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Western Europe
Painful loss for Christian parties in Dutch elections
Two of the three Christian parties in the Netherlands had a huge loss in the general elections on Wednesday, according to the early exit poll. The Christian Democratic CDA lost 10 seats and went from 15 to 5. It is understood that most CDA voters went to Nieuw Sociaal Contract,…
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Eastern Europe
Crimean clinics stop providing abortions to “boost demography”
Private abortion clinics on the Crimean Peninsula no longer terminate pregnancies. According to officials, they “voluntarily” decided to stop. From now on, abortions will only be possible in state medical organisations, the Crimean Health Minister, Konstantin Skoroepski, wrote on the Russian social media outlet VK. The managers of the clinics…
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Northern Europe
Finnish court rules in the Räsänen case on Tuesday
The Court of Appeal in the Finnish capital Helsinki will rule on Tuesday in the case against Christian MP Päivi Räsänen. The Court has said this on Friday. Räsänen is accused of defaming homosexuals through a tweet in 2019 in which she called on the Lutheran Church to withdraw support…
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Northern Europe
Christian schools in Norway demand investigation after a government mistake
A new calculation method by the Norwegian government for subsidies would put Christian schools in financial trouble, was the news for a few weeks. Now, it appears the government did not adequately inform the schools. The presentation of the state budget on October 6 caused a stir among Christian free…
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Western Europe
Religious leaders in France are surprisingly nuanced when it comes to euthanasia
In France, the debate on self-determined death is ongoing. Now, a book has bundled the reflections of thirteen religious representatives on the issue. The most prominent religions find it difficult to mingle themselves in the debate on the end of life in France, anthropologist Laëtitia Atlani-Duault writes in her introduction…
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Southern Europe
Italy invests a billion euros to boost its birthrate
The Italian government urgently needs to increase the birthrate in the country. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has promised financial measures to make having children more attractive. A billion euros are to stimulate couples to have more children, Euractiv reports. Working women are to get extra financial aid if they have…
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Eastern Europe
Belarusian Christian sentenced again
A Belarusian Christian's prison sentence has been extended for a year. His youngest son has never seen him. In a week in which Belarus celebrated ‘Parental Love Week', the prison sentence of Dzmitry Dashkevich, father of four, was extended by a year. His wife reacts on Facebook to the sentence,…
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European Union
Tension keeps rising in Europe during conflict in Middle East
The war in Israel and the Gaza Strip is far away from Europe. However, the conflict causes rising tensions in many European countries. The synagogue of Malmö in the south of Sweden would celebrate its 120th anniversary this weekend. But the board has postponed the meetings, Dagen reports. Reason: a…
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European Union
How does the European Parliament respond to the Israeli conflict with Hamas?
Strong support for Israel’s right to self-defence. That could be the conclusion of Wednesday morning’s debate about the Israeli war against the Palestinian terror organisation Hamas. “There is no excuse for hitting citizens”, stated European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. “This horror calls for a united response. Europe stands…
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Eastern Europe
Churches to EU: Armenian people from Nagorno-Karabakh need help
The Conference of European Churches (CEC) and the World Council of Churches (WCC) knock on the door of the European Union. The churches are shocked about the Armenian exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh. On Thursday, the two groups sent a joint letter to Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the European Union…
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