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Central Europe
Dajana Piwowaski wants to testify of her faith through her clothes
The German Dajana Piwowaski wants to use clothing as a means to assert Christian values. “I want to be like Jesus.” The 27-year-old Piwowaski from Mainz started the fashion lable JOHNFOURSIXTEEN, she tells InRLP in an interview. The name of her clothing line refers to the Bible text “God is…
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Northern Europe
Blonde hair and blue eyes are the most popular features of sperm donors in Denmark
In 2022, almost half of the women who got pregnant in Denmark from a sperm donor did not come from the country itself. In total, 43 per cent of all artificial inseminations in Denmark were performed on foreigners, Kristeligt Dagblad reports. Last year, 2825 foreign women travelled to Denmark for…
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Eastern Europe
Russia puts Baptist preacher on wanted list for opposing the war
Russia has opened a criminal case against the former president of the Baptist Union in the country, Yuriy Sipko. He is suspected of discrediting the Russian army. Yuriy Sipko's posts on Facebook are the centre of the Investigative Committee of Moscow, C4U writes. According to the Committee, a video that…
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Eastern Europe
Proposal to legalise pornography in Ukraine
The Ukrainian Parliament is working on a draft law to decriminalise pornography. Currently, pornography is strictly forbidden and regulated, Epravda writes. Sending a nude picture is considered a distribution, and even storing a sexually explicit photo on one's phone can classify as owning pornography. Anyone producing and distributing pornography risks…
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Central Europe
German researcher warns: Death among prostitutes is higher
German brothels are full of violence, says researcher Elke Mack. There is no way to protect the women’s dignity there, and the daily practice of selling sex can even lead to a “psychological death”. She warns of the dark side of prostitution and calls for stricter regulations. Twenty years after…
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Southern Europe
Greek police dismantle network exploiting surrogate mothers
The Greek authorities dismantled a network allegedly exploiting women as surrogate mothers and egg donors. The clinic involved says it only wants to “help people.” Since December last year, Greek police documented 182 incidents in which women were exploited as surrogate mothers or egg donors. Eight suspects were arrested on…
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Central Europe
Pforzheim Baptist church prays for the death of a theologian
“Dear Lord, please kill him”, a preacher of the Baptist Church Reliable Word prayed. Now, the church is the object of a criminal investigation. On July 30, a preacher asked God to kill Lothar Gassmann, the theologian of the Pforzheim Bible Church. Not only did he ask for Gassmann's death,…
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Eastern Europe
Belarusian pastor of the New Life Church gets arrested
Pastor Vyacheslav Goncharenko from the New Life Church in Minsk was detained on Tuesday. About 20 machine gunners from the security forces of Belarus busted his door, Christian Vision reports. Both the pastor and his son-in-law, Ilya Budai, were arrested. Furthermore, the house of the pastor was searched. Pastor of…
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Northern Europe
Gender change must be possible for Danish minors too
The Danish Central Personal Register (CPR) allows citizens under 18 to change their gender entry. Until now, the CPR Act reads that a person must be 18 to apply for a new social security number which also indicates his or her gender, Kristeligt Dagblad writes. Whoever wants to have a…
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Eastern Europe
Estonian Methodists leave global group after LGBT conflict
The Methodist churches in Estonia have decided to leave their global mother church. A large majority voted for secession. During a church meeting, 97 per cent of the attending representatives indicated their support for leaving the United Methodist Church (UMC). The reason for their leave is the progressive course the…
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