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Western Europe
Dutch Christian Union: No soft drugs before 21
The Dutch coalition party Christian Union pleads for stricter regulations for buying weed and hash. Currently, people have to be 18 years to be allowed to purchase drugs. On Wednesday, the Dutch Parliament debates the national drug-use policy. The cabinet wants to research whether the minimum age for tobacco can…
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Eastern Europe
Number of Ukrainian Christians on the rise during war
After the war broke out in Ukraine last year, the number of Christian believers increased throughout the country. According to data from the Razkumov Centre, which was published in the Religious Information Service for Ukraine (RISU), at least 74 percent identified themselves as believers. In 2021, that number stood almost…
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Christian Life
'Revival' in the United States; how Christian media in Europe report about #Asbury
A university gathering has sparked the attention of Christians across America and Europe. The movement, which first began as a student chapel service at Kentucky’s Asbury University, has attracted thousands of visitors since February 8th. One Tik Tok video with the hashtag #AsburyRevival shows multiple people worshipping, praying, and weeping…
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Eastern Europe
Ukraine revokes citizenship for five UOC clergy
The State Migration Service of Ukraine has revoked the Ukrainian nationality of five representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which belongs to the Moscow Patriarchate. In addition, one clergyman does not get a renewal for his immigration permit. According to LB.ua, the Migration Service decided so in January, at the…
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Eastern Europe
Gender change illegal in Bulgaria, says Supreme Court
Bulgarian transgender people may not change their gender. That is what the civil panel of the Bulgarian Supreme Court ruled this week. According to the panel, Bulgarian law does not allow the procedure. “The current law does not provide the possibility for courts to change data regarding sex, name and…
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Northern Europe
Burning the Quran becomes illegal in Sweden
In Sweden, burning the Quran will no longer be allowed. The police will no longer tolerate he act. At the same time, burning a Bible seems to be okay. Burning a Quran poses threats to Sweden's security. Therefore, it is no longer allowed to do so, Dagen writes. After anti-Muslim…
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Northern Europe
Brain-dead women still to be used as womb
Is using brain-dead women as surrogate mothers a good alternative to traditional surrogacy? A scientific paper exploring this idea went viral in the last week. In a scientific paper published in November last year, the Norwegian philosopher Dr Anna Smajdor, who works at the University of Oslo, explores the possibilities…
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Western Europe
French citizens' council votes for euthanasia
The civil convention that is supposed to advise the French government on how to deal with the end of life indicated on Sunday that it would like to see the euthanasia practice expanded. The Dutch Reformatorisch Dagblad has reported that on the basis of French media as Le Figaro. The…
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Central Europe
Churches pray for peace in Ukraine
German churches call for joint prayers for peace on the occasion of the 1-year-anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Between February 24 and February 26, Christians should commemorate the victims and pray for peace during the church services, but also during prayer meetings and online gatherings under the hashtag…
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Eastern Europe
Russian Children's Ombudswoman 'adopts' child from Donbass
Maria Lvova-Belova, the children’s Ombudswoman from Russia, has adopted a 15-year-old boy from Donbas, a Russian-occupied region in Ukraine. Lvova-Belova announced so proudly in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Earlier, she wrote on her Telegram channel that her now adopted son, Philip, first longed to return to Ukraine…
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