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Northern Europe
Norwegian Trade Union will crack down on stores that open on Sunday
The Trade Association Handel og Kontor (HK) in Norway wants to punish stores that open on Sunday illegally. HK head Espen Berntsen is in favour of giving “stinging fines” to shop owners who refuse to close their doors on Sunday. He believes that the main problem currently is that police…
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Northern Europe
Old parents on the rise in Denmark
There are currently more parents who are older than 45 in Denmark than teenagers who have children. The increasing age of parents has some advantages but also several challenges. In the 70s, the average age of people getting their first child was 24. Nowadays, it has increased to 30 years,…
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Central Europe
Quarter of Germans believe in death of Christ
One in four Germans believes Jesus died on the cross to pay for our sins. That is shown by a survey from the Protestant press agency IDEA. On the other hand, 45 per cent of the respondents of the study say they do not think that Jesus atoned for the…
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Western Europe
Dutch Pro Life insurance changes name, but loses 9000 customers
Never before did the Dutch Christian insurance Pro-Life lose so many members. Almost 9000 people cancelled their insurance agreement with the organisation. That is almost 8 per cent of the 120,000 customers Pro Life had last year, the Nederlands Dagblad reports. The members left, most likely because of a change…
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Western Europe
Dutch radio spot against trans bill criticised
The Dutch Advertisement Code Committee has criticised the radio advert about gender transition. It’s mainly the tone that is wrong: condescending and dismissive. The radio spot comes from the collective Gender Doubt (“Gendertwijfel”) and concerns the bill before the Lower House. In this, the government proposes to make legal gender…
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Central Europe
Complaint to European court over ban on church services amid pandemic
Former EU religious freedom envoy Jan Figel has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) over the ban on church services during the corona pandemic. This was announced by ADF International, an organisation that advocates for religious freedom, on Wednesday. The agency supports Figel in the…
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Central Europe
German Protestant Church shrinks faster than free churches
Members of free churches in Germany seem to be more loyal to their denomination than members of the main Protestant Church of Germany (EKD). The number of members declines faster in the EKD than in churches that belong to the Association of Protestant Free Churches (VEF), Idea reports based on…
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European Union
Record number of Bibles translated in new language
Last year, 100 million people had the chance to read the Bible (or a part of it) for the first time in their own language . In 2022, no less than 57 translations of the Bible (or parts of it) were finished. This is a record number of new translations…
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Northern Europe
Danes go to church mainly for funeral
Danes who attend a church service often do so in connection with a funeral. That is shown by a survey from Kristeligt Dagblad. Not the Sunday services, baptisms, confirmation or weddings are the main reasons for attending a church service. Instead, Danes come to church mainly when there is a…
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Central Europe
European Court says (trans) mother cannot be named father
The European Court of Human Rights (Strasbourg) has decided that a German mother cannot be recognised as the father in the birth register. And the sperm donor cannot be registered as mother. The mother who delivered the child, had changed her legal gender before the pregnancy and lived as a…
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