As a warm sunny Friday hangs around, here are some more things going on:
From Free West Media, U.K. soccer "firms" team up to protect monuments in London.
From Voice Of Europe, London Mayor Sadiq Khan "bows to the mob" and covers up a statue of Winston Churchill.
From The Sun, a workman in London takes a knife away from a man who stabbed a Jewish rabbi.
From the Express, British actor John Cleese breaks his silence after an episode of Fawlty Towers is removed due to offensive slurs.
From the Evening Standard, the U.K. government admits that the coronavirus reproduction number may have risen above 1 in some parts of England.
From the (U.K) Independent, according to U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, attacking statues is "lying about our history".
From the (Irish) Independent, Ireland unveils its post-lockdown rules for children's sports.
From the Irish Examiner, according to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, it's "too soon" for the Irish to travel abroad.
From VRT NWS, activists pull down a bust of Belgian king Leopold II in the Brussels suburb of Oudergem.
From The Brussels Times, Belgian party leader Joachim Coens asks King Philippe to speak about the atrocities committed by Leopold II.
From the NL Times, Amsterdam Pride was the target of a foiled terror attack last September.
From Dutch News, the Dutch royal family's 19th-century golden coach comes under fire for its "colonial" decorations.
From Deutsche Welle, video of police in the German state of Brandenburg harassing a homeless man will be investigated.
From the CPH Post, according to a survey, about half of Danes do not see racism as a prevalent problem in Denmark.
From Polskie Radio, according to senior Polish officials, reports of the death of plans for "Fort Trump" have been greatly exaggerated.
From Radio Prague, a Czech retiree becomes the oldest person to ski to both poles.
From The Slovak Spectator, three castles in Slovakia that are worth visiting.
From the Hungary Journal, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, "Hungarians and Slovaks want to be successful together".
From Daily News Hungary, also according to Orban, 2021 will be a year for protecting the Hungarian economy.
From Hungary Today, a bus driver foils a purse-snatching in Miskolc, Hungary. (If you read Hungarian, read the story 24HU.)
From About Hungary, the Hungarian government unveils its new National Digitalization Strategy.
From Sputnik International, Russia and India launch virtual diplomacy on bilateral trade.
From The Moscow Times, President Putin claims that a "majority" of Russians back his plans to amend Russia's constitution.
From Romania-Insider, President Klaus Iohannis pleads for Romania's coronavirus alert to be extended. (If you read Romanian, read the story at G4Media.)
From Novinite, Health Minister Kiril Ananiev issues four orders in extending Bulgaria's coronavirus measures.
From The Sofia Globe, Ananiev tells Bulgarians to stay away from discos, night bars and night clubs.
From Radio Bulgaria, ultramarathoners plan a "run around the clock" on and around Bulgaria's Vitosha Mountain.
From Ekathimerini, tourists from Balkan countries get ready for road trips to northern Greece.
From the Greek Reporter, Greece plans to reopen all its airports and border crossings on July 1st.
From the Greek City Times, a Turkish website claims that an ancient site in Thessaloniki, Greece was a mosque, even though it was built 300 years before the lifetime of Mohammed.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, the U.N. calls on Greece to investigate alleged pushbacks of asylum seekers to Turkey.
From Balkan Insight, President Stevo Pendarovski ends North Macedonia's coronavirus state of emergency.
From Total Croatia News, a new 5,100-meter-long bicycle path is planned for Split, Croatia.
From Total Slovenia News, 52 percent of surveyed Slovenians plan to vacation in their country.
From the Malta Independent, Malta plans to reopen its English-language schools on July 1st.
From Malta Today, a nursing home in Bromla, Malta is locked down after a 98-year-old resident tests positive for the coronavirus.
From ANSA, 14 people, mostly Nigerians, are arrested for allegedly trafficking Nigerian girls into sex work.
From SwissInfo, Swiss undertakers are overwhelmed by a large number of unused coffins intended for coronavirus patients.
From France24, French police over a government ban on choke holds.
From RFI, French amusement parks reopen and hope to regain lost revenue.
From EuroNews, after weeks of shortages, France now has a surplus of 40 million face masks.
From Euractiv, according to France's Defender of Rights, discrimination is a problem in that country.
From El País, how Spain will screen for the coronavirus when its travel ban is lifted.
From The Portugal News, Portugal reduces its carbon dioxide emissions resulting from electricity generation.
And from The Conservative Woman, there's nothing racist about helping immigrants learn English.
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