As a Thursday on the first day of October heads toward evening, here are some more things going on:
From Free West Media, the arrest of a North African man on murder charges in Paris is hampered by his neighbors.
From France24, the Pasteur Institute in Lille, France wants to start human trials of a "promising" coronavirus drug this coming winter.
From RFI, coronavirus figures in Paris could mean tougher measures starting this coming Monday.
From El País, with their supplies dwindling, drug traffickers in Spain step up their violence against police.
From The Portugal News, Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa admits that Portugal's presidency of the E.U. will have a problem if a post-Brexit deal with the U.K. fails.
From SwissInfo, Switzerland allows events having more than 1,000 people starting today.
From ANSA, a gang beats up black migrants in the Sicilian city of Marsala.
From the Malta Independent, according to the NGO BirdLife, 13 protected birds are illegally shot in seven days in Malta.
From Malta Today, former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat appears ready to leave the Maltese parliament.
From Total Slovenia News, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša is indicted for alleged abuse of office over a property sale made in 2005.
From Total Croatia News, Sveta Nedelja, Croatia will start free bus service.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heads to Dubrovnik, Croatia to meet with Prime Minister Andrej Plenković.
From Balkan Insight, the leader of the Kosovo War veterans organization challenges his arrest at The Hague.
From Ekathimerini, Greece does not accept a draft of conclusions from an E.U. summit.
From the Greek Reporter, Greece and Turkey agree on a mechanism for avoiding accidental incidents in the eastern Mediterranean.
From Novinite, 16 Bulgarian soccer players and a coach test positive for the coronavirus.
From The Sofia Globe, the civil liberties committee of the European Parliament passes a resolution that gives "effective backing" to antigovernment protests in Bulgaria.
From Radio Bulgaria, according to Minister of Agriculture Desislava Taneva, a video sent to the European Parliament by the "poison trio" who started the protests is "provocation".
From Romania-Insider, Romania plans to introduce new rules for people arriving from countries with high numbers of coronavirus cases.
From Russia Today, according to a spokesman for President Putin, Russian dissident Alexey Navalny is working with the CIA and other Western intelligence agencies.
From Sputnik International, Navalny accuses Putin of being behind his poisoning.
From The Moscow Times, Russia claims to be ready to work with Turkey to stabilize the situation in Nagorny Karabakh.
From Daily News Hungary, according to Justice Minister Judit Varga, Hungary wants to stop migration.
From Hungary Today, Hungary reports its largest increase in coronavirus cases in a month despite closing its borders. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)
From About Hungary, police stop large groups of migrants trying to enter Hungary at the Röszke border crossing with Serbia.
From The Slovak Spectator, one of Slovakia's largest ruins is the Castle Lietava in the region of Žilina.
From Radio Prague, about 30 Extinction Rebellion activists block Thunová Street near the Czech Chamber of Deputies in Prague. (Does the street go anywhere near the Chinese embassy?)
From Polskie Radio, Polish authorities detain a German "right-wing extremist" suspected of having terror links.
From ReMix, the Polish government will become stronger and more conservative due to its cabinet reshuffle. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Magyar Nemzet. Unfortunately, there is no linked Polish language version of this story.)
From the CPH Post, the Danish government will force rejected asylum seekers to take coronavirus tests.
From Deutsche Welle, French urban climber Alain Robert, known as "Spider-Man", faces fines for scaling a skyscraper in Frankfurt, Germany.
From the NL Times, a sea captain from Amsterdam is arrested for allegedly smuggling six people from Albania.
From Dutch News, due to new legislation, cigarettes sold in the Netherlands will come in mud-colored packages. (If you read Dutch, read the story at Rijksoverheid.)
From VRT NWS, meet Belgium's new coalition government.
From The Brussels Times, Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès steps down.
From EuroNews, U.K. parliamentcritter Margaret Ferrier (SNP-Rutherglen and Hamilton West) is suspended for traveling after testing positive for the coronavirus.
From Euractiv, the European Commission approves a genetically modified soybean for food and feed, but not for cultivation.
From The European Conservative, the Muslim takeover of western Europe.
From the Express, parliamentcritter Philip Davies (Tory-Shipley) compares the U.K. to a "nanny state" due to confusing coronavirus rules.
From the Evening Standard, Edinburgh cancels its Christmas festivals due to a coronavirus outbreak.
From the (U.K.) Independent, at least 7,000 migrants have reached the U.K. on small boats this year. (Has anyone bothered to ask where, how, and from whom the migrants are getting the boats? Are they stolen, rented or purchased? If rented or purchased, who has payed for them?)
From the (Irish) Independent, Ireland's Court of Appeal rules that a refugee from Afghanistan is not entitled to family reunification with his third wife.
From the Irish Examiner, 57 coronavirus are traced to a restaurant in Cork, Ireland.
And from The Conservative Woman, as the coronavirus destroys U.K. jobs, the welcome mat gets rolled out for foreign workers.
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