On the last Wednesday of July, here are some more things going on:
From Free West Media, a taxi driver from Somalia rams into pedestrians in Borlänge, Sweden.
From the CPH Post, the candy producer Haribo faces controversy for face-shaped pieces of liquorice. (If you read Danish, read the story at Ekstra Bladet.)
From Deutsche Welle, the U.S. plans to withdraw or relocate troops now stationed in Germany.
From Euractiv, ten members of a banned Turkish communist party are sentenced to jail by a court in Munich.
From the NL Times, a shipment of €3 million worth of iphones is stolen at Schiphol airport.
From Dutch News, the Netherlands has no plans to make face masks mandatory, except on public transportation.
From VRT NWS, the latest figures show another increase in new coronavirus cases in Belgium.
From The Brussels Times, Belgium does not rule out curfews for cities other than Antwerp, which already has one.
From the Express, U.S.-born Duchess Meghan Markle is forced to pay £67,888 in legal costs in her suit against the Mail.
From the Evening Standard, the origin of the huge "sarsen" stones at Stonehenge is revealed.
From the (U.K.) Independent, a 21-year-old worker for the U.K.'s National Health Service is injured when car is deliberately driven into him in the city of Bristol.
From the (Irish) Independent, 80 pubs are found to have violated Ireland's coronavirus rules.
From the Irish Examiner, Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin and junior Enterprise Minister Robert Troy will meet with former workers at the store Debenhams.
From The Portugal News, Portugal's Guarda Nacional Republicana records 167 for illegal camping and caravaning.
From El País, a court in the Spanish region of Catalonia suspends a flexible prison scheme for jailed Catalan separatist leaders.
From France24, French Interior Minister Gérard Darmanin sparks anger with his choice of words about claims of police brutality.
From RFI, according to "far-right" leader Marine Le Pen, the French government lied about and concealed its failures in dealing with the coronavirus.
From SwissInfo, how carbon dioxide from Swiss trash could end up at the bottom of the North Sea.
From ANSA, Prime Minister Guiseppe Conte defends extending Italy's coronavirus state of emergency.
From the Malta Independent, according to Prime Minister Robert Abela, Malta has made a historic day for the rule of law and democracy by approving constitutional reforms.
From Malta Today, Maltese Tourism Minister Julia Farrugia Portelli shuns an outright ban on mass events, but does not rule out limiting the numbers of people attending them.
From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia's National Blood Transfusion Center calls for donations of plasma from former coronavirus patients.
From Total Croatia News, visitors to a beach in Crikvenica, Croatia can get French fries from a vending machine.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, North Macedonia's defense and foreign ministers attend the Symi International Symposium in Athens and Lagonisi, Greece.
From Balkan Insight, Amnesty International urges Serbia to drop its investigations of NGOs critical of its government.
From Ekathimerini, according to Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, Greece will discuss with Turkey only issues related to its continental shelf and sea zones.
From the Greek Reporter, according to Citizens Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis house parties in Greece will be limited to 40 people.
From Novinite, the supply of water from the Maritsa River in Bulgaria is interrupted after 28 cows die after drinking near the river.
From The Sofia Globe, anti-government protesters block roads in several Bulgarian cities.
From Radio Bulgaria, protesters stay in tents in front of a government building in Sofia, Bulgaria.
From Romania-Insider, Romanians are required to wear masks at crowded outdoor venues due to the coronavirus.
From Russia Today, according to a new study, almost 50 percent of Russians believe that the U.S. moon landing was fake.
From Sputnik International, video footage shows Belarusian BTR-80 armored vehicles getting into a fender bender in Minsk.
From The Moscow Times, a woman in Barabinsk, Russia is found guilty of assaulting a police officer with a package of fish.
From Daily News Hungary, Hungary permits aerial pesticide spraying to be used against mosquitoes. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Napi.)
From Hungary Today, the Kékszalag Regatta on Lake Balaton in Hungary starts today. (By the time I post this, today's stage will probably be over, due to the time difference between here and there.)
From About Hungary, agricultural projects kick off in south-central Hungary between the Danube and Tisza rivers.
From The Slovak Spectator, a new souvenir gold coin is issued having the motif of Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia. (I stayed in Banská Štiavnica during my trip there in 2000.)
From Radio Prague, during his first public appearance in a month, Czech President Miloš Zeman appoints 33 new judges.
From Polskie Radio, Poland is ready to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1920 Battle of Warsaw.
From EuroNews, E.U. funding is withheld from six Polish towns over their "LGBTQ-free" zones.
From ReMix, according to Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, the alliance between Poland and Hungary can counterbalance the BLM movement. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Magyar Hírlap. As far as I can tell, there is no link to any Polish language source with this story.)
From The Conservative Woman, the millions of people held in modern-day slavery should be freed.
And from Snouts in the Trough, three stories about figurative sheep and literal goats.
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