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Eastern Europe
Multiple Jehovah's Witnesses arrested in Russia
Russian investigators have completed an investigation against “extremist” Jehovah's Witnesses. The two 44-year-old men have to go to court now to defend themselves. The two men are accused of organising activities of an extremist organisation, a spokeswoman from the Russian authorities told reporters on Tuesday. This writes the Russian news…
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Central Europe
New German government wants to permit abortion advertisements
Marco Buschmann, the German minister of the Department of Justice announced that he wants to lift the current ban on abortion advertisements. Several media have reported this, among others Politico. The minister argues that the ban is a breach of women's reproductive rights. Currently, physicians are forbidden to publish information…
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Northern Europe
Swedish Christian Democrat: Abortion biggest mistake in my life
A Swedish EU parliamentarian for the Christian Democrats has stated on television that an abortion she had five years ago was the “biggest mistake” of her life. Sara Skyttedal (35) made her confession during the programme “My truth” on Swedish television station SVT, Swedish daily Dagen writes. In the run-up…
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European Union
Macron calls to protect abortion in EU Charter
The French President and EU chairman Emmanuel Macron has said that abortion should be part of the fundamental rights of the Union. In his address to the European Parliament on Wednesday morning, he pleads for the termination of pregnancy as part of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, together with…
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Central Europe
Swiss churches in action against poverty
The Swiss Evangelical Alliance (SEA), the Braille Evangelical Mission, and several Christian organisations have launched the StopPauvreté (StopPoverty) campaign. The action focuses on children in poverty. Evangelical Focus reports this. The organisers state that “the world seems to be more broken than ever. Global pandemics, violence and hunger, are prominent…
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Eastern Europe
Jews publish Psalms in Ukrainian
Jewish communities in Ukraine have launched a large-scale project called “Tehilim Reading”, about the book of Psalms. The news platform Religion in Ukraine reported this. For the project, 5000 copies of the book “Tehilim” were published. The Tehilim is the Bible book Psalms. Half of the copies are printed in…
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Northern Europe
Norwegian Christians protest against gender education
Thousands of Norwegians have signed a petition that warns against the ‘unscientific’ gender ideology taught at schools throughout the country. The Christian dialy Vartland reports this. The petition addresses principals, kindergarten directors and politicians. It opens by saying that it is positive that boys and girls can express themselves differently.…
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Central Europe
German “queer officer”: Children should be able to have more than two parents
Children should be able to have more than two parents. This says the German government’s queer commissioner. For this, family law should be changed. According to the Green politician and queer commissioner Sven Lehmann, a child should be allowed to have up to four custodians. “Now every third child grows…
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Central Europe
Hitler is still present in German stained-glass windows
The German dictator Adolf Hitler is still to be seen as a hero in several churches. Historian Dr. Michael Kuderna counts at least a dozen pictures of the man, according to his new book. Pictures of the Nazi dictator can still be seen in at least 15 churches across Germany.…
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Eastern Europe
Moscow always full of revenge, says head of Ukrainian church
The head of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine (OCU), Metropolitan Epiphanius, says the Russian church is only interested in power and revenge. He writes that in a letter to his colleague in Africa, Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria. Theodore watched that the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) was setting up a…
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