As a sunny pleasant Monday hangs around, here are some more things going on:
From Free West Media, the NGO Human Rights Watch urges French President Emmanuel Macron to end "discriminatory identity checks".
From France24, teachers scramble to respond as Macron announces the reopening of French preschools, primary schools and middle schools.
From RFI, French police protest against being allegedly "abandoned" by their government.
From El País, the first German tourists arrive on Spain's recently reopened Balearic Islands.
From The Portugal News, a boat carrying 22 migrants is intercepted Vale de Lobo Beach in the Portuguese region of Algarve.
From SwissInfo, Switzerland reopens its borders with many European states.
From ANSA, police in Milan, Italy guard a statue of journalist Indro Montanelli after it is vandalized.
From the Malta Independent, according to Health Minister Chris Fearne, all legal notices linked to the coronavirus pandemic will be withdrawn with the end of Malta's health emergency.
From Malta Today, Malta's Planning Authority is asked to clamp down on illegal hunting structures in the Miżieb woodland.
From Total Slovenia News, as swimming season begins in Slovenia, its coronavirus rules might be difficult to implement.
From Total Croatia News, an update on traveling to Croatia.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, two priests are arrested in Montenegro for allegedly organizing processions in the cities of Podgorica and Danilovgrad.
From Balkan Insight, North Macedonian leaders agree on the country having elections on July 15th.
From Ekathimerini, Greece reopens its international airports for summer tourism.
From the Greek Reporter, the ancient and once-sacred Greek tradition of siesta. (When I first visited Greece, I was surprised to learn that the Greeks took siesta. I had long known that it was also a tradition in Spain and Italy.)
From Novinite, according to Minister of Education Krassimir Valchev, nearly 60,000 Bulgarian seventh-graders took their exams today.
From The Sofia Globe, Bulgarians drank less wine during the coronavirus pandemic.
From Radio Bulgaria, books are under quarantine at a library in Sofia, Bulgaria.
From Romania-Insider, Romania lifts its quarantine requirements and flight restrictions for 17 countries in Europe. (If you read Romanian, read the story at Wall Street.)
From Russia Today, a Russian court finds a former U.S. marine guilty and sentences him to 16 years in prison.
From Sputnik International, according to Air Defense chief General Alexander Leonov, Russia will hold joint air defense drills with Egypt next year.
From The Moscow Times, two editors at a top Russian newspaper quit due to alleged "pro-Kremlin censorship".
From Daily News Hungary, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto, Europe must never again leave itself strategically vulnerable.
From Hungary Today, according to Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony, his administration opposes having fireworks on or near the Chain Bridge on August 20th.
From About Hungary, Chief Medical Officer Cecília Müller lifts Hungary's ban on hospital visits.
From The Slovak Spectator, Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová completes her first full year in office.
From Radio Prague, the Czech Football League begins disciplinary proceedings against the team Sigma Olomouc over racist chants against a rival player.
From Polskie Radio, Polish President Andrzej Duda tells foreign media to "stop distributing fake news".
From the CPH Post, BLM Denmark's spokesperson deals with criticism.
From Deutsche Welle, will the coronavirus deal a death blow to Germany's city centers?
From the NL Times, the Netherlands extends its entry ban for people outside the E.U.
From Dutch News, the Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Rotterdam, Netherlands on May 22nd, 2021.
From VRT NWS, Belgium reopens its borders for non-essential travel.
From The Brussels Times, the Brussels area of Etterbeek replaces street names of people with a Belgian colonial history with names of women.
From EuroNews, according to the border agency Frontex, illegal border crossings into the E.U. increase after a lull caused by the coronavirus.
From Euractiv, the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter begins a close fly-by of the sun today.
From Voice Of Europe, "anti-racist" thugs assault patriots and passersby in London after the patriots demonstrate and protect statues.
From the Express, the E.U. finally accepts that the U.K. will leave in 2020.
From the Evening Standard, flowers, cakes, pieces of fruit, chocolates and other "offerings" are left at the foot of the boarded-up statue of Winston Churchill in London.
From the (U.K.) Independent, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces criticism for announcing a review into racial inequality after not acting on "countless" similar inquiries.
From the (Irish) Independent, Ireland gets a new coalition government, under which the position of taoiseach will be rotated.
From the Irish Examiner, the new Irish government sets its priorities.
And from The Conservative Woman, Europeans and Americans were not alone in the slave trade.
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