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European Union
European Evangelicals go for duo-leadership
The European Evangelical Alliance (EEA) gets a duo leadership from October. Connie Main Duarte (Canadian born Portuguese) and Jan Wessels (the Netherlands) will take the lead from the Swiss Thomas Bucher. Both Evangelical Focus and Idea are reporting this. The present general secretary Thomas Bucher will remain in office until…
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Western Europe
Dutch gynaecologist fathered over 20 children unlawfully
A Dutch gynaecologist used his sperm during fertility treatments. After opening an emergency phone number, several dozens of people reported themselves to receive more information. And it seems that he is not the only one. It all started with a statement from the Alrijne hospital in Leiden and Leiderdorp. In…
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Northern Europe
Biblical name Noah most common among boys in Sweden
In Sweden, the biblical name of Noah is still one of the most popular names to give a boy at birth. This is what the Swedish newspaper Dagen writes based on data from the Swedish Statistical Office SCB. In 2021, 706 new-born girls were christened Alice and 745 newborn boys…
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Western Europe
Publisher apologises for “ground-breaking” book on Anne Frank
Dutch publisher Ambo Anthos apologises for the recent book about the betrayal of Anne Frank. In the research that was announced as ground-breaking, the Jewish notary Arnold van den Bergh was designated as the likely betrayer of Anne Frank and her fellow hiders. The publisher writes that it should have…
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Central Europe
German bill on assisted suicide meant to discourage taking steps
German MPs from almost all parties together have tabled a draft law on assisted suicide. They want to limit assisted suicide to adults and capable people. It is the most restrictive of several proposals in the present Bundestag. Euthanasia and assisted suicide have always been very sensitive in Germany. This…
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Southern Europe
Italian priest fined for ringing the bell too often
A priest in the Italian city of Florence has been fined for ringing the church bells too often. The bells sometimes chimed 200 times a day, residents say. Don Leonardo Guerri from the Church “Santa Maria a Coverciano” in the eponymous district of Florence has been feuding for four years…
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Eastern Europe
Christians in west of Ukraine prepare home already for refugees
If war breaks out in the east of Ukraine, Christians in the west will open their homes to give shelter to others. Baptists around Lviv are already making preparations. Yaroslav “Slavik” Pyzh is president of the Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary (UBTS) in Lviv, a city in the country's west. Pyzh…
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Eastern Europe
Russian Orthodox Church wants a ban on sex shops
Sex shops are ”legalized debauchery” and should be banned altogether. Russian Metropolitan Hilarion said so on Russian TV in response to a question from a viewer. “I would think that such stores should be banned altogether,” the Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) said on the air of the…
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European Union
European far-right leaders agree in Madrid despite differences
During a meeting held in the Spanish capital Madrid, nine far right and nationalist European leaders have agreed on a “roadmap” for a patriotic Europe. Nevertheless, unity remains fragile. In a joint declaration approved on Saturday, the nine leaders focused on Russia's military build-up on the Ukrainian border. They pledged…
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Southern Europe
Twelve priests in Cyprus suspended for refusing vaccination
Twelve priests from the archbishopric district of Nicosia in Cyprus will be suspended because they have not responded to Archbishop Chrysostom's call to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. The three-month period will start on Tuesday. Chrysostom II told the Cypriot media that most of the suspended priests persuaded the parishioners…
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