As a rather warm Wednesday hangs around, here are some more things going on:
From Free West Media, a parent of one of the students of the teacher beheaded in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine exchanged messages with the killer before the attack.
From France24, France pays homage to the teacher in a ceremony at the Sorbonne.
From El País, Spaniards in the region of Madrid are confused about curfew plans after the state of alarm expires.
From EuroNews, Spain become the first country in western Europe to have a million coronavirus cases.
From The Portugal News, the Capelinhos volcano in the Azores could be a "lab" for Mars exploration.
From SwissInfo, the Swiss government plans to tighten its coronavirus restrictions.
From ANSA, police in Matera, Italy arrest four more suspects in the alleged gang rape of two underage female tourists from the U.K. (To learn more about Matera, go to this blog's archives for September of 2012.)
From the Malta Independent, Maltese health authorities recommend against using a visor without also using a face mask.
From Malta Today, Nationalist Party MEP Roberta Metsola of Malta is nominated for European Parliament vice president.
From Total Slovenia News, NGOs and independent producers face eviction from a state-owned area in a former military compound in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
From Total Croatia News, masks that stop the coronavirus and other virus are produced by a Croatian company. (If you read Croatian, read the story at Jutarnji List, whose name, if I'm permitted an educated guess due to my admittedly limited knowledge of the related language Polish, means "morning letter".)
From Ekathimerini, the region of Kastoria become the second in northern Greece to enter a coronavirus lockdown.
From the Greek Reporter, Greece plans to hire 800 more guards for its border in the region of Evros.
From Novinite, the director of Bulgarian National Radio resigns, claiming that his opinions were "manipulated and falsified".
From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria's tourism ministry announces anti-coronavirus plans for the upcoming winter season.
From Radio Bulgaria, anti-government protesters in Sofia unveil the slogan "justice without a cap".
From Romania-Insider, air filters will be installed on streets in Sibiu, Romania.
From Russia Today, a Russian Admiral "slams" Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's plans to build two naval bases on the Black Sea.
From Sputnik International, according to President Putin, vaccination against the coronavirus must be rolled out across all of Russia.
From The Moscow Times, 10 of Yogi and Booboo's Arctic cousins surround a garbage truck in Siberia.
From Daily News Hungary, according to technology minister László Palkovics, Hungary will be among the first countries to join the E.U.'s hydrogen coalition.
From Hungary Today, Hungary reports its highest single-day number of deaths from the coronavirus.
From About Hungary, the Hungarian parliament passes legislation to extend the current moratorium on loan repayments.
From The Slovak Spectator, the Slovak parliament passes increases in the minimum wage.
From Radio Prague, the Czech government plans to close most shops as part of its strict new coronavirus measures.
From Polskie Radio, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki wants Poland's highest level of coronavirus restrictions applied to the whole country.
From ReMix, the man who murdered a teacher in France and his family were refused asylum in Poland. (If you read Polish, especially if you do so better than yours truly, read the story at Salon24.)
From the CPH Post, new coronavirus cases increase in Denmark again.
From Deutsche Welle, according to police, the knife attack in Dresden, Germany two weeks ago was likely motivated by Islamic extremism.
From the NL Times, the Dutch ban on the burka is "largely not enforced".
From Dutch News, the Netherlands reports 8,764 new coronavirus cases.
From VRT NWS, police seize 21 Kalashnikovs in the Kempen District in Antwerp, Belgium.
From The Brussels Times, according to some experts, a lockdown is the only option Belgium has left against the coronavirus. (If you read French, read the story at RTBF.)
From Euractiv, the E.U.'s farming subsidy program is two steps closer to reform.
From the Express, according to parliamentcritter Andrea Leadsom, who wrote the article, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is right to stand up to the E.U. "bullies".
From the Evening Standard, two people are killed in a suspected gas explosion in the London area of Ealing.
From the (U.K.) Independent, a would-be cat burglar in West Bridgford, England is thwarted by a real cat.
From the (Irish) Independent, some questions and answers about Ireland's Level 5 coronavirus lockdown.
From the Irish Examiner, according to Ireland's Health Information and Quality Authority, rapid coronavirus tests are not yet suitable for the country.
From The Conservative Woman, due to the "race system" in U.K. schools, white working-class boys are becoming "a ticking time bomb".
And from Snouts in the Trough, Turkey's interior minister threatens Europe and an American legal commentator becomes what the British call a "wanker".
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