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European Union
Nativity scene for the first time in European Parliament in Brussels
This year, the European Parliament has a nativity scene for the first time. Up and including last year, the Parliament did not want to build up one, as it considered it offensive for non-believers. Spanish MEP, Isabel Benjumea had campaigned three years to get a Christmas scene into the Parliament…
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Central Europe
Swiss National Council in favour of ban on conversion therapy
The Swiss Nationalrat, the National Council, wants to forbid conversion therapy or other healing measures meant to “cure” someone of homosexuality. To that end, the Grand Chamber supported a motion from the legal commission on Monday, Ref.ch writes. Of the 191 representatives present, 143 voted in favour, 37 against, and…
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Christian Life
Chased by constant stream of notifications
We must be constantly available in modern society. Our smartphone enables others to reach us at all times. Sometimes, that is handy. However, it also has another side: more and more people experience stress. It can even lead to a digital burn-out. How can we avoid this?The German Clara Hahn…
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Northern Europe
Scandinavian schools want to make Christmas celebration more secular
Schools in Northern Europe feel the need to remove the religious connotation from their Christmas celebrations. In Finland, there has been a lot of discussion about the content of the Christmas celebrations at schools, Yle reports. Celebrations at school are also covered by the Equality Act. A few years ago,…
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Central Europe
Thieves steal 400-kilo church bell in Germany
A 400-kilo church bell was stolen from a closed church in the German city of Gelsenkirchen. The police are still looking for the perpetrators. Over a metre high and more than 75 centimetres wide. It was not a small bell that thieves took from the closed church in the Scholven…
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Southern Europe
Bulgaria condemned for campaign against Protestants
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) condemned Bulgaria for a campaign against Evangelical Christians on Tuesday. In 2008, the Burgas city council sent a letter to schools warning against Protestant groups. These allegedly seduce people resulting in psychological damage, act against Bulgarian law, and divide the people by not…
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Eastern Europe
“Numerous fallen Russian soldiers are Baptists”
“Numerous” members of the Russian Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists have died as soldiers in the Ukraine war. The Union's administrative head, Pastor Vladimir Miskevich, told this to the church journalist William Yoder after a service in Moscow. The German press agency Idea reports this. Yoder is an American who lived…
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Northern Europe
Päivi Räsänen wants all citizens to have right to palliative care
The Finnish Christen Democrat Päivi Räsänen has submitted a legal initiative to give all people the right to palliative care. National instructions and recommendations for palliative care cannot guarantee the right to high-quality hospice care for everyone, Räsänen argues. Therefore, she thinks it is necessary to introduce government measures that…
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Eastern Europe
Zelensky takes further steps against Ukrainian Orthodox Church
The Ukrainian President Zelensky has announced sanctions against another seven leaders within the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC). According to him, they are a threat to the security of the country. These sanctions come while the country is waiting for a bill to ban the UOC. Two weeks ago, President Zelensky…
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Christian Life
A transformed Christian speaks about her former transgender life
Laura Perry, author of 'Transgender to Transformed: A Story of Transition That Will Truly Set You Free', talks about her life. How she transitioned to man, came to faith and returned to being a woman as God wanted her to be. An impressive testimony from a young woman struggling with…
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