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Eastern Europe
Romania should protect same-sex relations, says Court in Strasbourg
Romania has a duty to give legal protection to same-sex relationships. The European Court of Human Rights concludes that. However, Romania does not need to recognise adopted children from these couples. On Tuesday, the ECHR in Strasbourg concluded that the Romanian state is breaching Article 8 of the European Convention…
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Northern Europe
The famous Finnish happiness is just a myth, says a retired doctor
In a country considered the happiest on the planet, happiness is a myth, says a Christian doctor. According to him, only the Bible can bring real happiness back. For five consecutive years, the United Nations declared Finland the happiest country in the world. But that is a myth, according to…
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Christian Life
Photo call: Send your best Pentecost picture to CNE
How do you spend Pentecost? Send us your pictures and get featured in our slideshow on Christians celebrating Pentecost! Next week, Europe celebrates Pentecost. From Stavanger to Seville and from Brest to Budapest, Christians will commemorate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus…
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Northern Europe
Swedish crematorium under fire for “making death less taboo”
A Swedish crematorium organises a treasure hunt for children. This way, they can learn about death, the centre argues. But not everyone agrees. “Whether you are young or old, you have questions about what happens to your body after death.” With this opening line, the Church of Sweden in Borås…
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Western Europe
Dutch parliament debates penalisation of abortion
On Wednesday, the Dutch Lower House debates about the penalisation of abortion. A citizens’ initiative brought this to the parliamentary agenda. According to the law, abortion is still part of the Penal Code, the Dutch Reformatorisch Dagblad explains. In an emergency situation, the penalisation is lifted. But it has never…
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Northern Europe
“Trans care is a scandal we once will regret”
Sooner or later, Norway will regret its decisions on gender care, says a well-known Christian commentator. “We will look back with horror.” The scene is familiar across nearly all of Europe: transgenderism is rising, and societies struggle to deal with it. In recent years, the number of youngsters that want…
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Southern Europe
Italy: fertility fair goes on despite protests
In Rome, the government of Italy is busy banning surrogacy internationally. In Milan, there is the “Wish for a Baby” fair, where surrogacy seems accepted. However, that fair was not without protests. Visitors to Saturday's fertility fair in Milan had to pass a crowd of protesters before reaching the entrance.…
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Northern Europe
Minister asks women in Norway to get more children
The Norwegian Minister for Children and Families, Kjersti Toppe, asks for a drastic increase in births in her country. The average must grow to 2 instead of the present 1.41 children per woman. Minister Toppe said this in an interview with VG. She has several ideas to increase the baby…
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Christian Life
Christian media in Europe commemorate Tim Keller
Urban, intellectual and orthodox. Those characteristics were given to the late American preacher Tim Keller in European Christian media. Keller (1950-2023) died on Friday at 72 after fighting cancer for some time. For many Christians on the European continent, Keller was an example. In 1989, he started the fast-growing Redeemer…
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Northern Europe
Norway starts to export sperm
Swedish and Icelandic women will be able to get pregnant with Norwegian sperm. The Directorate of Health in Norway deems it okay to export semen abroad. There are no reasons why sperm should not be exported to other countries, Anne Forus says to NRK. Forus is a senior advisor of…
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