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Eastern Europe
Lukashenko struggles with Roman Catholic Church
The Belarussian president, Aleksandr Lukashenko, has attempted to keep a tight grip on his nation since the controversial elections in 2020. One of his targets is the Roman Catholic Church. The Roman Catholic Church is having a hard time in Belarus, News Eastern Europe writes. Although Lukashenko pretended to send…
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Western Europe
Dutch publisher removes controversial text from high school biology book
The Dutch school book publisher Noordhoff has decided to remove a text about children with Down Syndrome from a biology textbook for high school students. It does so after a storm of criticism. The passage read that the NIPT, a prenatal test, should be used to prevent children with Down…
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Central Europe
Digitisation school confronts children with porn
More and more schools introduced a greater use of tablets and computers in the classroom and the curriculum. However, the result is that children are confronted with pornographic content at an even earlier age, German psychologist Tabea Freitag concludes. Elementary schools incorporate tablets more and more in their learning programs.…
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Northern Europe
Church nursery Norway exempted from strict Kindergarten Act
The Church of Norway does not have to register its nurseries as official legal entities. Education Minister Tonje Brenna will make an exception for them in the new Kindergarten Act. Norwegian children can attend kindergartens which function as a nursery when their parents are at school or work. Some congregations…
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Eastern Europe
Headquarter Jehovah's Witnesses closed in Kherson
The head office of the Jehovah's Witnesses has been closed in the Russian-occupied region of Kherson, Ukraine. The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced on its Telegram channel that “operative officers … reports. “It is being considered whether a criminal case should be started with respect to constituent elements of…
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Central Europe
Catholic organisations in Austria oppose European surrogacy proposal
In an open letter, various Catholic Austrian organisations asked ministers to vote against a controversial EU proposal to recognise surrogate motherhood.“Surrogacy is trafficking in children and violates the human dignity of women. No human being should be a tradable object”, an open letter to Austrian ministers Raab (Minister for Women,…
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Southern Europe
Every day, 11 people commit suicide in Spain
The number of suicides in Spain is rising. In 2021, every day, 11 people took their own lives. Suicide has been on top of the list of causes of non-natural deaths since 2008. The Covid pandemic worked as a catalyst, EU Observer reports. Recently, a study from researchers from the…
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Northern Europe
Church of Sweden opens first funeral parlour
The Church of Sweden is opening its first funeral home in Bålsta. It does so after the Synod ruled in the fall that the church should have its own funeral parlours, Dagen writes. The decision led to heated debates. Critics feared that church-run funeral parlours have a competitive advantage over…
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Central Europe
Protestant Church Switzerland appeals in public baptism case
The Protestant Church of Cologny filed an appeal to the Federal Court on Tuesday. The Church disagrees with the ban on baptisms in Lake Geneva. The legal battle about the ban on baptisms in public waters continues, Evangeliques.info writes. Last July, the Canton of Geneva refused to permit a baptism…
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Southern Europe
Christians from all over Europe in action after earthquake in Turkey
From all over Europe, churches and individual Christians come into action to help survivors of the earthquake in south-eastern Turkey and northern Syria. Airports in and around Turkey have been full of people the past few days. Many rescue and support teams from other countries arrived to rush to the…
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