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Central Europe
New lobby organisation wants to reduce Christian influences in Germany
Christian influences in Germany must be reduced. For example, the ringing of church bells on Sundays should be prohibited, and legislation based on religious principles must be amended. That is the opnion of a new German political lobbying organisation. The newly established Zentralrat der Konfessionsfreien (Central Council of Non-denominationals) aims…
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Central Europe
Children and family have positive influence on happiness, most Germans believe
Children and family have a positive influence on happiness. This shows a survey by the Insa Foundation for the UN World Family Day. Children and family a positive influence on happiness. This shows a survey by the Insa Foundation for the UN World Family Day. In a survey by the…
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Southern Europe
Pope John Paul II, the child that should have been aborted
If it were up to Polish doctor Dr Jan Moskala, John Paul II – Pope from 1978 to 2005 – would never have been born. Because of a life-threatening pregnancy at the end of 1919, the medical expert advised Emilia Wojtyla, his mother-to-be, to have an abortion. In a new…
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Eastern Europe
Ukrainian surrogacy business is booming despite the war
The war in Ukraine has not stopped the surrogacy industry. Children are being born, and since April, some clinics have restarted the search for mothers for rent. For those arriving in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv by train, one of the first images of the city is that of men…
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Central Europe
Debate on German abortion ban keeps going
The Committee on Legal Affairs of the German Bundestag has started to deal with the government's decision to abolish article 219a from the criminal code. The deletion of this paragraph means that it is no longer illegal to publish abortion advertisements. That means that, for example, doctors can provide information…
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Eastern Europe
High demand for Bibles in Ukraine, Bible dispenser says
Many citizens in Ukraine ask for Bibles and children's Bibles. The Ukrainian Bible Society has already distributed thousands of copies. The Bibles are distributed at railway stations, among others, to refugees fleeing westwards in the war-torn country, Anatoliy Raychynets tells in a video of the German Bible Society, about which…
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Central Europe
German Constitutional Court rejects objections to compulsory vaccination
The Federal Constitutional Court in Germany has rejected all objections to compulsory vaccination for health care personnel. The Court considers that the obligation to be vaccinated against Covid-19 does not violate the constitution. In a press release of the Court, the judges state that although compulsory vaccination infringes on employees'…
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Central Europe
“German CDU cannot exist without the C”
Anyone who abolishes the Christian element from the CDU cancels the party itself. That is the opinion of the German conservative politician Thomas Rachel. Together with politician Norbert Lammert, he emphasised the importance of the C at the 70th anniversary evening of the CDU/CSU Protestant working group. In Rachel's opinion,…
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Eastern Europe
EP and NGOs want broad access to abortion for Ukrainian women
Against the background of the war between Russia and Ukraine, several organisations have made access to abortion for Ukrainian women a top priority. Some want to abolish funding for aid organisations that oppose abortion. Based on Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter Swedish Christian newspaper Världen idag writes that abortion pills and…
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Western Europe
Dutch Council of State rejects death law
The concept bill that should legalize assisted suicide for the life-weary elderly in the Netherlands contains insufficient safety guarantees. A blowback for the governing liberal D66 party. The Council of State, a constitutionally established advisory body to the government and Parliament, made this judgment in an advisory report completed in…
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