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Eastern Europe
Christian charity worker flees with Ukrainian children
On Thursday afternoon, Stefanie de Wildt (30) drives out of their Ukrainian village in a car full of children and her belongings. She is fleeing to Western Ukraine. Before them lies a dangerous journey of about 1000 kilometres. “We have to drive through areas where the bombs have already fallen.”…
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Western Europe
Nothing wrong with Dutch pro-life commercials, says watchdog
All 960 complaints against pro-life commercials were rejected by the Advertising Code Committee (RCC) in the Netherlands. The radio and TV adverts that were broadcast during the so-called Week of Life early November fall under the freedom of expression, said the RCC on Monday. “An unborn life also has a…
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Western Europe
Chris Develing: I was not religious and yet pro-life
Chris Develing (41) became pro-life before he converted to Christianity. What arguments convinced him? And how does he think Christians can start a conversation about abortion with someone who does not believe in God? As a teenager, he was proud. Proud of his progressive home-country the Netherlands . A country…
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Opinion
Why a call for decent summer clothing leads to heated reactions
Bare bellies, deep cleavages, and skirts that are much too short. Three school directors made the news because they asked their pupils not to come to school too naked. Why does such a call for decency lead to heated reactions?The world has turned upside down, Rutgers, the Dutch knowledge centre…
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Western Europe
Dutch government tries to push vaccination in Bible Belt
The Dutch Ministry of Health plans to boost the enthusiasm for corona vaccination in the so-called Bible Belt. “This has top priority for minister De Jonge,” says his spokesperson in the Dutch Reformatorisch Dagblad. But she can't say anything about concrete steps yet. “We won't say to these people: this…
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