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Central Europe
Church musician departs after surrogacy affair
A prominent German church musician has settled with his local church over the dispute about surrogacy. While the Church condemns the practice, the cantor pursued his desires for a child. Church musician Gerd-Peter Münden and his former employer, the Protestant Lutheran Church in Braunschweig, have parted ways. Both parties agreed…
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Northern Europe
Third gender continues to divide opinions in Norway
The introduction of a third gender has been on the agenda of the Norwegian Parliament for a while. However, the issue continues to divide the population. The new Minister of Culture and Equality, Lubna Jaffery, is in favour of introducing a third legal gender category in addition to male and…
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Northern Europe
Danes want to ban Bible burning as well
A ban on Quran burnings should also apply to the desecration of Bibles, a large majority of Danes believe. Because of equality before the law, burning Bibles should become just as illegal as burning Qurans if a ban makes it through the legislative process. That is the opinion of most…
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European Union
Millions of people received a Bible last year worldwide
The consequences of the Covid pandemic on the distribution of Bibles have waned, the United Bible Societies write. Last year, 35.5 million people received a complete Bible. That is millions more than in 2021. “This is what we have been established for,” says President Rieuwerd Buitenwerf of the Bible Society…
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Northern Europe
To what extent should children determine their own life?
The time that parents could beat their children if the latter did not listen has passed. Modern children should be treated as little adults, the Danish newspaper Kristeligt Dagblad writes. However, can children handle so much autonomy? In the 60s, physical punishment was banned from schools and, some decades later,…
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Central Europe
Anti-Semitism Commissioner calls for duty to report hate against Jews
Schools should be obliged to report anti-Semitism, the federal anti-Semitism Commissioner argues. In an interview with Welt am Sonntag, Commissioner Felix Klein expresses his worry about the increasing hate against Jews. Some schools already know a duty to report, and these samples show “how worrying the situation is,” Idea wrote.…
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Christian Life
Computer scientist worries: Will robots take over control?
Artificial intelligence can do a lot. It helps humanity to discover cancer quicker or to prevent two satellites from colliding. The intelligence is getting smarter at a high pace. Dutch computer scientist Frits Vaandrager worries about the fast development. Vaandrager teaches courses in computer science at the Dutch Radboud University.…
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Central Europe
German doctor cannot import suicide drugs
A German doctor cannot import suicide drugs from Switzerland to accommodate patients with a death wish. The Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices in Germany does not have to give a doctor permission to import suicide drugs from Switzerland and give them to his patients who request them. That…
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Northern Europe
Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen gets American support prior to her trial
The Finnish Christian Democrat Päivi Räsänen will soon have a trial again for her controversial tweet about homosexuality. Now, US congress members speak out for her. US Representatives have sent a letter to the US Ambassador for International Religious Freedom, Rashad Hussain, and to the US Ambassador to Finland, Douglas…
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Central Europe
Slovakian author worries: Progressive Slovakia Party is working on cultural revolution
Conservative parties in Slovakia have focused too much and too long on social and economic issues. Now, the Progressive Slovakia Party is pulling in the cultural sector, Janku Peter writes in an opinion article. Peter, working as a songwriter, scenographer, and author in the cultural sector, worries about the developments…
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