As a warm cloudy Tuesday hangs around, here are some more things going on:
From Free West Media, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov defends the WHO's coronavirus response.
From Russia Today, a meteor is seen over Kansk, Russia.
From Sputnik International, Russia Tu-22M3 bombers fly over neutral waters in the Black Sea.
From The Moscow Times, according to a study, Russians give more to charity while under coronavirus lockdown.
From Daily News Hungary, the chief prosecutor of Budapest charges a Somali-born Austrian man with smuggling the illegal drug Khat from Ethiopia and Angola.
From Hungary Today, the Hungarian right-wing opposition party Jobbik changes its logo and slogan. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Azonnali.)
From About Hungary, Hungary's wage subsidy program has reportedly saved about 95,000 jobs.
From The Slovak Spectator, Slovak police issue "special state quarantine" vouchers to catch wanted criminals.
From Radio Prague, for the first time, a settlement from the Corded Ware culture is found in Czech Republic territory.
From Polskie Radio, Polish President Andrzej Duda urges Poles to spend holidays in Poland.
From the CPH Post, Danish cyclists are urged to "use two seconds more".
From Deutsche Welle, Germany's Constitutional Court rules that German intelligence can't legitimately monitor the Internet traffic of foreigners outside the country.
From the NL Times, climate protesters demonstrate in front of the Shell headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands.
From Dutch News, the Netherlands eases its coronavirus measures and ramps up testing.
From Voice Of Europe, the administrative board of a mosque in Amsterdam tells its neighbors to "get used" to their loud calls for prayer. (If you read Dutch, read the story at AT5.)
From VRT NWS, bicycle sales in Belgium are booming.
From The Brussels Times, Ostend, Belgium sets up a reservation system for its beaches.
From the Express, U.K. Brexit negotiator David Frost "erupts" at the E.U.'s latest trade offer.
From the Evening Standard, U.K. Environment Secretary George Eustice calls for Britons who have lost the jobs to pick crops.
From the (U.K.) Independent, the U.K. government will publish information on the "characteristics" of grooming gangs.
From the (Irish) Independent, the annual Groagh Patrick pilgrimage is canceled due to the coronavirus.
From the Irish Examiner, Irish Health Minister Simon Harris will consider making masks mandatory under certain circumstances.
From France24, French people returning from abroad are asked to quarantine themselves.
From RFI, France's highest court orders the French government to lift its coronavirus-related restrictions on houses of worship.
From EuroNews, President Emmanuel Macron loses his absolute majority in the French parliament due to defections.
From The Portugal News, masks or visors become mandatory for everyone in Portugal age 10 and up in schools and on public transport.
From El País, the Spanish government hopes that domestic tourism will restart by the end of June.
From SwissInfo, according to an international survey, Swiss teenagers like cannabis and dislike exercise. (I can add that this development is neither new nor confined to Switzerland.)
From ANSA, Italian center-right parties will protest against their government on June 2nd.
From the Malta Independent, some of the migrants accommodated on Captain Morgan ships have gone on hunger strikes and a few have attempted suicide.
From Malta Today, how Maltese police busted a major drug smuggling operation.
From Total Slovenia News, coronavirus tests will be available starting this Thursday at the Ljubljana University Medical Center.
From Total Croatia News, Croatia remembers its vote for independence, which took place on today's date in 1991.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Bosnian Minister of Security Fahrudin Radončić expects more illegal immigration going across his country.
From Balkan Insight, Muslims protesting the closing of mosques in Kosovo hold prayers in Skanderbeg Square in Pristina to observe Laylat al-Qadr.
From Ekathimerini, seven youths are arrested in Thessaloniki, Greece after a fight on a beach.
From the Greek Reporter, passengers on Greek ferries will have to fill out a questionnaire.
From Novinite, movement between Bulgaria and Greece will not require quarantine starting on June 1st.
From The Sofia Globe, according to Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, the Bulgarian government is considering allowing restaurants to reopen on June 1st.
From Radio Bulgaria, according to Minister of Education Krasimir Valchev, there will be "numerous initiatives" in Bulgaria to celebrate Slavonic Alphabet Day, but no processions.
From Romania-Insider, restaurants in Romania will be allowed to reopen on June 15th. (If you read Romanian, read the story at Profit.)
And from Euractiv, some news from European capitals.
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