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Northern Europe
Jewish chairman considers emigrating from Denmark to Israel
Coming Saturday, Henri Goldstein won’t celebrate his 75th birthday in Denmark but in Israel. There, his children and grandchildren live. And he might spend his last days as well. The chairman of the Jewish community in Denmark has lived in Copenhagen all his life. He made a career as a…
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Central Europe
Death of woman triggers new protests against Poland's abortion law
After Polish doctors refused an abortion in May, a woman died. As Poles take to the streets, the beleaguered government responds. Dorata Lalik's agony lasted for three days. However, when doctors finally proceeded with an abortion, it was too late. The 33-year-old woman died at the end of May after…
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Eastern Europe
Ukrainian Christians mixed over gay marriage
Some Ukrainian Christians are concerned about the emancipation of gay couples in the country. Others support this precisely to put a heel on Russia. Should Ukraine officially recognise gay relationships? This is currently being debated in the war-struck country. It all came after the European Court of Human Rights stated…
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Eastern Europe
Russian parliament to ban gender reassignment
Russian lawmakers voted on Wednesday to ban legal or surgical sex changes. The Duma approved a bill for that in the first reading. This is reported by The Moscow Times. “Medical interventions aimed at changing the sex of a person” will become illegal. But also the “registration of a change…
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Central Europe
Two-thirds of Germans say abortion should be no crime
More than two-thirds of German (68 per cent) favour scrapping abortion from the Criminal Code. It seems that people voting for the Liberal FDP party are the most reserved about liberalising this.That is the result of a survey ordered by Die Tagespost. In Germany, there is at present a debate…
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Central Europe
No bill against conversion therapy in Austria yet
The Austrian coalition government was not able to table a ban on conversion therapy on Wednesday. It had promised to send this bill to parliament, but the Conservatives and Greens in the government still could not agree. According to Euractiv, the parliament had passed a unanimous resolution to ban conversion…
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Central Europe
Semen of dead man cannot be used in Germany
The University Hospital in the German Bonn is not obliged to hand over the sperm of a deceased person to his former partner. The Bonn District Court dismissed the 31-year-old woman's complaint on Tuesday. The then 36-year-old man had sperm cells stored in the clinic in February 2020, Die Zeit…
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Eastern Europe
Russian Church loses ground in Ukraine
More and more Ukrainian parishes are leaving the Russian Church. However, a different movement can be seen in the occupied territories. More dioceses are severing their ties with Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) that is affiliated with the Moscow Patriarchate (MP), and seeking affiliation with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (OCU). In…
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Central Europe
How artificial intelligence replaces a preacher
For the first time, an artificial intelligence pastor presided over a service. Reactions have been mixed. “It scares me.” “To persevere in our faith, we must pray regularly, read the Bible and attend church.” That was pretty much the level of the first German church service led by Artificial Intelligence.…
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Central Europe
Slovakia under pressure from Strasbourg to compensate Roma because of sterilisation
Slovakia should resolve the issue of forced sterilisation of Roma women. Currently, there is a “historic opportunity” to compensate the victims. In a letter earlier this week, the Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe, Dunja Mijatovicová, said that. She wrote on Monday to the Slovak Parliament, the newspaper…
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