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Northern Europe
Norwegian Minister submits draft with stricter rules for private school
Tonje Brenna, the Norwegian Minister of Education, submitted a proposal to the Storting with new rules for private schools. She did so on Friday, and most likely, the Storting will debate the bill before the summer. The proposal aims to give municipalities a bigger say in establishing new private schools,…
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Southern Europe
In Southern Europe, the family is valued
The family is an important cornerstone of society. Especially in Southern Europe, the social network is valued. With roots in Roman Catholicism, the valued system can also prove a burden. In Southern Europe, the family is the most valued social network. This writes the Danish Christian daily Kristeligt Dagblad, which…
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Central Europe
War in Ukraine causes spike in refugees being recruited for prostitution
When the number of Ukrainian refugees began to increase in mainland Europe, the number recruited for sexual services did as well. According to a report from PRO Magazine, the war has left ten times as many Ukrainian women in prostitution work as in previous years. A Dutch company that analyses…
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Northern Europe
Norwegian fired for tweeting about “only two genders”
Rianne Vogels is in the midst of a court case about her job since she warned against gender transition on social media. The Norwegian media see this as a “historic trial”. Rianne worked in a management position for the non-profit organisation Papillon in Bergen, an organisation that she co-founded in…
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Western Europe
Final vote confirms: French citizens' convention supports euthanasia
The French citizens’ convention has voted definitively in favour of legalising self-determined death. The final vote confirms that 76 per cent is in favour of active assistance in dying. On Sunday, the French citizens' council voted on the issue of self-determined death for the last time. They submitted their final…
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Central Europe
Hungarian Secretary of State: Family benefits work
Hungary is known for its family-friendly policies. According to the Secretary of State from the Family Ministry, the measures seem to work. Ágnes Hornung, the State Secretary for Family Affairs and the Ministry of Culture and Innovation argues that research from the Kopp Mária Institute for Population and Families (KINCS)…
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Eastern Europe
Kyiv abbot placed under house arrest
The Orthodox abbot of the Kyiv-Perchersk Lavra has been placed under house arrest. The District Court of Kyiv has decided this. Metropolitan Pavlo of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC-MP) may not leave his house for 60 days, until May 30, Risu.ua reports, based on information from a Ukrinform correspondent. To…
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Central Europe
Former EKD chair criticises church for weapon deliveries
Margot Käßmann is critical of her own church denomination. The former chair of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD) says that the Church should not be so keen to support weapon deliveries to Ukraine. Under the leadership of Annette Kurschus, the EKD Council has clearly spoken out in favour of…
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Northern Europe
Leadership change in Finnish election; Räsänen re-elected
Sunday’s Finnish elections brought the provisional end to Sanna Marin’s leadership. The Christian Democrats retained their seats, and Päivi Räsänen will return to parliament. The Finnish people are done with the Marin government. Although her Socialdemocratic party won three seats compared to four years earlier, that was not enough to…
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European Union
Brutalising society leads to surge in crime rate in Europe
The number of crime victims is growing all over Europe. Prisons are overflowing, and the age of the perpetrators is decreasing. Recently, there was a large outcry in Germany over teenage girls who killed their peer, the twelve-year-old Luisa, in Freudenberg. Soon after, there was an incident in which girls…
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