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European Union
EU wants stricter action against child pornography by internet companies
The EU Commission presented plans on Wednesday to better protect children from sexualised violence on the internet. Privacy activists are critical. The European Commission (EC) presented its plans for a generalised scanning obligation for messaging services write European media, including the German tagesschau. The proposal contains “clear obligations for companies…
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Central Europe
“Ukraine and Poland receive too many abortion pills”
Women’s rights groups have seen an increase in the demand for abortion pills since the war broke out in Ukraine. The pills should make safe abortion possible for Ukrainian women who became pregnant while fleeing the war. However, these pills prove ineffective. Deliveries are currently being made to the war-torn…
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Central Europe
Swiss parliament wants stricter rules to protect minors against pornography
The Parliament of Switzerland wants to implement stricter rules to protect minors from being confronted with pornography. Recently, the government body passed a motion concerning this issue. The Parliament of Switzerland wants to implement stricter rules to protect minors from being confronted with pornography. Recently, the government body passed a…
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Central Europe
International Week for Respecting Birth starts next week
Next week is the International Week for Respecting Birth. This week, extra attention is paid to babies, deliveries and childcare. The International Week for Respecting Birth has been celebrated since 2004. Every year it takes place in May. The event is coordinated by the European Network of Childbirth Associations (ENCA)](https://enca.info/iwrc/).…
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Southern Europe
Wives Ukrainian soldiers beg Pope to save their husbands
Two Ukrainian military wives asked Pope Francis to save the lives of their husbands. They did so during the General Audience on Wednesday. The husbands of Katheryna Prokopenko and Yulya Fedosiuk are trapped at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Catholic News Agency reports. Propenko is married to lieutenant colonel…
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Northern Europe
Danish priests: Revive Prayer Day as national event
The Great Day of Prayer was a nationally celebrated event in Denmark in the past. The law even required every citizen to go to church. Today, these traditions have been watered down. However, church leaders argue that it is time to revive the Great Day of Prayer. In Denmark, several…
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Northern Europe
Norway Israel missionary organisation apologises to Jewish community
The Norwegian Israel Mission organisation asks the Jewish people for forgiveness. It published an apology in its latest magazine, First. The organisation regrets how its leaders spread anti-Semitic messages in the interwar period, Dagen reports. The organisation acknowledges that its leaders contributed to the portrayal of Jews and Judaism as…
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Eastern Europe
Russian Church opposes Belarusian death penalty
The introduction of the death penalty in Belarus is not a good idea, says Metropolitan Hilarion. The Russian Orthodox Bishop says it is dangerous, given the possibility of a miscarriage of justice. At the end of April, Belarusian deputies adopted a bill on amendments to the criminal code in two…
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Eastern Europe
Ukrainian Baptists work as volunteers to help fellow citizens
Members of the Baptist churches in Ukraine are helping fellow civilians who suffered the consequences of the war. Some of them help to rebuild houses destroyed by the war. Others rescue people from ruins or provide pastoral help, IDEA reports based on a letter from the Ukrainian Baptist Union in…
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Central Europe
Longest Bible on display in Luther's Eisenach
To commemorate the completion of Martin Luther’s translation of the New Testament, the German city of Eisenach will display the longest Bible in the world along a pilgrimage trail. With a length of 1517 metres, a reference to the year 1517, which is considered the birth of the Reformation, the…
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