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Eastern Europe
Spiritual revival in Ukraine
Ukrainians have a growing interest in the Gospel. That is the experience of a Ukrainian pastor and the director of the Christian organisation Friedensstimme. Even though hundreds of churches were destroyed in the war, thousands of Ukrainians come to church for the first time. On Sunday, churches in Kherson attract…
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Southern Europe
Pro-life Malta suspects public broadcaster of censorship
Pro-life organisations in Malta are disappointed in the Public Broadcaster Services (PBS). In a radio broadcast of the President’s speech, a critical remark about abortion was omitted. The PBS reported in a TVM broadcast on what the President said during the commemoration of the Holocaust on January 26, Malta Independent…
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Eastern Europe
Alarm from Orthodox Moldova about future of marriage
The Moldovan Orthodox Church is concerned about a verdict from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) saying that all countries should recognise same-sex relations. These “foreign values” would press the “Orthodox conscience”, a declaration says. On Monday, Metropolitan Vladimir of Moldova writes that his country is “in a worrying…
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Southern Europe
Slovenia opens marriage for same-sex couples
Same-sex couples in Slovenia can now seal their marriage officially. An amendment that enables them to do so came into force on Tuesday. Thereby, Slovenia becomes the first ex-Soviet nation that opens marriage to all. Many still define it as a union between a man and a woman. The amendment…
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Western Europe
French government presents plan to fight anti-Semitism
The French Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, has presented a package of 80 measures against discrimination, racism and anti-Semitism. It is focused on educating young people but also training civil servants. Every year, 1.2 million people experience discrimination or racist or anti-Semitic attacks in France. A “scourge” against which the government…
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Northern Europe
Christian media outlets in Norway struggle financially
A Christian radio channel in Norway must cut its budget. At the same time, a Christian magazine in the Scandinavian country also faces financial problems. The Christian radio channel P7 Kristen Riksradio reported last autumn that it was necessary to cut costs due to a failure in income. Laying off…
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Southern Europe
Constitutional Court Portugal rejects euthanasia law
For the second time, Portugal's Constitutional Court rejected a law allowing euthanasia, pointing to an “intolerable vagueness” in a narrow vote of seven judges to six. The Court concluded that the text was not in line with the Basic Law because it failed to clearly define the “suffering of great…
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Northern Europe
Norwegian parliament to debate conversion therapy
The Norwegian parliament will be debating a conversion therapy ban in April despite much criticism. The government's bill involves a total ban on conversion therapy with a penalty of up to three years in prison. The penalty increases to six years if one is said to have acted negligently concerning…
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Western Europe
Dutch Council of State critical of ban on conversion therapy
The Dutch Council of State is sceptical about an initiative bill by six parties to ban the use of conversion therapy. According to the Council, it is highly questionable whether those forms of conversion therapy that the initiators want to criminalise are not already prohibited in existing articles of law.…
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Central Europe
No special day for persecuted Christians in Germany
The German right-wing movement AfD pushed for an “International Day against the Persecution of Christians”. But the German Parliament rejected this proposal. The other political groups in the Bundestag felt too much political calculation behind the project, wrote the magazine Pro on its website. However, the human rights committee of…
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