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Northern Europe
Swedish students punished for swearing
The Swedish Tysnes school in Sunnhordland started a crackdown on swearing. During a trial of a few weeks, the school notified parents their child swore at school. Currently, Tysnes school has decided to continue its approach. The school, which includes students from grade 5 to 10, started a trial in…
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Northern Europe
Orthodox believers in Finland reject concept of “Russian world” as heresy
The Finnish Orthodox Church has facilitated a condemnation of the idea of a “Russian world”, which is the basis of the ideology behind the Russo-Ukrainian war. “We reject the heresy of the “Russian world” and the shameful actions of the Russian administration to start a war against Ukraine.” The Finnish…
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Southern Europe
Government offices Vatican also open for women
Women are now allowed to head Ministeries in the Vatican. That is written in a reformed form of the Vatican Constitution, the so-called Curia, which Pope Francis presented recently. According to the new constitution, called Praedicate Evangelium (preaching of the Gospel), every baptised Roman Catholic believer can lead a department…
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Eastern Europe
Russians kidnap Protestant bishop Melitopol
Russian invaders have kidnapped the Ukrainian Bishop Dmytro Bodyu. Bodyu is the leader of the Word of Life Church in Melitopol and bears responsibility for 20 churches of the denomination. According to the local newspaper Inform.zp, the Russians did not like Bodyu's pro-Ukrainian stance. The clergyman was in a church…
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Southern Europe
Kosovo rejects same-sex marriage
Kosovo’s parliament rejected a new law that would allow same-sex couples to form civil partnerships last week. The law was proposed by the government of left-wing Prime Minister Albin Kurti. The government had been hoping to become the first Muslim country to recognise same-sex unions, reports Euronews. PM Kurti had…
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Western Europe
French president wants to reduce taxes for unmarried couples
Cohabiting couples in France should be taxed the same way as married couples. That is one of the reforms president Macron wants after his re-election. Currently running for re-election in April, the French president announced these reforms at a four-hour long press conference on Thursday. Facing 250 journalists, he shared…
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Northern Europe
Norwegian Christian politicians criticised for sympathy with Putin
Norwegian Christian democrats are in dispute over the war in Ukraine. Some think Ukraine is creating a “bloodbath” and make Nazi comparisons. Meanwhile, the party leadership is trying to get this debate under control. “I am annoyed by what is happening in Ukraine right now.” With these words starts KrF…
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Central Europe
Swiss canton of Valais wants to legalise assisted suicide
The Parliament of the Swiss Canton of Valais has validated a law that requires medical and social institutions to offer assisted suicide. Since 2018, the Valais parliament has debated this issue, Evangelique.Info reports. However, it had not yet been able to decide on the role of social welfare institutions in…
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Central Europe
German Christian Democrat deputy: Compulsory vaccination is dead
Whether it is because of the war in Ukraine or the seemingly less severe Omicron coronavirus, the discussion about compulsory vaccination seems to extinguish. It was a peculiar debate in the German Bundestag on Thursday. Four of the six members of the Bundestag Presidium, although double vaccinated and boosted, were…
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Western Europe
French President Macron wants a citizens' convention on end-of-life issues
During the presentation of his presidential project, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that the subject of the end of life would be the subject of a citizens’ convention. “I will submit the end of life to a citizens' convention,” announced Macron, seeking a second term, on 17 March. “Based on…
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