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Eastern Europe
Thousands of Romanians protest against “child protection law”
Last week, thousands of protestors joined a Pride march in Bucharest. They demanded equal rights for members of the LGBT community. The demonstrators feel threatened by a bill to ban homosexuality and gender education from schools. Activists are worried that their freedom of expression and the rights of LGBT people…
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Eastern Europe
Christian broadcaster in Ukraine warns against press restrictions
The Ukrainian Christian broadcaster New Life Radio-Odessa feels threatened by the new restrictions that the Ukrainian government puts on press agencies. Because of the war in the country, the government has passed a ban on Russian music in broadcastings. It will come into force within two months. The war has…
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European Union
Dutch Christian parties separate in European Parliament
The Dutch Christian parties SGP and ChristianUnion (CU) will go separate ways into the European Parliamentary elections of 2024. The parties formed an electoral alliance for 38 years. The initiative for the split lies with the CU, according to an SGP press statement. It says, among other things, that “after…
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Central Europe
German Finance Minister criticised after marrying in church
The German Finance Minister Christian Lindner married in church on Saturday, although he and his wife both never attend church services. The German clergy think this is a shame. Lindner and his bride Franca Lehfeldt, a journalist for the German broadcaster Welt, consider themselves “liberal free spirits”. This reports the…
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European Union
Director European Centre for Law and Justice: Human rights are instruments of leftist movements
Human rights are abused to force a breakthrough in the leftist revolution. That is the summary of the speech of Grégor Puppinck at the “transatlantic summit” of the Political Network for Values (PNfV) in Budapest, Hungary. The radical and global left has captured the system of Human Rights. It uses…
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Northern Europe
Less than 25 per cent of young Norwegians trusts Church of Norway
Not even one in four young adults trusts the clergy of the Church of Norway. Recently, an opinion poll showed that confidence in priests declines among younger church members. About six per cent of the poll participants declared that they have very great trust in the priests of the Church…
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Northern Europe
Danes divided on surrogacy
The Danish public is split about whether surrogacy should be allowed in the health care system. According to health professionals, there is a need for more knowledge and debate. Today, it is not allowed in Denmark for healthcare professionals to help a surrogacy mother get pregnant. The polling agency YouGov…
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Central Europe
Polish pharmacist to court for refusing to provide a morning-after pill
A Polish pharmacist has started a lawsuit to defend her right to refuse the provision of a morning-after pill. Her defence refers to the conscience clause, which allows doctors to refuse treatments that are contrary to their beliefs.The pharmacist from Krakow took to court after she had refused to provide…
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Eastern Europe
Russian priest under investigation after criticising military
The Russian Orthodox priest Nikandr Pinchuk faces criminal prosecution for opposing Russia’s war in Ukraine. According to Pinchuk, the war is a “mortal sin”. This reports the news website Forum18. After being fined for comments like these in March, Pinchuk is now under investigation for the repeated offence of “discrediting…
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Western Europe
“New strategy is needed to combat anti-Semitism”
Yonathan Arfi, the recently elected president of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France (CRIF), which fights anti-Semitism, wants to involve the whole of society in his fight against hatred towards Jews. The 42-year-old and youngest President of CRIF said so in an interview with the German weekly Jüdische…
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