWS, the Belgian foreign ministry revises its travel advice.
From The Brussels Times, liquor will not be allowed on Belgian beaches until September.
From the Express, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle "fully expect" U.K. taxpayers to foot the bill for their security.
From the Evening Standard, a bomb disposal squad is sent in after hazardous chemicals are found at the defunct Sellafield nuclear power plant.
From the (U.K.) Independent, volunteers are credited with containing a coronavirus surge in Liverpool.
From the (Irish) Independent, a mushroom processing plant in Tipperary, Ireland is closed after some of its workers test positive for the coronavirus. (According to a certain song, "It's a long way to Tipperary, it's a long way to go....")
From the Irish Examiner, the trial pedestrianization of some streets in Dublin is "proving to be a huge success".
From WestMonster, according to a poll, 40 percent of Scots think that English travelers should not be allowed to enter Scotland.
And from The Conservative Woman, this culture of grievance doesn't help anyone, of any race.
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