As a cool cloudy Friday hangs around, here are some more things going on:
From Free West Media, a French student in the city of Strasbourg is attacked for wearing a miniskirt.
From France24, two people are wounded in a knife attack in Paris near the former offices of the magazine Charlie Hebdo.
From RFI, a second suspect is arrested after the knife attack in Paris.
From El País, the Madrid regional government extends coronavirus-related restrictions on movement to eight more areas.
From The Portugal News, Portuguese authorities seize a bag containing over 32 kilos of she-don't-lie at Lisbon's Humberto Delgado Airport.
From SwissInfo, over 2,000 people hold a climate demonstration in the Swiss capital of Bern. (Since Bern is the capital, that would mean that they had a chance to demonstrate near the Chinese embassy, I would think.)
From ANSA, Italy and the U.S. sign a bi-lateral treaty on exploring the moon.
From the Malta Independent, the Maltese government postpones the reopening of state schools by a week.
From Malta Today, the leadership election for Malta's Nationalist Party gets underway.
From Total Slovenia News, a coronavirus-compliant pride parade comes to Ljubljana tomorrow.
From Total Croatia News, a tourism expert lists the Croatian cities of Lošinj, Rovinj and Zadar among the top 50 global destinations. (If you read Croatian, read the story at Morski.)
From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to President Borut Pahor, Slovenia supports North Macedonia on its path to E.U. membership.
From Balkan Insight, a Serbian Mig-27 fighter jet crashes near the border with Bosnia, killing both pilots.
From Ekathimerini, kiosks, mini-markets and liquor stores are closed at midnight in the Greek region of Attica due to the high number of coronavirus cases.
From the Greek Reporter, a 17-year-old girl recovers from the coronavirus and is released from a hospital ICU after 40 days there.
From Novinite, on the 78th day of protests in Sofia, Bulgaria, participants march to the headquarters of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms.
From The Sofia Globe, according to Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria's coronavirus measures will not be made stricter. (TSG spells his first name "Boiko", but it is often spelled "Boyko".)
From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria observes the 80th anniversary of the return of southern Dobruja from Romania. (This area was ceded by Bulgaria to Romania after World War I, but returned to Bulgaria in 1940 during World War II. The Romanian part of Dobruja is between the Danube and the Black Sea.)
From Romania-Insider, the chief prosecutor of Romania's anti-organized crime agency resigns after her husband is convicted of corruption.
From Russia Today, the Kremlin insists that Russia has no xenophobia problem, although some people want restrictions on the number of labor migrants.
From Sputnik International, Russian dissident Alexey Navalny thanks the pilots and doctors who helped him during his illness.
From The Moscow Times, Russian President Putin an election non-interference pact with the U.S.
From Daily News Hungary, a Hungarian court sentences two Italian migrant smugglers to jail.
From Hungary Today, Foreign Minister Szijjarto calls Austria "among Hungary's most important allies". (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Origo.)
From About Hungary, the World Press Photo exhibition opens at Hungary's National Museum.
From The Slovak Spectator, a digest of news in Slovakia, including Slovak activists joining a climate protest.
From Radio Prague, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš calls for the reform of the U.N.
From Polskie Radio, Polish hard coal mines will be abolished in Poland by 2049 under a deal between the government and strikers.
From ReMix, Polish MEP Beata Kempa warns that the E.U. might try to introduce migrant relocation "through a back door".
From the CPH Post, authorities in Odense, Denmark report a "crazy" imam offering divorces under sharia law.
From Deutsche Welle, young climate strikers take to the street. (Do any of those street go anywhere near a Chinese embassy or consulate?)
From the NL Times, according to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, new coronavirus restrictions are possible next week in the cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague.
From Dutch News, Amsterdam considers banning foreigners from its coffeeshops.
From VRT NWS, Brussels extends the area where you can't hold your beer on the streets.
From The Brussels Times, how Belgium's new coronavirus quarantine rules work.
From EuroNews, at least 22 people have died in a military plane crash in Chuhuyiv, Ukraine.
From Euractiv, the Association of European Journalists complains that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks too much English.
From the Express, scientists warn Prime Minister Boris Johnson against using Sweden's herd immunity strategy against the coronavirus in the U.K.
From the Evening Standard, the U.K. records a daily new high in coronavirus cases with 6,874.
From the (U.K.) Independent, a police officer is shot dead at a custody center in the London area of Croydon.
From the (Irish) Independent, 10 places where you can get a pint of beer in Dublin this weekend.
From the Irish Examiner, a man is jailed for smashing headstones in a cemetery in Kilcully, Ireland.
And from The Conservative Woman, Prince Charles's "Marshall-like plan" to save the earth is for the wrong time and the wrong planet.
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