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Northern Europe
Latvia's population is shrinking
In the first quarter of 2022, Latvia still had over double the number of deaths as the number of births. This was reported on Friday by the Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. In the first three months of this year, 8,595 deaths were registered. The number is 423 deaths, or…
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Northern Europe
WHO's new abortion guidelines cause debate in Scandinavia
In several Scandinavian countries, various organisations debate the abortion liberalisation advice from the World Health Organisation. “It is the wrong tool.” The WHO advises removing all deadlines for performing abortion procedures and also thinks any form of mandatory medical advice is necessary. The organisation justifies the new guidelines because regulating…
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Southern Europe
Spanish bill: no more parental consent needed for over 16s abortion
Spain is finalising the details of a draft law that would guarantee the right to undergo an abortion in the country's free public healthcare system and scrap the requirement for 16-year-olds and above to obtain parental consent. Sources from Spain's equality ministry confirmed to Spanish press agency EFE that the…
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Northern Europe
Norwegian bishop prays for preservation of abortion law US
The Norwegian bishop Anne Lise Ådnøy formulated a prayer for the preservation of the abortion law in the United States. The prayer evoked fierce reactions. On Wednesday, the Stavanger bishop posted a message on her Facebook page about the ongoing tug-of-war over abortion in the United States. “A cold wind…
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Central Europe
Christian Democrats win in North Rhine Westphalia
The German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) remains the largest party in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia. On Sunday, citizens voted for a new regional government. According to provisional results, the CDU received 35.7 per cent of the votes. That is close to 3 per cent more than five years…
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Central Europe
Churches should raise their voice against assisted suicide, German professor says
Given the legalisation of assisted suicide approved by the German Constitutional Court, churches should clarify that such a practice is out of the question. That is the opinion of Prof. Christian Hillgruber, a constitutional law professor from Bonn, at this year's national conference of the association “Christ und Jurist” (Christian…
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Northern Europe
Record number of new members in the Church of Sweden
During the first four months of 2022, 3,220 active entries took place in the Church of Sweden. It is the highest figure since the church began keeping statistics. According to the preliminary statistics, the entry figures are the highest since 2004, Swedish newspaper Dagen writes. But while more people choose…
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European Union
European Parliament: Surrogacy is reproductive exploitation
The European Parliament condemns surrogacy, saying it is a form of reproductive exploitation. It did so in its resolution on the impact of the Ukrainian war on women at a plenary session in Strasburg. Surrogacy puts women at risk in regards to exploitation, the resolution reads, “particularly those who are…
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Eastern Europe
Jews should leave Russia, Ukrainian rabbi says
Jewish inhabitants of Russia should leave their country. That is the opinion of the Ukrainian chief rabbi. According to the Ukrainian chief rabbi, Moshe Reuven Asman, the Putin regime is similar to the regime of former Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. He said so in an interview with the Voice of…
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Eastern Europe
Number of babies in Belarus never so low before
Not earlier since the country was declared independent has the number of babies were born in Belarus been so low. Available statistics show that about 79.4 thousand children were born. For an unknown reason, the Belarusian population declined by 94.4 thousand. That could be seen in data published by Belstat,…
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