Good morning! Ireland, the Czech Republic, Malta, Slovakia, Latvia and Italy vote in the European Parliament today, and the second day of the European Athletics Championships takes place in Rome.

First, the weather: many clouds and some rain or showers, especially in the northern half of the country. The temperature rises to 16 to 19 degrees.

Are you going on the road? Here you will find an overview of the work. And here you see where it becomes a job On the road.

Dutch universities do not intend to stop cooperation with Israeli institutions. In an open letter published by Trouw newspaper, the deans of the fifteen most important institutions said that they would not respond to the demands of students participating in the election campaign.

The demonstrators demand the severing of all relations with Israeli organizations due to the war in Gaza. Universities see this as inconsistent with academic freedom.

The royal couple, their daughters and their toy poodle Mambo took some time out again yesterday to pose for the royal household’s monthly photo shoot. Willem-Alexander also discussed the issue of benefits. He described this as a “disgrace to our society.” His daughters talked about the ubiquitous cell phones that allow everything you do to be recorded at any time.

Amalia still finds the wall of photojournalists intimidating (“terrifying and very exciting”), but the family still takes the time to let everyone take their photos.