As a warm sunny Wednesday at the beginning of July hangs around, here are some more things going on:
From Free West Media, the U.S. does not make the E.U.'s list of "safe" countries.
From EuroNews, reports that the statue of the Roman emperor Constantine in the York Minster cathedral are debunked.
From the Express, a man is arrested in connection with the toppling of the statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol, England.
From the Evening Standard, Prince Charles visits the little piggies and the bigger ones, too.
From the (U.K.) Independent, according to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the U.K. will offer some Hong Kong residents a new route to British citizenship.
From the (Irish) Independent, Fianna Fáil member Dara Calleary is given a junior position in the Irish cabinet.
From the Irish Examiner, Fianna Fáil member Michael Moynihan accuses new Taoiseach Micheál Martin of disrespecting him for not giving him a junior cabinet position. (The accent over the "a" in the Taoiseach's first name appears to have been restored, at least at the IE.)
From VRT NWS, what's new today in Belgium?
From The Brussels Times, three ISIS wives and their children return to Belgium.
From the NL Times, the Amsterdam City Council wants today's date, which is Slavery Remembrance Day in the Netherlands, to be a national holiday.
From Dutch News, the Netherlands is "slowly" facing up to its past involvement in slavery.
From Deutsche Welle, Germany gives its elite Special Forces Command time to change from within.
From the CPH Post, the Øresund Bridge connecting Denmark and Sweden celebrates its 20th anniversary.
From Polskie Radio, President Andrzej Duda and Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak praise Polish and U.S. troops after their joint drills.
From Radio Prague, Czech tourist sites reopen to visitors after a long break.
From The Slovak Spectator, Slovaks reach their Tax Freedom Day today.
From Daily News Hungary, how to browse the library of Hungarian King Matthias online.
From Hungary Today, Hungary's period of free parking ends tomorrow. (If you read Hungarian, read a related story at 24HU.)
From About Hungary, long-time critics of Hungary's government push an argument outside their field of expertise.
From Russia Today, according to exit polls, Russians vote in favor of constitutional changes that could enable Putin to remain as president for 16 more years.
From Sputnik International, a history of Russia's constitution from 1993 through today.
From The Moscow Times, early results show "overwhelming" support for Russia's constitutional amendments.
From Romania-Insider, Romania's mountain road Transfagarasan reopens starting today.
From Novinite, the Bulgarian Parliament overrides a veto by President Rumen Radev.
From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria's utilities regulator cuts gas prices and raises electricity prices.
From Radio Bulgaria, the Bulgarian group Jazzanitza puts out a new album.
From Ekathimerini, Greece's migration ministry sets up a legal team to expedite asylum applications.
From the Greek Reporter, whatever happened to Greece's camels?
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Serbs vote in by-elections.
From Balkan Insight, most E.U. countries are not allowing Serbs and Montenegrins to enter.
From Total Croatia News, the Civil Protection Directorate of Zadar, Croatia inspects nightlife and crashes a wedding. (During my visit to Croatia, I was in the very square shown in the article's picture, and took a photo of the old church in the middle.)
From Total Slovenia News, a petition is launched to preserve the confluence of the Sava Dolinka and Sava Bohinjka rivers in Lancovo, Slovenia.
From the Malta Independent, former Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat claims to have never been involved in the Montenegro bird chopper deal.
From Malta Today, Justice Minister Edward Zammit Lewis introduces 10 bills in the Maltese parliament.
From ANSA, police in Salerno, Italy seize 14 tonnes of drugs produced by ISIS in Syria. (For a related story, go to CNN.)
From SwissInfo, when riding Swiss public transport, keep your mask on.
From France24, France suspends its role in a NATO mission in the Mediterranean due to tensions with Turkey.
From RFI, a police unit in Paris is dissolved due to alleged extortion and drug planting by some of its officers.
From El País, Spain reopens its border with Portugal after a three-month closure due to the coronavirus.
From The Portugal News, vehicles are already crossing the border between the Portuguese region of Algarve and the Spanish region of Andalusia.
From Euractiv, hydrogen, electricity prices and a transition for energy.
From The Conservative Woman, why British historical figure Edmund Burke deserves two statues.
And from Snouts in the Trough, what the [bleep] is going on in the world?
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