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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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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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