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Central Europe
Number of legal abortions in Poland drops by 90 per cent
Poland counted 107 legal abortions in 2021. That is ten times less than in previous years. Most likely, this is due to the near-total ban on abortions, a ruling from the Constitutional Tribunal. Out of 107 legal procedures in 2021, 75 were performed when prenatal tests or other medical conditions…
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Northern Europe
Sweden wants to lower age limit for gender change
Swedish minors from 16 years and older should be allowed to change their legal gender. That is the opinion of the government, which wants to lower the age limit for gender change. According to Swedish legislators, minors of 16 years and over are capable of choosing their legal gender. That…
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European Union
European countries clash with United Kingdom over women's rights
European countries criticise the United Kingdom for removing women's reproductive rights, including abortion, from a gender statement. Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands are offended that the country deleted the paragraph in an amendment written after more than 20 countries had already signed the text. The three countries refuse to sign…
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Central Europe
Documenta art exhibition again accused of anti-Semitism
Once again, the world art exhibition Documenta in the German city of Kassel is accused of portraying anti-Semitic drawings. This time in a brochure from 1988. “Documenta can no longer be saved“, “Documenta is morally bankrupt” or “Documenta: terror without end“. In many German media outlets, op-eds appear again to…
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Central Europe
Orban dismisses criticism over controversial speech
Hungary’s Prime Minister Orban dismissed criticism of his racist statements during his visit to neighbouring Austria. Meanwhile, a close advisor resigned because of what she described as a “Nazi speech worthy of Goebbels”. The conservative Orban delivered a speech in Romania on Saturday to the Hungarian minority there against “racial…
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Northern Europe
Giving away the bride: an outdated idea?
Most Norwegian women are accompanied by their father when they walk to the altar. However, it is likely that their grandmothers went alone. Norwegians discuss what the right thing is. “Should a woman be handed over from one man to another? In today's egalitarian society, that is very strange”, says…
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Eastern Europe
Orthodox appeal to Bartholomew to condemn Kirill
The Orthodox Church of Ukraine has called on patriarch Bartholomew to condemn Moscow patriarch Kirill for supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine. With the approval of the synod of his bishops, Metropolitan Epiphanius wrote a letter to the head of world orthodoxy, the patriarch of Constantinople, to condemn Kirill for…
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Central Europe
Appeal in Jew's Sow case Germany
The legal dispute over the removal of the Jew’s Sow from the church of the German town of Wittenberg continues. Meanwhile, experts recommend the removal of the controversial sculpture. After his defeat at the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), the plaintiff filed a constitutional complaint. BGH ruled in June that…
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Central Europe
Abortion debate among German Catholics flares up
The president of the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK), Irme Stetter-Karp, is criticised for her statements on abortion, in which she said that abortions should become available everywhere in Germany and be a mandatory part of medical training. Two theology professors, Katharina Westerhorstmann and Marianne Schlosser, religious philosopher Hanna-Barbara…
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Eastern Europe
Zelensky to decide on legalisation same-sex marriage
A petition calling for the legalisation of same-sex marriages in Ukraine has gathered more than 25,000 signatures. Now it will be considered by president Volodymyr Zelensky. “At this time, every day can be the last. Let people of the same sex get the opportunity to start a family and have…
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