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Eastern Europe
Tensions between Christian parties in Slovakia
The sea is a bit stormy between two Christian parties in Slovakia. The Christian Union accuses the Christian Democratic Party of not being cooperative despite the shared faith. Even though members from both parties are in favour of merging the candidate lists of the Christian Union (KU) and the Christian…
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Central Europe
Berlin Education Administration wants headscarf ban to be exception instead of norm
The Senate Education Administration in Berlin advises only banning headscarves for teachers in individual cases. According to the Administration, headscarves and other religiously influenced clothing and symbols should be allowed unless they specifically threaten 'school peace or state neutrality'. That is reported by Evangelisch.de. The Senate Education Administration expressed this…
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Central Europe
Polish man convicted of hate speech against LGBT
The foreman of a conservative organisation in Poland has been convicted for “criminally defaming LGBT people.” The reason for the verdict is that the defendant drove around with anti-woke slogans on his vans. Mariusz Dzierzawski, head of the Fundacja Pro – Prawo Do Zycia organisation (Foundation Pro – Right to…
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Northern Europe
Norwegian minister works on extending 'preaching ban' in schools
The Norwegian Education Minister, Tonje Brenna, wants to extend the current preaching ban for public schools in Norway. She has sent a proposal to the Storting for that. Preaching should be forbidden at all times at all schools, according to Brenna in a press release on Friday, as reported by…
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Western Europe
French Minister supports surrogacy
While French citizens protested the pension reforms pushed through by President Macron, the Minister of Labour revealed his homosexuality and openness toward surrogacy. Olivier Dussopt, the Minister of Labour in the Élisabeth Borne government, is busy these days. The pension reforms, which raise the retirement age from 62 to 64,…
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Central Europe
Divorce rate spikes among older couples
More older couples are filing for divorce throughout the US and Europe. Some have been married for decades. According to a report from NZZ, the phenomenon has been infamously named “the grey divorce revolution,” where couples in their 50s, 60s or above choosing to separate after decades of marriage. In…
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Northern Europe
Number of minors requesting gender change sky high in Norway
The number of children and young people who requested gender change scattered the record in Norway again last year. In total, 268 minors indicated that they did not feel comfortable with the sex they were born with. That is an increase of 13 per cent compared to 2021, Dagen writes.…
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Eastern Europe
Chaplain fights to keep soldiers humane despite horrors at the front
A chaplain is a person who takes care of the souls of the military. Ukrainian pastor Valery Alymov is one of them. “They are people, so they should not lose their understanding of themselves as a person or the feeling of kindness and love for their neighbours. They must return…
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Northern Europe
Finnish people might be happy but mothers are exhausted
Finnish mothers experience some of the highest levels of burnout in the world. According to an international study reported by YLE, Finnish parents stand at seventh place in parental fatigue, despite a World Happiness Report ranking Finland as “the happiest country in the world”. Parental fatigue is defined as a…
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Central Europe
Czech birth rate at lowest point in years
The number of babies born in the Czech has not been as low as last year since 2004. According to new statistics, the ageing trend of Czech demography keeps going. With 99,834 births, the number of newborns in the country did not even reach 100,000, statistics from the Czech Statistical…
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