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Northern Europe
Norway appoints Minister to celebrate 1000 years of Christianity
Norway will celebrate 1000 years of Christianity in the country in 2030. The Minister of Children and Family Affairs has been appointed to lead the government's work on this anniversary. Kjersti Toppe, the Minister of Children and Family Affairs, wants to have a “popular celebration” of the anniversary. She says…
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Northern Europe
Swedish government presents plan to stop new Christian schools
Sweden should not allow new schools with a denominational focus. That message was given by Lina Axelsson Kihlblom, Minister of Education, on Friday. “Religious influence does not belong in school”, Axelsson-Kihlbom said when presenting the bill banning new denominational schools. According to her, schools should convey knowledge, not religious indoctrination.…
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Central Europe
Documenta art exhibition director resigns amid anti-Semitism scandal
Director Sabine Schormann of the German art event Documenta in Kassel has submitted her resignation after controversy arose over a work allegedly containing anti-Semitic symbols. An interim successor will initially be sought. A work of art called 'People's Justice by the Indonesian collective Taring Padi was covered with a black…
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Northern Europe
Swedish LGBT activist leads government investigation on ban conversion therapy
The Swedish government decided to investigate whether conversion therapy should be criminalised. An LGBT activist now leads the investigation. Christian leaders warn that freedom of religion might be threatened by criminalisation. The Minister of Justice and Home Affairs, Morgan Johansson ordered to investigate on whether conversion therapy can be criminalised,…
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European Union
Council of Europe: Member states do not work hard enough on gender recognition
European countries do not work hard enough on gender recognition. That is the conclusion of a report from the Council of Europe (CoE). Some countries should remove age barriers for children as well. According to the Council, support for the rights of LGBT people is “firmly taking root in Europe”.…
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Northern Europe
Ukrainian women victims of Scandinavian prostitution networks after fleeing war
The Norwegian and Swedish police have discovered prostitution networks in which most women were from Ukraine. According to the police, this is due to the war, and the women are victims of human trafficking. The Swedish human trafficking police department believes it has revealed a Norwegian-Ukrainian pimp network that is…
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Central Europe
EU takes Hungary to court for child protection law
The European Commission initiates a lawsuit against Hungary because of its child protection law. The head of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, calls the law restricting information about homosexuality a “shame.” The EU takes Hungary to court for several reasons, Neue Zürcher Zeitung reports. Firstly, the Commission opposes Hungary's…
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Central Europe
German public consistently rejects self-determination law
Despite the efforts of the government to introduce a self-determination law which makes gender change more accessible, the majority of the population disagrees. Germans who believe that more than two genders exist are still in the minority. A survey shows that only 33 per cent of the German population speaks…
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Eastern Europe
Russian Security Council intensifies fight against foreign religious organisations
The Russian Security Council will intensify its crackdown on religious organisations from abroad. It perceives these as a radical threat to Russian society. Some foreign organisations and their Russian counterparts carry out destructive activities disguised as humanitarian, educational, cultural, national and religious projects, the Security Council writes in a statement…
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Northern Europe
Danes: Religion is the path to conflict
About 75 per cent of the Danish population believes that religion is at the base of many conflicts. They think that religion creates more conflict than peace. One in four Danes asserted that religion is the path to conflict. They did so to a question of a survey conducted on…
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