Here on the fourth day of the fourth month of 2020 are some more things going on:
From EuroNews, Sir Keir Starmer is elected leader of the U.K.'s Labour Party.
From the Express, Starmer promises to "tear out" anti-Semitism within the Labour Party.
From the Evening Standard, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's pregnant fiancee experiences coronavirus symptoms.
From the (U.K.) Independent, the U.K.'s Border Force intercepts boats carrying 50 migrants in the English Channel.
From the (Irish) Independent, Irish gardaí identify the gang behind the murder of a Polish gardener at his home in the town of Maglin Bridge.
From the Irish Examiner, Irish Minister of Health Simon Harris announces new measures to help nursing homes to protect themselves from the coronavirsus.
From VRT NWS, Belgian hospitals point out that people without the coronavirus should still go to accident and emergency units.
From the Brussels Times, the Belgian government aims to conduct between 40,000 and 50,000 coronavirus tests per day, and afterwards to relax the shutdown.
From the NL Times, local authorities in the Netherlands fear a surge in visitors to parks and nature reserves as warmer weather approaches.
From Dutch News, access to Dutch parks, beaches and nature reserves will be restricted.
From Deutsche Welle, medical students in Germany volunteer their services to help fight the coronavirus.
From the CPH Post, a look at "hybrid celebrations".
From Polskie Radio, Poles flock to pharmacies amid the coronavirus pandemic.
From Radio Prague, bishops in the Czech Republic call on believers to celebrate Easter at home.
From The Slovak Spectator, plastic film that protects migrating toads near Humenné, Slovakia is not put in place this year due to the coronavirus. (If you read Slovak, read the story at Korzár.)
From the Hungary Journal, Hungary's government sets up epidemic response and economic protection funds.
From Daily News, Hungarian opposition parties call for a different mix of economic measures.
From Hungary Today, China sends 4 million face masks, 400,000 protective suits, and other protective equipment to Hungary.
From About Hungary, according to Prime Minister Orban, Hungary's government will create as many jobs as those lost due to the coronavirus.
From Russia Today, a section of an apartment building in Orekhovo-Zuyevo collapses due to a gas explosion.
From Sputnik International, a quarter of coronavirus-positive patients in Russia have no symptoms.
From The Moscow Times, an activist-doctor becomes the Russian government's "loudest coronavirus critic".
From Novinite, the Bulgarian government expects the coronavirus epidemic to peak in two to three weeks in their country.
From The Sofia Globe, the head of Bulgaria's coronavirus staff tells the country's Orthodox Christians to not go to church for Easter.
From Radio Bulgaria, a Roma neighborhood in Peshtera, Bulgaria will be blocked due to four coronavirus cases among its residents.
From Ekathimerini, ferry passengers and migrants on the Greek island of Tzia are "under scrutiny".
From the Greek Reporter, Greece extends its coronavirus curfew until April 27th.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, the Balkan countries record 35,646 coronavirus cases and 878 deaths. (The article's list includes Cyprus, which is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and closer to Asia than to Europe, and Turkey, which is mostly in Asia, but includes a section in Europe and thus in the Balkans. Whether the numbers for Turkey are for only its European part is not mentioned.)
From Total Croatia News, the director of the Croatian Institute of Public Health weighs in on possible erroneous coronavirus test results and reveals how often doctors are tested. (If you read Croatian, read the story at Poslovni Dnevnik.)
From Total Slovenia News, a few coronavirus-related stories in Slovenia, including Austria partially reopening a border crossing at Holmec.
From the Malta Independent, the Maltese party PN announces its shadow ministers.
From Malta Today, the Maltese party Alternattiva Demokratika demands a "new normal" regarding air quality.
From ANSA, the number of intensive-care coronavirus patients in Italy is down for the first time.
From SwissInfo, according to a top Swiss health official, it's too early to relax Switzerland's coronavirus measures.
From France24, a knife attack in Romans-sur-Isère, France leaves two people dead and five others wounded.
From RFI, France reports 588 death from the coronavirus in hospitals, but the real number is much higher.
From El País, Spain sees a large decrease in the daily number of coronavirus-related deaths.
From The Portugal News, over 24,800 shows in Portugal are canceled, postponed or suspended due to the coronavirus.
From Voice Of Europe, the Council of Europe wants detained migrants to be released due to the coronavirus.
From The Conservative Woman, the many upsides of coronavirus-related school closures.
And from Snouts in the Trough, is there more proof that the new coronavirus was leaked from a Chinese lab?
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