As the last warm sunny Monday of July hangs around, here are some more things going on:
From Free West Media, three migrants who committed rape laugh about their crime in a court in Freiburg, Germany.
From Deutsche Welle, Germany mandates coronavirus tests at airports for travelers returning from at-risk areas.
From Allah's Willing Executioners, a man who responded to the Islamic call to prayer in Herford, Germany with cowbells and pot banging is arrested.
From the NL Times, three Dutch naval personnel are convicted of sexual assault against a colleague.
From Dutch News, a stolen Ferrari recovered from the IJ in Amsterdam after being underwater for 26 years might not have to be scrapped. (When I was in Amsterdam in 2017, I might have ridden on my canal boat right over this car without knowing that it there. As to why both letters of "IJ" are capitalized, I have no idea. If you read Dutch, read related stories at Het Parool and AT5.)
From VRT NWS, each household in Belgium will be allowed to meet with up to five other adults due to the coronavirus.
From Military History Matters, photographs taken during Britain's heat wave reveal ancient Roman roads and forts.
From the Express, former U.K. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has some interestingly named donors on his crowdfunding page.
From the Evening Standard, the U.K.'s Foreign Office advises against travel to Spain, including the Canary and Balearic Islands.
From the (U.K.) Independent, for the first time, a cat in the U.K. catches the coronavirus.
From the (Irish) Independent, Ireland hopes to modernize its child care system.
From the Irish Examiner, Ireland's Taoiseach, cabinet ministers and junior ministers all take a 10 percent pay cut.
From France24, France will ban heaters at outdoor eateries.
From RFI, vandals tear down a statue of Napoleon's wife Joséphine in the French overseas territory of Martinique.
From EuroNews, the mayor of an area in Paris apologizes for comparing modern French police to the Vichy regime during World War II.
From The Portugal News, vandals tear down a statue of Christopher Columbus on the Portuguese island of Madeira.
From El País, Catalan leader Quim Torra warns of stricter lockdown measures if the coronavirus continues to surge in the Spanish region of Catalonia.
From SwissInfo, the airport in Geneva, Switzerland makes face masks mandatory.
From ANSA, about 100 migrants run away from a reception center in the Sicilian city of Porto Empedocle.
From the New York Post, Giglio Island, Italy has been coronavirus-free.
From the Malta Independent, parties and festivals are canceled or postponed due to a spike in coronavirus cases in Malta.
From Malta Today, Maltese health officials ask people who attended the Santa Venera festival to get tested for the coronavirus.
From Total Slovenia News, Slovenian ultra cyclist Marko Baloh sets a new record for the 1,000-kilometer time trial.
From Total Croatia News, two million tourists visit Croatia in July of 2020, which is half the total from a year earlier.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, the Independent Trade Unions of Bosnia and Herzegovina protests against a proposed labor law.
From Balkan Insight, ethnic Albanians join a "March for Democracy" in Skopje, North Macedonia.
From Ekathimerini, an Afghan man is killed in a brawl at the Moria migrant center on the Greek island of Lesvos.
From the Greek Reporter, a cruise ship sunk off the Greek island of Santorini in 2007 is becoming an "environmental time bomb".
From Novinite, a man from Stara Zagora, Bulgaria is detained for allegedly forging archaeological objects.
From The Sofia Globe, according to Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, the Bulgarian cabinet has approved the equivalent of €970 million in coronavirus-related stimulus funding.
From Radio Bulgaria, anti-government protests in Bulgaria reach their 19th day.
From Romania-Insider, Romanian authorities plan to build a circuit for testing self-driving vehicles. (If you read Romanian, read the story at Profit.)
From Russia Today, Russia isn't all that worried about whether it will be asked to rejoin the G-7.
From Sputnik International, the Russian Federal Security Service says that it prevented a terror attack in Moscow.
From The Moscow Times, hundreds of people are evacuated after a fire breaks out at a pre-trial detention center for women in Moscow.
From Euractiv, the Russian government objects to the E.U.'s planned carbon border tax.
From Daily News Hungary, the Hungarian Jewish community closes down their synagogues in Budapest for two weeks due to the coronavirus.
From Hungary Today, after being postponed due to the coronavirus, the annual swim across Lake Balaton will be held on August first.
From About Hungary, Hungary pays Roma compensation for school segregation.
From The Slovak Spectator, Slovaks will vote to name a new bridge over the Danube, but the name "Chuck Norris" will not be allowed.
From Radio Prague, the Czech government will establish a new agency to oversee the country's smart quarantine.
From Polskie Radio, according to Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, Poland will exit the European treaty on domestic violence.
From the CPH Post, 8 out of 10 Danes believe that Denmark benefits from free movement within the E.U.
From The Conservative Woman, can U.K. schools be trusted to handle the return of children after the coronavirus lockdown?
And from Snouts in the Trough, how the U.K. media, who love U.S. former Vice President Biden and hate President Trump avoid reporting on the left-wing violence in the U.S.
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